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Romania braces for crossroads presidential runoff viewed as a choice between East or West
As Romania braces for a high-stakes presidential runoff this weekend between two starkly different candidates, 25-year-old ...
European leaders meet in Albania to debate security concerns against Russia-Ukraine war backdrop
The leaders of 47 European countries and organizations will gather Friday for a one-day summit in the Albania’s capital to ...
Pope Leo’s fellow Augustinian brothers look forward to papacy marked by unity and focus on Jesus
A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating where he prayed ...
The desert blooms, roses perfume the air and a Moroccan town comes to life
Gloved and armed with shears, women weave through thorny brambles, clipping and tossing their harvest into wheelbarrows.
Asylum-seekers still arrive at the US border, but what will happen to them?
Eritrea, Guatemala, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ghana, Uzbekistan and so many other countries. They come for asylum, insisting ...
Sailing from Oregon to Hawaii after quitting his job turns a man with a cat into social media star
Midway while sailing across the Pacific with just his cat named Phoenix, Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followers — more than a million on TikTok and Instagram — ...
As Trump targets DEI, Republican-led states intensify efforts to stamp it out
Republican-led states are accelerating efforts to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, expanding from ...
Thai construction magnate and others surrender to police on charges over building collapse in quake
A construction magnate and more than a dozen other people surrendered to police Friday on criminal negligence charges for the ...
Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie faces sentencing in New York
The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. A ...
Democratic Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez won in a Trump district. Now she faces an uprising from the left
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez gave Democrats a rare win last fall when she defeated a MAGA diehard in a Republican district in southwestern Washington state. Hailed by some ...
Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street’s rally steadied
Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after Wall Street drifted higher as reports suggested the Federal Reserve may have more ...
The Legacy Lives On: Oak Grove continues state championship tradition
The Oak Grove Tigers added another piece of hardware to their trophy case after a dominant 10-0 win over Welsh in Wednesday’s Division IV Non-Select Title game.For ...