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Danish police examine suspicious package at Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen

Danish police examine suspicious package at Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police were examining a suspicious package sent to the Israeli Embassy in Denmark's capital, authorities said Thursday.
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Vatican says leaked documents were only part of information Pope Francis used to restrict Latin Mass

Vatican says leaked documents were only part of information Pope Francis used to restrict Latin Mass

ROME (AP) — Leaked documents seemingly undermining Pope Francis' stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass provided an incomplete reconstruction of the evidence that informed his 2021 decision to crack down on the spread of the ancient liturgy
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Amnesty International says Israel and aid system use starvation to commit Gaza genocide

Amnesty International says Israel and aid system use starvation to commit Gaza genocide

CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International issued a report Thursday claiming a controversial Israeli- and U.S.
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Iran’s president orders country to suspend cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog IAEA

Iran’s president orders country to suspend cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog IAEA

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president on Wednesday ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American and Israeli airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities, likely furthe
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Trump says deal for ceasefire in Gaza is closer after Israel agrees on terms

Trump says deal for ceasefire in Gaza is closer after Israel agrees on terms

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for a new 60-day ceasefire with Hamas and that Washington would work with both sides during that time to try to end more than 20 months of war in Gaza .
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Pope Leo XIV's hometown approves the purchase of his childhood home in hopes of reviving the village

Pope Leo XIV's hometown approves the purchase of his childhood home in hopes of reviving the village

CHICAGO (AP) — Pope Leo XIV's hometown is poised to buy his childhood home after the south Chicago suburb's board voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase the property, hoping it will breathe new life into a village saddled with financial woes.
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Hamas is open to a ceasefire. But Netanyahu says there's no room for Hamas in postwar Gaza

Hamas is open to a ceasefire. But Netanyahu says there's no room for Hamas in postwar Gaza

CAIRO (AP) — Hamas and Israel staked out their positions Wednesday ahead of expected talks on a Washington-backed ceasefire proposal, with the militant group suggesting it was open to an agreement while the Israeli prime minister vowed that “there wi
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Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, Argentine friar held up by Pope Francis as model confessor, dies at 98

Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, Argentine friar held up by Pope Francis as model confessor, dies at 98

ROME (AP) — Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in Buenos Aires at age 98, the Vatican said Wednesday.
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Why Tohono O’odham Nation's centuries-old saguaro fruit harvest is experiencing a revival in Arizona

Why Tohono O’odham Nation's centuries-old saguaro fruit harvest is experiencing a revival in Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz.
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Virginia agrees not to fully enforce state law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia officials have agreed not to fully enforce a 2020 law banning conversion therapy for minors as part of an agreement with a faith-based conservative group that sued over the law, authorities said earlier this week.
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