Pope Leo brings message of peace to Lebanon after leaving Turkey
Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Turkey before heading to Lebanon.
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Princess Aiko’s popularity sparks calls to change Japan’s male-only succession law – ABC News
Princess Aiko’s popularity sparks calls to change Japan’s male-only succession law ABC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
Pope Leo calls for Palestinian state as he continues foreign trip with stop in Lebanon
Pope Leo was in Lebanon on Sunday night, the second stop on his inaugural foreign trip. Leo told reporters on his plane that the creation of a Palestinian state was the only solution to resolve the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Chris Lives…
Reporter Bob Condotta grades Seahawks’ win vs. Vikings | Analysis
As you’d expect after posting the first shutout in a decade, there are some good grades for the defense in the Seahawks’ report card. But the offense’s grades?
Rubio says “more work to be done” after hours of U.S.-Ukraine talks
Diplomats have been focused on revisions to a proposed plan developed in negotiations between Washington and Moscow.
Russia-Ukraine war rages on as U.S. hosts more peace talks
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday’s talks with Ukraine about a U.S. plan to end the war with Russia were productive, but there’s “more work to be done.” Fighting continued between the two countries over the weekend, as Holly Williams reports f…
Water and Power: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Nile Basin Security
The conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia stems from differing perceptions and identities that each state holds regarding itself and the other.
Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform – The Conversation
Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform The ConversationNo roadmap to end deforestation, but Brazil’s COP in the Amazon delivered for forests ReutersWhat went right this week: the good news …
The Ukrainians stuck in Russia’s new gulag
Hundreds of Ukrainian civilians have been taken by Russian forces from occupied areas of Ukraine and shunted through a constellation of Russian prisons in a new kind of gulag.
Zohran Mamdani, a sharp critic of police surveillance, will soon oversee it
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will retain Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch, inheriting her extensive surveillance network, the Domain Awareness System. Despite Mamdani’s past concerns about police spying and privacy, he now faces the challenge of bala…