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Pope’s tests show ‘slight improvement’ as Italy PM Meloni visits hospital

Prime Minister Georgia Meloni says pope was ‘alert and responsive’ and cracking jokes during hospital visit. Pope Francis’s blood tests have shown a “slight improvement” in his condition as he receives hospital treatment for pneumonia, the Vatican has said. The 88-year-old pontiff was now in stable condition, as he continues to battle an ongoing respiratory […]

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What does the shift in geopolitical power mean for Ukraine? | Russia-Ukraine war

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Ukrainian and European Union leaders not invited to Russia-US talks in Riyadh. High-level US and Russian delegates have met in Saudi Arabia’s capital to discuss the war in Ukraine – the first meeting of its kind in three years. But Ukrainian and European Union leaders weren’t invited. President Vladimir Putin seems to have already divided

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European Leaders Try to Recalibrate After Trump Sides With Russia on Ukraine

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President Emmanuel Macron of France called a second emergency meeting of European allies on Wednesday seeking to recalibrate relations with the United States as President Trump upends international politics by rapidly changing American alliances. Mr. Macron had already assembled a dozen European leaders in Paris on Monday after Mr. Trump and his new team angered

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Offensive Agricole: Burkina Faso | Africa’s New Directions | Agriculture

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Burkina Faso has started an agricultural development strategy to achieve food sovereignty by 2025. Between climate change, rising prices and security threats, Burkina Faso has an urgent need to develop sustainable food sovereignty. In response to this challenge, the Burkinabe government has launched an “agriculture offensive”, which aims to reduce the food imports that put

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170 Migrants Deported From U.S. Agree to Return to Home Countries, Panama Says

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Nearly a week after the United States sent roughly 300 migrants from around the world to Panama on military deportation flights, officials in Panama said on Tuesday that more than 170 had agreed to be deported to their countries of origin. The migrants are illegal U.S. border crossers whose countries of origin — mainly in

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Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs, Vatican says

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Vatican says Francis’s respiratory infection also involves asthmatic bronchitis but that he remains ‘in good spirits’. Pope Francis has contracted double pneumonia, further complicating treatment for the 88-year pontiff, the Vatican has said. The Vatican on Tuesday said Francis’s respiratory infection also involves asthmatic bronchitis, which requires the use of cortisone antibiotic treatment. Francis has

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How will Lebanon’s new leadership grapple with Israel’s partial withdrawal? | Israel attacks Lebanon

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Israel’s defence minister says some troops will remain in five positions. The deadline for a complete Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon has come and gone. Tens of thousands of families displaced by 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah are making their way back to their homes. Israel says it will enforce the ceasefire,

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6 Living Hostages Will Be Released to Israel This Weekend, Hamas Says

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Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s chief negotiator, said in a speech on Tuesday that militants intend to hand over the remains of four Israeli hostages to Israel on Thursday in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners. Mr. Hayya said that members of the Bibas family would be among the four bodies handed over to Israel on

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UN calls for calm as violence flares in South Sudan

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Fighting reportedly broke out in Nasir in Upper Nile state on February 14 and 15, the UN mission in South Sudan says. The United Nations has called for calm as it reported deadly clashes in South Sudan have killed civilians and wounded a peacekeeper. Fighting broke out between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPSF)

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US man who shot Israeli visitors thought they were Palestinians, police say

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Mordechai Brafman, 27, charged with two counts of attempted murder over shooting at Miami Beach in Florida. A man charged with attempted murder over the shooting of two Israeli visitors in Florida, the United States, believed the victims were Palestinians, police have said. Mordechai Brafman, 27, was on Sunday charged with two counts of attempted

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