Zelenskyy asks for Pope Leo XIV's help in bringing Ukrainian children home from Russia
Pope Leo XIV and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy spoke by phone recently, according to the Vatican.
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People in Lebanon are robbing banks and staging sit-ins to access their own savings
TRIPOLI, Lebanon — On a recent weekday in Lebanon's second-largest city, the atmosphere at a branch of the IBL Bank is tense. Security and police are… -
Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis
PÜTTLINGEN, Germany — Almost every day, Dr. Eckart Rolshoven sees the long shadow of coal mining in his clinic near the big brownstone church that… -
Russian prisoner Paul Whelan is 'more than a talking point,' his sister says
The former U.S. Marine has been held by the Kremlin for four years. -
BTS member Jin begins military duty at a frontline South Korean boot camp
YEONCHEON, South Korea — Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, began his 18 months of mandatory military service at a frontline South Korean… -
Morocco is living a dream in Qatar. Here are 5 things to know about its World Cup run
Elite World Cup teams often speak of dancing — finding their rhythm and joy in a crucible of pressure. But Morocco's players say they're living a dream —… -
Some Chinese university students to return home to reduce Lunar New Year COVID spread
BEIJING — Some Chinese universities say they will allow students to finish the semester from home in hopes of reducing the potential of a bigger COVID-19… -
Bankman-Fried, disgraced former CEO of FTX crypto exchange, arrested in Bahamas
Updated December 12, 2022 at 8:30 PM ETSam Bankman-Fried, the notorious former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, has been arrested in the Bahamas, the office of… -
China to drop travel tracing as it relaxes 'zero-COVID'
BEIJING (AP) — China will drop a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its strict "zero-COVID" policies that have elicited…
