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What is the traditional Sunday blessing that popes deliver in St. Peter’s Square?
For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday blessing the pope delivers from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square.
A million Ukrainian refugees are still in Poland. Now presidential candidates vow to put Poles first
In the early months of 2022, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, millions of Ukrainians — mostly women and children — fled to Poland, where they were met with an extraordinary outpouring ...
Albanian election sees old rivals, new parties and an ambitious promise of European Union membership
Prime Minister Edi Rama is seeking a fourth term as Albania’s prime minister in a general election on Sunday, after taking on his political nemesis in a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s ...
Canes score two power play goals to beat Caps 4-0, 2-1 series lead
A big night for Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Svechnikov, scoring the first goal of the game for the Canes. Svechnikov sprang into the circle to beat John Carlson to the puck and beat Logan Thompson at ...
UNC celebrates over 6,800 graduates, some concerned about future job market
A sea of Carolina blue enveloped the Old Well as over 6,800 graduates celebrated their achievements at UNC Chapel Hill's commencement ceremony. With 4,300 undergraduates, 1,400 master's, and around ...
6,800 students graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill facing tough job market
More than 6,800 total students graduated from UNC Chapel Hill. About 4,300 of them were undergraduate students, 1,400 master's students and about 900 doctoral students. Though the day is supposed to ...
Passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 8 people and injuring more than 30 others
A passenger bus skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country on Sunday, killing eight people and injuring more than 30 others.
An Alaska Mother's Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm
It is one of Alaska’s favorite Mother’s Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age.
Cannes, the global Colosseum of film, readies for 78th edition with new challenges on the horizon
Nowhere is the border-crossing nature of cinema more evident than the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off Tuesday in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to enact tariffs on international ...
Economic jitters and soaring gold prices create a frenzy for US jewelry merchants
At the biggest jewelry center in the United States, Alberto Hernandez fired up his machine on a recent day and waited until it glowed bright orange inside before shoveling in an assortment of rings, ...
Russia’s European neighbors are lifting bans on landmines. Campaigners are horrified
They are considered one of the world’s most dangerous, and indiscriminate, weapons. Yet five European countries have turned their backs on an international treaty on the use of landmines, citing the ...
Man stops traffic to rescue toddler near busy road
A toddler in Hope Mills is now home with their parents after being found wandering dangerously close to a busy road. After noticing a three-year-old girl on the side of the road, Roshaud White said he ...