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SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Quebec (Reuters) – Participants at Pope Francis’s Mass in Canada on Thursday unfurled a banner asking him to formally rescind edicts from the 15th century in which the papacy justified taking indigenous land. The large banner protesting the doctrine of discovery was unfurled near the front row facing the congregation as the pope was …

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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s counteroffensive is gathering momentum in the Russian-controlled southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, Britain’s defence ministry said on Thursday. “Ukrainian forces have highly likely established a bridqehead south of the lngulets River, which forms the northern boundary of Russian-occupied Kherson,” it said in a regular intelligence bulletin on Twitter. Russia’s 49th Army, stationed …

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By Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After the U.S. central bank raised its policy target interest rate on Wednesday by three-quarters of a percent for the second month in a row, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell did something he hasn’t done since rate hikes began in March: He avoided putting exact numbers to the size …

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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian space officials have informed U.S. counterparts that Moscow would like to keep flying its cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) until their own orbital outpost is built and operational, a senior NASA official told Reuters on Wednesday. Taken together with remarks from a senior Russian space official …

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By Kevin Dougherty and Philip Pullella QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis landed in Quebec for meetings on Wednesday with Canada’s political leadership, a largely diplomatic pause from the main purpose of his trip – apologizing for the Church’s role in running residential schools where abuse was rife. Arriving in Quebec’s capital city on the …

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BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Four people protesting against a United Nations peacekeeping mission were electrocuted on Wednesday in the Congolese city of Uvira when troops fired shots which hit an electric cable that fell on them, the mission and a local official said. At least 12 civilians were killed on Tuesday in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. offer to Russia to gain the release of two Americans detained by Moscow, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, was made weeks ago and the White House is hoping Russia will react favorably, the White House said on Wednesday. Joshua Geltzer, a senior National Security Council official, has been in touch …

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KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) -U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner told a Russian court on Wednesday she was not read her rights when detained at a Moscow airport in February, as she stands trial for drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in prison. The 31-year-old, a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star …

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