MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Monday bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time since the early days of the war, and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv was eager to discuss a halt to attacks on civilian targets. While Zelenskiy did not respond directly to Putin’s proposal, he emphasized in …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – When Pope John Paul II died on the evening of April 2, 2005, the whole world knew it would be coming at any moment. He had been on his deathbed for days and the light in the window of his bedroom overlooking St. Peter’s Square had become a …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – One of the most long-lasting impacts of Pope Francis’ pontificate may be his appointment of more women than ever before to top Vatican positions. From hospital as he was battling double pneumonia in February 2025, the pope appointed Sister Raffaella Petrini to a role akin to governor of …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said on Truth Social that his administration cannot give everyone it wants to deport a trial “because to do so would take, without exaggeration, 200 years” In the post, Trump wrote about removing criminals and those illegally in the United States. (Reporting by Costas Pitas)
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome. “Melania and I will be going to the funeral of Pope Francis, in Rome,” Trump said on Truth Social. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Chris Reese)
By Promit Mukherjee CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, ahead in polls in the run-up to an April 28 election, renewed calls on Monday for voters to give him a strong mandate to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threat. Carney says Trump’s tariffs and talk of annexation pose …
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By Lucila Sigal and Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentines held a special Mass and lit candles on Monday, mourning in shock for their countryman Pope Francis, who has died after battling serious illness in recent months. The Mass was held in the cathedral in Buenos Aires, where Francis was once archbishop. The building …
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Predict who the next pope will be at your peril. An old Italian saying warns against putting faith, or money, in any presumed front-runner ahead of the conclave, the closed-door gathering of cardinals that picks the pontiff. It cautions: “He who enters a conclave as a pope, leaves it as a cardinal”. …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released on Monday for the 88-year-old pontiff. The certificate, which was published by the Vatican, said the pope had fallen into a coma before his death early on Monday. (Writing by Alvise …
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CARACAS (Reuters) – El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed a deal on Sunday to send 252 Venezuelans deported by the United States and imprisoned in his country back to Venezuela in exchange for the release of detainees in the South American nation, a suggestion roundly rejected by the Venezuelan government. Many lawyers and relatives of …
