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Month: March 2024

Pope overcomes health concerns to preside over a blustery Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis rallied from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems to lead some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday, making a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Francis presided over Easter Sunday Mass in a flower-decked St. Peter’s

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El rey Carlos asiste a un servicio religioso de Pascua, su aparición pública más significativa desde que le diagnosticaron cáncer

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El rey Carlos III hace su aparición pública más importante desde que se le diagnosticó cáncer el mes pasado, al asistir al tradicional servicio religioso de maitines de Pascua en Windsor el domingo. Carlos, de 75 años, parecía estar de buen humor cuando llegó en coche a la capilla de

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Japan confirms experts met in China to ease concerns over discharge of treated radioactive water

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Sunday its experts have held talks with their Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijing’s concerns over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. The discharges have been opposed by fishing groups and neighboring countries

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Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google’s April Fool’s Day joke

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. he jokes were so consistently over-the-top that people learned to laugh

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Thousands attend a rally in India’s capital to challenge Prime Minister Modi ahead of elections

NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people have attended a rally by an alliance of India’s opposition parties that criticized the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of stifling opponents and undermining democratic institutions ahead of a national election next month. The “Save Democracy” rally on Sunday is the first major public demonstration by the opposition bloc

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Pope overcomes health concerns, presides over blustery Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass, leading some 30,000 people in a flower-decked St. Peter’s Square in one of the most important liturgies of the year. Just hours after celebrating the 2½-hour nighttime Easter Vigil, the 87-year-old Francis appeared in

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