Setting aside past rude talk, Trump and pope focus on peace
Handshakes, gifts, friendly small talk and big hopes for peace. Setting aside past differences and rude comments aside, President Donald Trump and Pope Francis put a determinedly positive face on their first meeting Wednesday at the Vatican.
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Almost every year, the reports filter down from the highest mountain in the world, and talk among the climbing teams at Everest Base Camp turns to the latest person to die.
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Roger Moore, star of 7 James Bond films, dies at 89 after cancer battle
Roger Moore, who starred as James Bond in seven movies, has died. He was 89.
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Warning of "imminent" attack, Britain raises threat level
As officials hunted for accomplices of a suicide bomber and Britain's prime minister warned another attack could be "imminent," thousands of people poured into the streets of Manchester in a defiant vigil Tuesday for victims of a blast at a pop concert — the latest apparent target of Islamic extremists seeking to rattle life in the West.
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Police seek answers in wake of Manchester terror
Investigators hunted for possible accomplices of the suicide bomber who attacked an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, killing 22 people and sparking a stampede of young concertgoers Monday night.
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Trump, Saudi king open counter terrorism center
President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's King Salman inaugurated a new state-of-the-art center in Riyadh to monitor and combat extremism. The project began two years ago, before Trump took office.
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Race to prevent airline terror turns to laptops, thin bombs
By the U.S. appears close to expanding a ban on laptops and other large electronics from cabins on flights leaving Europe for America.
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US: Syria is burning bodies to hide proof of mass killings
In a move aimed at ratcheting up pressure on Russia to push the Syrian government into peace talks with rebels, the United States has accused Syria of executing thousands of imprisoned political opponents and burning their bodies in a crematorium to hide the evidence.
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French President Macron: France and Germany to work on road map for "deep reforms" for the EU
French President Macron: France and Germany to work on road map for "deep reforms" for the EU.
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U.S. accuses Syrian regime of mass executions
The Trump administration is accusing the Syrian government carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners and burning the dead bodies in a large crematorium outside the capital.
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World cyberattack cripples UK hospitals, demands ransoms
Britain's health service was hit Friday by a huge international cyberattack that froze computers at hospitals across the country — an attack that shut down wards, closed emergency rooms and brought medical treatments to a screeching halt.
Handwritten Harry Potter prequel stolen in burglary
J.K. Rowling is urging Harry Potter fans not to buy a handwritten prequel to the boy wizard's adventures that was stolen during a burglary in England.
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Carleton grad's nonprofit links Syrian refugees with tutors worldwide
More than 1,000 people, primarily Syrian-born refugees, have practiced their English with online through Paper Airplanes, an organization Bailey Ulbricht founded in 2014.
World
Macron wins French election, supporters rejoice
French voters elected centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country's youngest president, delivering a victory to the unabashedly pro-European candidate. A jubilant crowd of supporters gathered at a victory party outside the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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