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Pope Francis seen using wheelchair for the first time for mobility reasons

The Pope has been pictured using a wheelchair – the first time he’s used one in public due to the knee pain that he has been suffering.

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Elon Musk Secures $7.1 Billion in New Financing for Twitter

Elon Musk has secured about $7.1 billion of new financing commitments for his proposed $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc., the company said in a filing Thursday. The commitments come as the Tesla Inc. billionaire marshals capital to bankroll one

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Russia Steps Up Attacks on Ukraine Railways, Other Infrastructure

Moscow is seeking to disrupt deliveries of Western weapons as its offensives in the east of Ukraine appear to have stalled.

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Democracy Can Still End Big Tech’s Dominance Over Our Lives

Just two decades ago barely 25% of the world’s information was digital. Today, nothing escapes this web. It is our shared fate and privilege to live at the dawn of information civilization. What kind of future will this be? What

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The Memories That Sustain Me on Mother’s Day

I keep replaying my favorite memory of my mother: I was 11 and we were vacationing on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, about a four-hour drive from our hometown of Sarajevo, Bosnia. After spending all day at the beach—swimming, playing

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Anti-Putin Russians Are Leaving, With a Push From the Kremlin

Many Russians who are designated “foreign agents” by the government view it as another form of repression that makes living in the country, or returning to it, untenable.

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Australian PM urges calm after Solomons leader cites ‘invasion’ threat

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged a calm response Thursday after the Solomon Islands’ leader cited an “invasion” threat and said his nation was being treated like an infant wielding a handgun. Morrison, who faces federal elections May 21, has

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Donald Trump’s Incredible 55-0 Primary Winning Streak is Set to End – Newsweek

Donald Trump’s Incredible 55-0 Primary Winning Streak is Set to End  Newsweek

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Iraq sandstorm sends more than 1,000 to hospital

More than 1,000 Iraqis were rushed to hospital with respiratory ailments on Thursday due to a sandstorm, the seventh to hit the country in the past month, state media said. Residents of six of Iraq’s 18 provinces, including Baghdad and

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Legendary Morozov art collection back in Russia after hit show in Paris

Russia said Thursday that a sprawling collection of artworks by the likes of Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse and Monet — the so-called Morozov Collection — has been safely returned after the show proved a runaway success in Paris. Nevertheless, the

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