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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday the time has come for the creation of an “armed forces of Europe” because the U.S. may no longer be counted on to support Europe.

Doctors prescribed “absolute rest” for Pope Francis, the Vatican said Saturday, a day after the 88-year-old pope was admitted to a hospital following a weeklong bout of bronchitis. (Image credit: Alessandra Tarantino)

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The vice president’s speech in Munich, expressing support for far-right, anti-immigration parties and criticizing suppression of conservative voices, was a global extension of his core political themes.

At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany’s coming elections.

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JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders  The Guardian US Vance Shocks Europe With Support for Far Right, in Message Familiar to U.S.  The New York Times Scholz blasts Vance’s support for Germany’s far right  The Washington Post Zelenskyy,

Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.

Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.

A two-year-old baby and her mother have died after a car was rammed into a group of people in Munich on Thursday.