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Pope speaks of secret peace 'mission,' help for Ukraine kids amid war

Francis said the Holy See had already helped mediate some prisoner exchanges and would do all that is humanly possible to reunite families

Talks underway to return colonial-era artefacts, indigenous loot: Pope

Pope Francis said that talks were underway to return colonial-era artefacts in the Vatican that were acquired from Indigenous peoples in Canada and voiced a willingness to return problematic objects

2 killed, 4 wounded in Mississippi shooting; 19-year-old man arrested

Police have charged a 19-year-old man with killing two teenagers and wounding four others in an early Sunday shooting at a house party on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Joe Biden, Ferdinand Marcos set to meet as tensions grow with China

President Joe Biden is set to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines for White House talks on Monday as concerns grow about the Chinese navy's harassment of Philippine vessels

Emergency medical aid supplies reach Sudan, as fighting sputters on

An aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical aid landed on Sunday in Sudan to resupply hospitals devastated by more than two weeks of fighting between forces loyal to rival generals

Chinese who reported on Covid-19 outbreak to be released after 3 years

Chinese authorities were preparing to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicising videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the Covid-19 outbreak

Six students shot, wounded at Mississippi house party, says report

Six high school students were injured after gunfire erupted at a house party in southern Mississippi, according to a news report.

Shooting kills 2 men, injures 3rd victim in Seattle park, says police

Two men were killed and a third person was wounded during a shooting in a Seattle park Saturday night, police said.

Climate change sparks disaster fears in Anchorage Hillside, Alaska

The prospect of a major wildfire there keeps Anchorage Fire Chief Doug Schrage awake at night when conditions are hot and dry

Texas man kills 5 neighbours, including 8-yr-old boy on complain of gunfire

The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, remained at large more than 18 hours after the shooting and authorities warned that he might still be armed

New Orleans restaurant shooting kills waiter, wounds Chicago tourist

Woodfork said police believe two assailants targeted the waiter, whom family members identified to The Times-Picayune of New Orleans as 23-year-old Hilbert Walker III

Fire erupts at Crimea oil depot as hit by Ukraine's drone: Russian official

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview this week that his country will seeking to reclaim the peninsula in the upcoming counteroffensive

North Korea insults US Prez Biden, slams defence agreement with Seoul

Sister of Kim lashed out at Biden over his blunt warning that North Korean nuclear aggression would result in the end of its regime, calling him senile and too miscalculating and irresponsibly brave

South Korea's President Yoon talks of nuclear threat at Harvard visit

Yoon pointed to a new plan he unveiled with President Joe Biden on Wednesday for intensified nuclear deterrence to counter any North Korean threat

ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demands, says OpenAI

Last month, the Italian watchdog, known as Garante, ordered OpenAI to temporarily stop processing Italian users' personal information while it investigated a possible data breach

Federal Reserve faults Silicon Valley Bank execs, itself in bank failure

Federal regulators seized Silicon Valley Bank on March 10 after customers withdrew tens of billions of dollars in deposits in a matter of hours

Biden plan aims to stem border migration as Covid-19 restrictions end

The International Refugee Assistance Project said in a statement that it is concerned at the lack of details in the plan, how it will be implemented and where the money will come from

Japan to lift Covid-19 border controls before holiday season begins

Japan's government dropped its requests for mask wearing in March, leaving it up to each person's discretion

Europe's economy barely gains momentum as inflation pinches consumers

Spain and Italy performed better, both growing 0.5 per cent, while France managed a 0.2 per cent expansion thanks to exports

Japan to restore preferential trade status for South Korea: Official

The list currently contains 26 nations including the United States, Britain, Canada, France and Germany