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Sisters Rita (right)81Regina (left)86and Bernadette (center)88at the convent chapel of the Goldenstein castle south of Salzburg cityAustria on Sept. 202025. Supporters of three nuns in their 80s flocked to the convent in a show of solidarity.

Sisters Rita (right)81Regina (left)86and Bernadette (center)88at the convent chapel of the Goldenstein castle south of SalzburgAustriaon Sept. 202025. Supporters of the three nuns flocked to the convent in a show of solidarity. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Austrian nuns who fled their care home are now in Rome and visited the Vatican

The three octogenarian nunswho made headlines last year after they broke back into their conventjoined others at St. Peter's Square for a general audience with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday morning.

An interview with a powerful Hindu nationalist

RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale at an appearance in New DelhiIndiaApril 152022 Amal KS/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption

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An interview with a powerful Hindu nationalist

In today’s episodea rare interview with the leader of a Hindu nationalist group in India known by the acronym RSS. They are the largest far right group in the world and the basis for the party that rules India.

An interview with a powerful Hindu nationalist

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies about the Iran war before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday. Hegseth described the military operation as a major success and criticized 'defeatist' Democrats who pushed back against his assessment of the war.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies about the Iran war before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday. Hegseth described the military operation as a major success and criticized 'defeatist' Democrats who pushed back against his assessment of the war. Rod Lamkey Jr./AP hide caption

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Middle East conflict

The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion)but still no end date

The Pentagon estimates the war has cost $25 billion over the past two months. In congressional testimonyDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not say when the war might end.

Colombia's President Gustavo PetroColombia's Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres and Dutch Minister of Climate and Green Growth Stientje van Veldhoven attend the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference in Santa MartaColombiaon Tuesday.

Colombia's President Gustavo PetroColombia's Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres and Dutch Minister of Climate and Green Growth Stientje van Veldhoven attend the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference in Santa MartaColombiaon Tuesday. Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Climate

In the midst of an energy crisiscountries make plans to ditch oilgas and coal

Against the backdrop of an energy crisis and a warming planetmore than 50 countries have come to Santa MartaColombiato discuss concrete ways to phase out oilgas and coal.

Could this conference be a 'turning point' for the world's use of fossil fuels?

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Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni fights for the ball against Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior during a Champions League playoff soccer match between SL Benfica and Real Madrid in LisbonPortugalTuesdayFeb. 172026.

Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni fights for the ball against Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior during a Champions League playoff soccer match between SL Benfica and Real Madrid in LisbonPortugalTuesdayFeb. 172026. Pedro Rocha/AP hide caption

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Sports

Red cards can be given to players who cover their mouths while confronting opponents

The International Football Association Board approved a rule that would penalize players with a red card if they cover their mouths when confronting another player. The measure will be in place at this summer's World Cup.

How is Cuba feeling about the United States?

A man holds a photograph of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro during celebrations marking the victory on the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution in Havana on April 162026. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty hide caption

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How is Cuba feeling about the United States?

The relationship between the United States and Cuba hasn’t been this tense for decades. Even as the the U.S. is engaged in high-level negotiations in Havanait is threatening Cuba with military action. It is a threat that is backed up by the recent action the U.S. took in nearby Venezuelaremoving that country’s leader. We hear from a top Cuban diplomat about how Cuba sees its relationship with the U.S. now. 

How is Cuba feeling about the United States?

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An image of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee is seen during a rally by supporters outside of the Seoul High Court in SeoulSouth KoreaTuesdayApril 282026. The letters read "Not Guilty."

An image of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee is seen during a rally by supporters outside of the Seoul High Court in SeoulSouth KoreaTuesdayApril 282026. The letters read "Not Guilty." Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

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Asia

South Korean court extends prison sentence for wife of ousted president

In JanuaryKim Keon Hee was sentenced to 20 months for accepting gifts from the Unification Churchwhich sought political favors.

UAE's Minister of Energy and Industry Suhail al-Mazrouei is shown arriving for an OPEC meeting in ViennaAustriaon June 42023.

UAE's Minister of Energy and Industry Suhail al-Mazrouei is shown arriving for an OPEC meeting in ViennaAustriaon June 42023. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Middle East conflict

The United Arab Emirates is quitting OPEC oil cartel after nearly 60 years

The Arab oil producer has long expressed frustration with the quotas it has to follow as part of OPECthe cartel of major state-owned oil producers.

The United Arab Emirates is quitting OPEC oil cartel after nearly 60 years

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Media set up outside the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse on April 27 in WashingtonD.C.

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WHCA dinner shooter charged. AndCharles III to address Congress

Cole Allenthe man who tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinneris being charged with trying to assassinate President Trump. AndKing Charles III is set to address Congress today.

WHCA Shooter In CourtTrump-King Charles RelationshipLebanon Ceasefire In Limbo

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Iranian worshippers perform their Friday prayers under the portraits of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (second left) and top military officials who were killed during the U.S.-Israel campaignat the Tehran University campusin TehranIranon April 24.

Iranian worshippers perform their Friday prayers under the portraits of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (second left) and top military officials who were killed during the U.S.-Israel campaignat the Tehran University campusin TehranIranon April 24. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption

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Middle East conflict

Deadlock over Iran's nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz cripples peace efforts

Two months after the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran started the warpeace talks are on holdwith control of the Strait of Hormuz and the future of Iran's nuclear program as the two main points of contention.

A view of Kinshasathe capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—a sprawling urban giant where over 15 million people live.

A view of Kinshasathe capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—a sprawling urban giant where over 15 million people live. Schalk Van Zuydam/AP hide caption

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Africa

'We don't know what will happen to us': U.S. deportees in limbo in DRC

15 South American migrants and asylum seekers deported from the U.S. to the DRC are now living in uncertainty in a country an with ongoing armed conflictwhere they have no ties.

'We don’t know what will happen to us': U.S. deportees in limbo in DRC

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Relatives of victims pay respects at the site of an attack on the Pan-American Highway in CajibioColombiaSundayApril 262026where at least a dozen people were killed in an attack authorities blamed on dissident groups of the former FARC rebels.

Relatives of victims pay respects at the site of an attack on the Pan-American Highway in CajibioColombiaSundayApril 262026where at least a dozen people were killed in an attack authorities blamed on dissident groups of the former FARC rebels. Santiago Saldarriaga/AP hide caption

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The Americas

Violence escalates in Colombia with dozens of attacks before presidential vote

A spate of attacks against civilians and military bases in Colombia's southwestern region has raised security concerns as the country heads to a May presidential election.

This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on MondayApril 272026shows a victim of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuviusin the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples in southern Italy.

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Technology

Pompeii archaeologists use AI to reconstruct man killed in volcano's eruption

Archaeologists have used AI for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuviusoffering a new way to understand one of history's most famous natural disasters.

40 years after families survived the Chernobyl accidentthey face war

Representatives of Greenpeace and media stand in front of memorial plate for the first victim of the Chornobyl disastersenior circulating pump operator of the 4th block Valery Khodemchukon the wall between blocks 3 and 4 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant Genya Savilov/Getty hide caption

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40 years after families survived the Chernobyl accidentthey face war

Forty years agoin April 1986there was an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was the worst nuclear accident in history. Then the plant was in the USSRit is part of northern Ukraine now. The accident was a shared trauma for Ukrainians and Russiansbut Russia’s war on Ukraine has torn them apart. We meet some families who endured the accident and nuclear fallout four decades agoand are now enduring years of war.

40 years after families survived the Chernobyl accidentthey face war

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