Pope to meet Orban on visit to be dominated by Ukraine war
Pope Francis heads to Hungary Friday for a three-day visit likely to be dominated by the war in Ukraine and his meeting with nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose views often clash with his own.
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Celtics hold off Hawks to advance in NBA playoffs
Jaylen Brown scored 32 points and Jayson Tatum added 30 as the Boston Celtics held off the Atlanta Hawks in a 128-120 thriller on Thursday to win their NBA Eastern Conference first-round playoff series four games to two.
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'I'd rather die': Syrians in Lebanon fear deportation
Samer and his family thought they had found safety in Lebanon after fleeing Syria's war nearly a decade ago, but amid growing anti-refugee sentiment, Beirut handed his brother to the Syrian army.
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Nantes talisman Blas key to French Cup repeat
The hero of last year's French Cup triumph for Nantes, Ludovic Blas hopes for a repeat success on Saturday against Toulouse as he nears the end of what is likely his final season with the Canaries.
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Ecuador labels criminal gangs as terrorists
Ecuador on Thursday declared members of organized crime groups to be terrorists, a distinction that allows the military to pursue them with greater freedom.
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Libya green group battles to save remaining forests
War-ravaged Libya is better known for its oil wealth than its forests, but environmentalists hope to save its remaining green spaces from logging, development and the impacts of climate change.
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India arms Hindu village militias to combat Kashmir rebels
Brandishing a bolt-action rifle, civil servant Sanjeet Kumar is one of 5,000 Kashmir villagers who have joined all-Hindu militia units armed and trained by Indian forces to fight off rebel attacks.
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China rehabilitation scheme makes morticians of murderers
Once jailed for murder, Cao Yongsheng now makes a living caring for the dead, benefitting from a bold rehabilitation scheme that's giving some of China's most serious criminals a second life as funeral workers.
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Australia's expanding women's rugby league goes prime time
Four more teams will take part in Australia's fast-growing women's rugby league competition this year with a new broadcast deal seeing every match on free-to-air television, officials said.
Read moreSudan truce extended, but strikes continue
Sudanese fighter jets pounded paramilitary positions in Khartoum on Thursday while deadly fighting and looting flared in Darfur, despite the army and a rival force agreeing to extend a ceasefire deal.
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