Pope Leo XIV Canonizes Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, Including First Millennial Saint
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In a public ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, the pope declared two Italian laymen saints, marking the first canonizations of his pontificate
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A decade after Alan Kurdi: migrant deaths persist as Europe reshapes policy and politics
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Ten years on from the image that shocked the world, crossings and fatalities continue while EU states expand deterrence, face legal setbacks and struggle to return migrants
Russia mounts largest drone assault on Ukraine, over 800 drones and decoys used; at least two killed
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Ukraine says air defenses intercepted most of the 805 drones and decoys and several missiles, but strikes damaged Kyiv’s Cabinet building and residential blocks
Carlo Acutis set to become first millennial saint; relatives include two canonised founders and mathematician Paolo Ruffini
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Vatican recognised two posthumous miracles for the Italian teenager known as 'God's influencer'; his mother says family ties link him to saints Giulia Salzano and Caterina Volpicelli and to an influential 18th-century mathematician.
Ethiopia inaugurates Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, challenging Egypt's Nile claims
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Africa’s largest hydroelectric project promises power and national pride in Ethiopia and raises water-security fears in Egypt as decades-old Nile agreements unravel.
Ethiopia inaugurates Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, shifting Nile power balance
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Africa’s largest hydroelectric project promises energy and national unity in Ethiopia while stoking water security fears in Egypt
Record drone and missile barrage hits Ukraine; mother and infant among dead as NATO scrambles fighters
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Ukrainian officials say at least 805 drones and more than a dozen missiles struck more than 20 cities; Kyiv government building damaged and dozens injured
Ethiopia inaugurates Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, deepening Nile water dispute with Egypt
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Africa's largest hydroelectric project promises power and national pride in Addis Ababa while stoking water-security fears and diplomatic tensions in downstream Egypt and across the Nile basin.
Ethiopia set to inaugurate Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, deepening Nile dispute with Egypt
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Completion of Africa’s largest hydroelectric project fuels Ethiopian nationalism and regional ambitions as Cairo warns of an existential water threat