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The Pope Drew 1.2 Million at Cibeles, the Spanish Royals in Full Force - a Message Wrapped in Spectacle

Leo XIV in Spain for the first time. 100,000 flowers, 1,600 priests, and one sentence that sounds like a warning...

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Mount Everest Isn't the Highest Point on Earth - It Just Depends How You Measure

By elevation above sea level, Everest leads. But measure from Earth's center and an Ecuadorian volcano wins. Three mountains are...

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China Sends Ships East of Taiwan and Calls It a Special Operation - the Adjective That Always Means Something Bigger

Beijing considers the waters around Taiwan its own, and the trigger is a deal between Japan and the Philippines. The...

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Meloni Didn't Show Up at the Tivat Summit - and the Empty Chair Says More Than a Speech

The Italian PM officially ran late because of a ceremony. But in European diplomacy, absence is rarely accidental - and...

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Who Will Rule Russia After Putin? The West Dreams of Democracy, the Elite Has No Such Interest

A liberal successor who'd end the war would trigger the collapse of the military-industrial complex. The Balkans know the logic...

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Hollywood Actor Killed Outside His Home: Five Decades of Career, an Ending Unlike Any Film

We watched James Handy in Jumanji, Logan and Top Gun without always knowing his name. The suspect called police with...

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Putin Replies to Zelensky: a Man Ruling for 20 Years Lectures That Power Without Elections Is a Crime

From the podium in St. Petersburg, Putin struck where it hurts - legitimacy. The irony is thick: the one with...

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Lady Pamela Hicks Dies at 97 - the Last Living Witness of a World That Vanished

Prince Philip's cousin, a confidante of Elizabeth II, among the first to see her become queen. With her goes the...

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America's Largest Carrier Nearly Burned Down - Over a Laundry-Room Fire and a System That Failed

600 sailors with no beds, 30 hours of fighting the fire by hand. If the most expensive warship of the...

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A Trump-Netanyahu Row Behind Closed Doors: the Iran Ceasefire Hangs by a Thread, a New War „Practically Inevitable”

When allies insult each other over the phone, the question isn't whether the ceasefire is fragile - it's how long...

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The Norwegian Court With a Rare Direct Statement: Mette-Marit on a Lung Transplant List

The crown princess has used oxygen for years. Haakon is cancelling everything - Japan, Stockholm, a silver anniversary - over...

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Four Pickers Burned Alive in a Car in Italy: the Most Vulnerable Exploit Each Other, the System Looks Away

Strawberry-farm workers promised a wage they never saw. 14 arson attacks in a few months. The Europe that lives off...

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