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Romania’s presidential election redo is a high-stakes test of its democracy following annulled vote

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s presidential election redo next month will be a high-stakes test for the European Union member’s democracy after last year’s annulled vote triggered the country’s deepest political crisis since 1989. Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the election on Dec. 6 after the ...
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JD Vance goes to the Vatican following remarkable papal rebuke over Trump crackdown on migrants

VATICAN CITY (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance is meeting with the Vatican No. 2 official, following a remarkable papal rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants and Vance’s theological justification of it. Vance, a Catholic convert, was due to meet Saturday with ...
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Tunisia hands jail terms ranging from 13 to 66 years to opposition figures

TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian court handed jail terms ranging from 13 to 66 years to opposition leaders, businessmen and lawyers on charges of conspiring against state security, TAP state news agency said.(Reporting By Tarek Amara and Menna Ala ...
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Four centuries later, Easter’s date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the churches celebrate of Jesus’ resurrection on the same day. What’s ...
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Iran, US to hold talks in Rome in bid to reach nuclear deal

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran and the United States will hold a new round of nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday to resolve their decades-long standoff over Tehran’s atomic aims, under the shadow of President Donald Trump’s threat to ...
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Pupy the elephant arrives at a Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pupy the elephant arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, Friday following a 2,700-kilometer (1,680-mile) overland journey from a zoo converted into an ecological park in Argentina’s capital where she had spent 30 years ...
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Men toting chains and pierced with cactus keep a Good Friday tradition in Atlixco, Mexico

ATLIXCO, Mexico (AP) — Every year, crowds fill the streets of the central Mexican town of Atlixco on the Catholic holiday of Good Friday to witness the sight. Throngs of half-naked men walk through the scorching streets blindfolded, toting 70-pound chains and pieces of cactus ...
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Mean toting chains and pierced with cactus keep a Good Friday tradition in Atlixco, Mexico

ATLIXCO, Mexico (AP) — Every year, crowds fill the streets of the central Mexican town of Atlixco on the Catholic holiday of Good Friday to witness the sight. Throngs of half-naked men walk through the scorching streets blindfolded, toting 70-pound chains and pieces of cactus ...
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Indonesian woman turns to mangroves to fend off rising tides

By Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana DEMAK, Indonesia (Reuters) – Pasijah, a 55-year-old housewife in Indonesia’s Central Java province, wakes up every morning to the sound of the sea. If that sounds idyllic, it is anything but. Her home is the only one remaining ...
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At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo, media reports say

(Reuters) – At least 148 people were found dead in Democratic Republic of Congo after a motorised wooden boat caught fire and capsized, media reports citing local officials said on Friday. The boat was carrying as many as 500 passengers, including ...
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US military to slash troops in Syria to under 1,000

(Corrects key word used by some media clients to USA-MILITARY/SYRIA from US-MILITARY/SYRIA) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military will consolidate its presence in Syria over the coming weeks and months in a move that could reduce the number of troops it has in the country ...
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Tufts student challenging immigration arrest must be moved to Vermont, US judge rules

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday to transfer a Tufts University student being held in Louisiana to Vermont while he weighs her claims that U.S. immigration authorities unlawfully arrested her based on her pro-Palestinian advocacy. The decision by ...
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