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AI race raises questions about the risk of human extinction
In a warning that cut through the usual techno-utopian rhetoric, Pope Leo XIV used his encyclical on the dangers of artificial intelligence…
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Organisers say more than 1.2 million attend Pope’s Mass in Madrid
Madrid surged to a standstill on Sunday morning as more than a million people crowded the capital’s streets and a landmark square…
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Russian drone strikes nuclear fuel storage facility near Chornobyl, Ukraine says
President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian forces of carrying out what he called an “extremely vile” strike on a spent nuclear fuel…
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Pope says Catholic Church sexual abuse remains an open wound
Pope Leo XIV opened his first trip to Spain by confronting one of the Catholic Church’s deepest scars, saying sexual abuse remained…
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US considers Iranian assets for Gulf allies’ reconstruction, sources say
Washington is preparing a new pressure point in its confrontation with Tehran: channeling Iranian assets toward Gulf states to help pay for…
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Corbyn urges people to ignore JD Vance’s comments about Nowak
Jeremy Corbyn has urged the public to tune out US Vice President JD Vance’s intervention over the death of 18-year-old Henry Nowak…
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Hegseth says Europe faces ‘invasion’ of dangerous ideologies at D-Day event
Standing on the Normandy coast, where Allied troops once fought their way onto Europe’s shores, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth cast today’s…
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Irish reporter receives Ukraine’s Order of Merit award
An Irish journalist documenting the war in Ukraine has received one of the country’s official honours, with President Volodymyr Zelensky presenting Kilkenny…
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Diver killed by shark off Western Australia coast
A morning dive off Western Australia turned deadly after a shark fatally attacked a man in waters near Perth, marking the country’s…
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Ireland bans two Israeli ministers from traveling to the country
Ireland has moved to bar two of Israel’s most outspoken ministers from entering the country, with Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirming that Justice…
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Aoun accuses Iran of using Lebanon as a bargaining chip with US
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has delivered one of his sharpest rebukes yet of Iran and its ally Hezbollah, accusing Tehran of turning…
