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22 May
Sudan's warring parties have signed an agreement for a seven-day ceasefire as fighting enters its sixth week. The ceasefire will take effect on May 22. The deal was announced Saturday by the U.S. and Saudi...
22 May
U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected Republicans' demands for spending cuts in negotiations to avoid a U.S. debt default as "unacceptable."  Biden said he would talk directly with Republican...
22 May
A private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) organized by Axiom Space is due to blast off from Florida on Sunday, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to go to the orbiting laboratory.  ...
22 May
At his Regina Coeli prayer on St Peter's Square, Pope Francis offers a prayer for the northeastern Italian Emilia Romagna region, which has been hit by deadly floods described as the country's worst in a...
21 May
The Cannes Film Festival returns from May 16 to 27, bringing a huge number of stars and celebrated filmmakers to France's Cote d'Azur.  Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite on the Cannes red...
21 May
Greeks head to the polls in a general election that promises to be the closest in more than a decade, with three main parties competing for seats in the 300-member parliament. The EU country goes into the polls...
21 May
Twelve people were killed in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where soccer fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said. The match was suspended as emergency personnel evacuated people from the...
21 May
Spain once had Europe's most dangerous roads. Now it's consistently in the top five or ten safest places to drive in the EU. Between 1989 and 2019, serious traffic accidents were reduced by 80 percent and...
21 May
At the recent Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad was warmly welcomed back after being cut off from most of the Arab community for over ten years. He was met with open...
21 May
Firefighters backed by soldiers battled a wildfire in western Spain on Friday that has forced hundreds of people to evacuate from nearby villages, officials said. The flames have ravaged some 3,000 hectares of...

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