BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said on Thursday it would back efforts to financially support women seeking access to abortions, after a multiyear campaign by more than a million citizens across ...

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Europe’s economy may be as flaccid as a damp baguette, but you wouldn’t know it if you were window-shopping in the posher arrondissements of Paris. Say you are looking for a bone-shaped leather trunk ...

The Vatican said peace and care for the poor will be central themes of the African journey, which will also bring him in the ...

Pope Leo XIV will travel to six countries over the next four months, including a 10-day tour of Africa and trips to Monaco and Spain, the Vatican announced Feb. 25.

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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for Kuwait.

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Nigel Farage was fact-checked four times in a toe-curling interview over Jim Ratcliffe’s controversial claim that the UK is ...