Pope and Argentine President Milei embrace after pontiff canonizes Argentina’s first female saint

Pope and Argentine President Milei embrace after pontiff canonizes Argentina’s first female saint

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and Argentine President Javier Milei embraced Sunday in St. Peter’s Basilica, as Argentine faith and politics came together during a Mass to canonize the country’s first female saint. The ceremony to declare Mama Antula a saint marked the first meeting between the Argentine pope and Milei, who once called

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1 wounded in Istanbul after assailants open fire at an election campaign event

1 wounded in Istanbul after assailants open fire at an election campaign event

ISTANBUL (AP) — Assailants opened fire at a campaign event for upcoming municipal elections in Istanbul, critically wounding one person, Turkish semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The attack on Saturday took place as Aziz Yeniay, a candidate for mayor in Istanbul’s Kucukcemece district for the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, was visiting an association, Anadolu

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Finns vote for a new president who will guide policy for the new NATO member and neighbor of Russia

Finns vote for a new president who will guide policy for the new NATO member and neighbor of Russia

HELSINKI (AP) — Voters in Finland are choosing Sunday between two experienced politicians to be their next president, whose main task will be to steer the Nordic country’s foreign and security policy now that it is a member of NATO, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Former prime minister Alexander Stubb, 55, on the center right, and

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Kreni-promeni i Ne damo Jadar protiv Rio Tinta i rušenja Beogradskog sajma

Kreni-promeni i Ne damo Jadar protiv Rio Tinta i rušenja Beogradskog sajma

 Pokret Kreni-promeni i udruženje Ne damo Jadar saopštili su da su danas, na otvaranju 15. Državnog pčelarskog sajma u Beogradu, razvili transparent sa porukom protiv najavljenog rušenja Beogradskog sajma i delili letke posetiocima.Na transparentu je, kako se navodi u saopštenju pokreta Kreni-promeni, pisalo “Opiremo se Rio Tintu, ne damo Sajam za sramnu kintu”.Pokret je naveo

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Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution as tensions grip the wider Middle East

Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution as tensions grip the wider Middle East

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran marked Sunday the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid tensions gripping the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.Thousands of Iranians marched through major streets and squares decorated with flags, balloons and banners with revolutionary and religious slogans.In Tehran, crowds waved Iranian

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