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Flowers, balloons, candles and other items are laid outside Gemelli hospital in Rome, on Feb. 26, where Pope Francis is being treated.

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  • Religion

Pope Francis has acute respiratory crises, the Vatican says

Pope Francis experienced more respiratory problems and went on noninvasive ventilation on Monday, the Vatican said, as the head of the Roman Catholic Church battles double pneumonia in the hospital.

March 03, 2025
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock
James Harrison looks at 8-month-old Layla and her mother, Beth Ismay, in Sydney, Australia, in May 2018. It was the last time Harrison donated blood.

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  • Obituaries

James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died

Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

March 03, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Members of the Ukrainian community in Taiwan, alongside Taiwanese supporters, gather outside Moscow's representative office in Taipei to protest the three-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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  • Asia

Seeing Washington change course on Ukraine, Taiwan ponders its own fate

Developments in the Ukraine-U.S. relationship have regularly made headline news in Taiwan lately. Many in Taiwan compare Ukraine's fate to its own, as China continues to threaten an invasion.

March 03, 2025
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By:
  • Ashish Valentine
From left: Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with their Oscar awards for best documentary for the film <em>No Other Land</em> in the press room at the 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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  • Movies

Israel's culture minister calls a Palestinian-Israeli film's Oscar a 'sad moment'

The Oscar documentary win by the movie No Other Land is garnering very different reactions in Israel and the West Bank.

March 03, 2025
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  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Itay Stern,
  • and 1 more
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) head to a private room to hold a meeting during a summit at Lancaster House on March 2 in London, England.

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  • World

U.K. prime minister unveils steps toward a Ukraine peace deal, urges U.S. cooperation

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged more military aid, as well as the possibility of weapons and boots on the ground, to secure peace in Ukraine.

March 03, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 01: Britain's Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer (L) welcomes Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky to 10 Downing Street on March 1, 2025 in London England. The Ukrainian President arrived in London today to meet with the British prime minister ahead of a summit of European leaders on Sunday.

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European leaders pledge to back Ukraine. And, takeaways from the Oscars

Several global leaders pledged support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's efforts to stop Russia's war. And, heartfelt speeches, a big surprise and history were made at the Oscars.

March 03, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Children look on as a man hangs decorations ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday.

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  • World

Trump wants Palestinians out of Gaza. Here are Egypt's plans to keep them there

Arab leaders will meet in Cairo to reject Palestinian displacement from Gaza. NPR looks at Egypt's reconstruction plans for Gaza that counter President Trump's ideas of expulsion.

March 03, 2025
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  • Aya Batrawy
Rachel Szor, left, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham accept the Oscar for best documentary feature film for <em>No Other Land.</em>

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  • Movies

At Oscars, 'No Other Land' co-directors call for national rights for Palestinians

The Oscar-winning documentary, made by a team of Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers, follows the displacement of rural Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

March 02, 2025
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  • Chloee Weiner
President Trump meets with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House on Friday.

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  • Politics

How Washington is reacting to the heated Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

Trump adviser Mike Waltz says the U.S. has "a real issue on our hands" if Ukrainian President Zelenskyy doesn't come back to negotiating table in its war with Russia.

March 02, 2025
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  • Luke Garrett
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shake hands during a meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, England, Saturday, March 1, 2025.

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  • Europe

UK, France and Ukraine agree to work on ceasefire plan for Russia's war in Ukraine

Britain, France and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan to present to the U.S., British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday as he prepared to host a summit of European leaders.

March 02, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid drive through Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after entering from the Kerem Shalom crossing on February 18, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Israel stops the delivery of aid to Gaza until Hamas accepts U.S. ceasefire extension

Israel says it is stopping the delivery of aid to Gaza until Hamas accepts a U.S. proposal for an extension of the ceasefire deal.

March 02, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 01: Britain's Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer (L) welcomes Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky to 10 Downing Street on March 1, 2025 in London England. The Ukrainian President arrived in London today to meet with the British prime minister ahead of a summit of European leaders on Sunday.

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  • Europe

European leaders renew support for Ukraine after Zelenskyy's stormy meeting with Trump

Leaders from across Europe came quickly to the defense of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after his televised clash with President Trump and Vice President Vance.

March 01, 2025
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By:
  • Willem Marx and
  • Eleanor Beardsley
A woman waves a flag bearing a picture of the founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan, as people gather in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria to listen to a message from the jailed leader on Feb. 27. Ocalan called for his Kurdish militant force to disband and his fighters to lay down their arms.

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  • World

Kurdish militant group PKK declares ceasefire after decades of conflict with Turkey

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political breakthrough for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

March 01, 2025
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Hamas fighters stand guard as an International Red Cross vehicle arrives at the site of the handing over of two Israeli hostages in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner release on February 22, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Hamas rejects Israel's request to extend phase one of Gaza ceasefire

Hamas says it is not willing to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire, rejecting an Israeli request to delay negotiations on the second phase.

March 01, 2025
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

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  • Politics

Zelenskyy leaves the White House early after Trump meeting gets heated

A meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grew contentious, with Trump telling Zelenskyy, "You're not acting at all thankful" for U.S. support.

February 28, 2025
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