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‘Mineral Diplomacy’: Trump Looks for a Win in the High-Stakes Battle for Vital Global Resources
In response to escalating tensions, Mr. Trump signed an executive order in March to “boost American mineral production, ...
A street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convert are all considered front-runners to be next pope
Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job of pope, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the ...
Africans say a Black pope would be nice to have. But they are not too hopeful
“For us, it does not matter whether he is African, white, or Black. What matters is having a good, holy pope who can unite Catholics across the world,” said Luka Lawrence Ndenge, an emergency officer ...
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Rebels took eastern Congo’s largest city. Now they must run it.
As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can ...
Rubio: We Are The U.S. State Department, Not The Global State Department
Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered this update 100 days into the second Trump administration: SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO: It's not easy to go last, so I'd better be good and I'll be short as ...
One of these cardinals could become the new pope
Cardinals attend a Mass presided over by Cardinal Pietro Parolin in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on the second of nine ...
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Does the Congo truce portend peace? Or a potential civil war?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and an alliance of militias led by the notorious M23 rebels announced a ceasefire on ...
Congo's government and rebels say they are working toward a truce in the east
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo's government and a coalition of insurgents in the country's east including the M23 rebels have agreed to work toward a truce following peace talks in Qatar, a joint ...