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EXPLAINER: What drives possible boycott of Beijing Olympics

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Some kind of boycott is almost sure to affect next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics. ...

Greeks fly kites for Clean Monday holiday despite pandemic

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ATHENS, Greece — Colorful kites danced in the skies above the hilltops and seafront promenades of Athens on Clean Monday as Greeks turned out...

Italy court blocks Bannon-linked plans for populist academy

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<p>ROME &mdash; Italy’s top administrative court has ruled against a conservative think tank affiliated with former White House adviser Steve Bannon over its use...

France to return Nazi-looted Klimt to rightful Jewish heirs

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PARIS — The French government announced Monday that it will return a Nazi-looted Gustav Klimt landscape painting to its rightful owners more than 80...

College president Zooms with students isolated due to virus

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<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. &mdash; Every day at 5 p.m., no matter what Dr. Debra Schwinn is doing, Palm Beach Atlantic University's new president...

LGBTQ Catholics stung by Vatican rebuff of same-sex unions

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The Vatican’s declaration that same-sex unions are a sin the Roman Catholic Church cannot bless was no surprise for LGBTQ Catholics in the United...

McLaughlin, nun who exposed abuses in Rhodesia, dies at 79

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<p>JOHANNESBURG &mdash; Sister Janice McLaughlin, a Maryknoll Sisters nun who was jailed and later deported by white minority-ruled Rhodesia for exposing human rights abuses,...

Italy court blocks Bannon-linked plans for populist academy

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ROME — Italy’s top administrative court has ruled against a conservative think tank affiliated with former White House adviser Steve Bannon over its use...

College president Zooms with students isolated due to virus

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Every day at 5 p.m., no matter what Dr. Debra Schwinn is doing, Palm Beach Atlantic University's new president...

Pope renews appeal for Syria on 10th anniversary of conflict

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has renewed his “heartfelt appeal” to all sides in the Syria conflict to demonstrate “signs of good will so...