British Royals Gather for Easter Service, With Andrew and His Family Absent

LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles and ⁠Queen ⁠Camilla attended the traditional Easter ⁠service at Windsor Castle on Sunday, joined by his ​eldest son and heir to the throne Prince William, wife Catherine, and their three ‌children at St George’s Chapel. The ‌Easter Matins service is an important fixture in the calendar of …

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Congo to Receive Third-Country Deportees From the US Under New Deal

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo will receive some migrants as part of a new deal under the Trump administration’s third-country program, its government said Sunday, the latest such African nation to receive migrants being deported from the U.S. The deportees will start arriving in Congo this month, the Congolese Ministry of Communications said in a …

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3 Killed as High Winds Topple a Tree on an Easter Egg Hunt in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Three people, including a 10-month-old girl, were killed Sunday when high winds toppled a tree in northern Germany during an Easter egg hunt, police said. Around 50 people from a nearby residential facility for new mothers, pregnant women and children were attending the event in woods near the town of Satrupholm …

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Ships Near Italy Rescue 32 Migrants, 71 Lost at Sea, Charities Say

ROME, April 5 (Reuters) – Two merchant ⁠vessels ⁠near the Italian ⁠coast recovered the bodies of two migrants ​and rescued 32 survivors from a boat trying to ‌cross to Europe from ‌Libya on Easter weekend, rescue charities said, ⁠citing ⁠the survivors as saying 71 others were lost at ​sea. The victims were transferred to an …

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Hamas Armed Wing Says Disarmament Calls Are Unacceptable

April 5 (Reuters) – Hamas’ armed wing said on ⁠Sunday ⁠discussing the group’s disarmament before ⁠Israel fully implements the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ​Gaza ceasefire was an attempt to continue what it called a genocide against the ‌Palestinian people. In a televised statement, Hamas’ ‌armed wing spokesperson Abu Ubaida said raising the issue of …

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