Iranians Left Disappointed but Defiant After Failure of Peace Talks With US

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians reacted with a mixture of disappointment and defiance on Sunday after peace talks with the United States failed to reach an agreement following hourslong negotiations. U.S. officials said the talks collapsed over what they described as Iran’s refusal to commit to abandoning its nuclear program. Iranian officials blamed the U.S. …

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How to Limit The Health Risks Posed by Polluted Air

By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterSUNDAY, April 12, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution just isn’t what it used to be. While levels of lead and sulfur dioxide have dropped due to environmental regulations, other threats to air quality persist. Particle pollution, ozone and wildfire smoke all taint the air you breathe and put your …

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Israeli Strike Kills Infant Girl in South Lebanon During Father’s Funeral

By Thomas Suen and Louisa Gouliamaki TYRE, Lebanon April 12 (Reuters) – Wrapped in bloodied bandages, Aline ⁠Saeed, ⁠seven, barely survived the Israeli strike on ⁠her home in south Lebanon last week. She was there to bury her father as ​hopes of a truce spread across the region, but a new strike killed her infant …

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South African Coalition Partner DA Elects Hill-Lewis as Leader

JOHANNESBURG, April 12 (Reuters) – South ⁠Africa’s ⁠Democratic Alliance elected ⁠Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis as ​its leader on Sunday, as the ruling ‌coalition’s second-biggest party sought ‌to capitalise on discontent to ⁠expand ⁠its power base in this year’s local polls. The 39-year-old ​was widely considered the favourite to succeed Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen, who …

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Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of violating Putin’s Orthodox Easter ceasefire

Russia and Ukraine accused each other of violating a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire on Sunday. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire over the Orthodox Easter weekend, ordering Russian forces to halt hostilities from 4 p.m. on Saturday until the end of Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to abide by the ceasefire but …

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Russia, Ukraine Trade Accusations of Orthodox Easter Ceasefire Violations

KYIV/MOSCOW, April 12 (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine ⁠accused ⁠each other L1N40U064 ⁠on Sunday of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire L1N40S124 ​in their four-year war, reporting more than a thousand drone and ‌shelling attacks just hours after ‌the truce began on Saturday to mark Orthodox Easter. The ⁠Russian ⁠defence ministry said it recorded 1,971 ceasefire violations …

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