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By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) – As the war in Iran threatens to imperil President Donald Trump’s legacy, the political stakes also are rising for two of his top lieutenants: Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The pair, widely viewed as potential successors to Trump, have …
BEIJING, March 29 (Reuters) – China conducted naval, air and coast guard patrols around the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Sunday, its military and Coast Guard said. The shoal is in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone but China also claims it as part of its territory. The patrols came after Beijing and …
VATICAN CITY, March 29 (Reuters) – Pope Leo said on Sunday that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have “hands full of blood”, in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month. Addressing tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, the celebration that …
BEIJING, March 29 (Reuters) – China’s top diplomat in Hong Kong has met with the senior U.S. diplomat in the city to protest a U.S. public alert over new security rules in Hong Kong, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. In a statement released late on Saturday, the Chinese foreign ministry’s Hong Kong office said Commissioner …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 11-42-43-59-61, Powerball: 25, Power Play: 4 (eleven, forty-two, forty-three, fifty-nine, sixty-one, Powerball: twenty-five, Power Play: four) Estimated jackpot: $168 million Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Photos You …
JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem’s major holy sites are shuttered and families are dejected and exhausted ahead of Passover and Easter as the Iran war enters its fifth week. The mood stands in stark contrast to a usual spring, when longer days herald a period of family gatherings and an influx of tourists for the major …
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated Palm Sunday before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square, as he opened his first Holy Week as pontiff that for many people recalled the final, suffering days of Pope Francis’ life. The celebration began with a procession of cardinals, bishops, priests and laypeople walking into …
CHESSY, France (AP) — The kingdom of Arendelle in Disney’s “Frozen” now has a permanent address just east of Paris, complete with a lagoon, a wooden Nordic village and a robotic snowman that talks back to children. Walt Disney Studios Park officially becomes Disney Adventure World on Sunday with the opening of “World of Frozen,” …
MOSCOW, March 29 (Reuters) – Russia’s Ust-Luga port, one of its largest petroleum export outlets, was damaged on Sunday in a Ukrainian drone attack that sparked a fire, Alexander Drozdenko, the governor of the northern Leningrad region said on Telegram. A total of 36 drones were shot down over the region, Drozdenko said. Ust-Luga, operated …
March 29 (Reuters) – Oman’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that it condemns attacks on its territory, adding that no party has claimed responsibility. It said authorities were investigating the attacks’ “sources and motives” without providing further details or specifying any specific attack. Oman said on Saturday that a worker was injured in a drone …