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By Christopher Lamb, Billy Stockwell, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV called for dialogue and for those with the power to unleash wars to choose peace, in his first Easter Sunday message since becoming the head of the Catholic Church last year. Speaking from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo said: “Let

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — As Israelis prepared to mark Passover Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week delivered a defiant wartime address replete with biblical references of ancient Jewish triumphs over their enemies. He likened Israel’s strikes on its enemies as the Ten Plagues that God is believed to have inflicted on Egypt

By Tim Lister and Svitlana Vlasova (CNN) — This week, for the third time since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia claimed it fully occupied Ukraine’s Luhansk region. The Russian military has held almost all of Luhansk – one of four eastern regions that Moscow has illegally sought to annex – since the first year

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A retired matador was killed by a bull on Friday as he prepared the animals for a bullfight at an arena in Málaga, in southern Spain, organizers said. Ricardo Ortiz was handling the bulls in their enclosures at La Malagueta, a historic bullring in Málaga, when one of the

By Stephanie Yang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — In the face of growing Chinese military aggression, Taiwan has increased defense spending, extended mandatory conscription and revamped its combat exercises, signaling its determination to fight off a potential invasion. Some of its people, like 51-year-old Nelson Yeh, have been making different plans. Three years ago, Yeh