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Pope arrives at Cuba

HAVANA (AP) — Pope Francis began a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States on Saturday, embarking on his first trip to the onetime Cold War foes after serving as secret mediator of their historic rapprochement. He will be offering a show of solidarity with Cubans and delivering the message in the United States that Hispanics are the bedrock of the church there. (more…)

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3 Powerful Pictures of the day week

Muslims pray in front of MacArthur High School at a prayer vigil in support of Ahmed Mohamed in Irving, Texas. Ahmed, 14, was arrested Monday when teachers and police mistook a clock he built for a possible bomb. Jeffrey Mcwhorter / AP A woman walks past a migrant sleeping, covered only in a blanket, near the Keleti railway station as they wait to board trains leaving for the Austrian border in Budapest, Hungary. Since the beginning of 2015, the number of migrants using the so-called ‘Balkans route’ has exploded with refugees arriving in Greece from Turkey, then

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Son of Dubai’s Ruler dies at 33, Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

  Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, son of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, died on Saturday morning of a heart attack.  Sheikh Rashid was the eldest son of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is the ruler of Dubai and also the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates. (more…)