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Pope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter, Vatican says
ROME — Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good Friday procession at Rome’s Colosseum to protect his health, the Vatican said,…
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Pope Francis skips Palm Sunday homily at start of busy Holy Week
ROME — ROME (AP) — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass…
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Ailing Pope Francis appears at a weekly audience but says he’s not well
VATICAN CITY — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican,…
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Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia’s Jakarta
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village…
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China says a surge in respiratory illnesses caused by flu and other known pathogens
BEIJING — A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is…
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WHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters
GENEVA — The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially…
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US adult cigarette smoking rate hits new all-time low
NEW YORK — U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they…
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