Obama and Castro in historic US-Cuba meeting
Sunday, 12 April 2015, 00:57
Last update: about 12 years ago
US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro have met on the fringes of the Summit of the Americas, the first formal talks between the two countries' leaders in half a...
Pope Francis: Church must be 'oasis of mercy', not severe fortress
Saturday, 11 April 2015, 19:51
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
Pope Francis on Saturday proclaimed a special year of worldwide efforts by the Catholic Church to stress mercy, not severity, saying the institution's credibility was at stake. At St. Peter's...
Watch: After decades of icy relations, Obama, Castro meet in Panama
Saturday, 11 April 2015, 10:05
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
Generations of distrust between the U.S. and Cuba could begin to fade away Saturday as their presidents met face to face for the first time since the height of the Cold War. The historic gathering...
Hillary Clinton to announce presidential campaign on Sunday
Friday, 10 April 2015, 16:45
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
Hillary Rodham Clinton will end months of speculation about her political future and launch her long-awaited 2016 presidential campaign on Sunday, according to people familiar with her plans. The...
Close watch on Pope Francis's Armenian Mass; will he say 'genocide'?
Friday, 10 April 2015, 14:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
Pope Francis on Sunday will declare a little-known 10th-century Armenian mystic a doctor of the church, one of the highest honors a pope can bestow. More attention, though, is likely to be on whether...
About 150 dolphins stranded on beach in Japan
Friday, 10 April 2015, 13:30
Last update: about 12 years ago
Associated Press
About 150 dolphins beached themselves and became stranded on Japan's northeastern coast, and people were working Friday to save them. The dolphins were lying on a stretch of about 10 kilometers...