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A soccer-loving nun from Brazil tops list of world's oldest living person at nearly 117

MIAMI (AP) — A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan .
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Syria's foreign minister visits Qatar as new authorities seek regional and global diplomatic ties

Syria's foreign minister visits Qatar as new authorities seek regional and global diplomatic ties

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's new foreign minister met with his Qatari counterpart and Qatar's prime minister in Doha on Sunday, as Syria’s new de facto authorities under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham , or HTS, establish diplomatic ties with regional and glo
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Syria's foreign minister visits Qatar as new authorities seek regional and global diplomatic ties

Syria's foreign minister visits Qatar as new authorities seek regional and global diplomatic ties

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's new foreign minister met with his Qatari counterpart and Qatar's prime minister in Doha on Sunday, as Syria’s new de facto authorities under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham , or HTS, establish diplomatic ties with regional and glo
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Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for peace, dies at 93

Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for peace, dies at 93

TOKYO (AP) — Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace has died. He was 93. Fukahori died at a hospital in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan.
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Jimmy Carter's funeral begins by tracing 100 years from rural Georgia to the world stage

Jimmy Carter's funeral begins by tracing 100 years from rural Georgia to the world stage

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter 's extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S.
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Jimmy Carter's state funeral has started. Here's what to know

Jimmy Carter's state funeral has started. Here's what to know

ATLANTA (AP) — Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.
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Pope Francis says bullying at school prepares students for war, not peace

Pope Francis says bullying at school prepares students for war, not peace

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday.
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Jimmy Carter's 6-day state funeral begins with a motorcade through south Georgia

Jimmy Carter's 6-day state funeral begins with a motorcade through south Georgia

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter 's long public goodbye began Saturday in south Georgia where the 39th U.S. president's life began more than 100 years ago.
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Jimmy Carter's state funeral starts Saturday. Here is what to know

Jimmy Carter's state funeral starts Saturday. Here is what to know

ATLANTA (AP) — Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter begin Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.
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Sunday school class with Jimmy Carter: What it was like

Sunday school class with Jimmy Carter: What it was like

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — It never got old. No matter how many times one crammed into the modest sanctuary at Maranatha Baptist Church, there was always some wisdom to be gleaned from the measured, Bible-inspired words of Jimmy Carter .
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