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Russia Talks Peace While Troops Threaten New Region in Ukraine

Moscow’s forces are three miles from Dnipropetrovsk, a province they have never invaded. If they cross in, the advance would be a morale blow to Ukraine and complicate any territorial negotiations.

The Pope Is in a ‘Good Mood’ but ‘Not Out of Danger,’ His Doctors Say

Pope Francis’ complex lung infection is not immediately life-threatening, his doctors said Friday, from the Rome hospital in which he has been treated for the past week, but they warned he is “not out of danger.”

Archaeologists Find a Pharaoh’s Tomb, the First Since King Tut, Egypt Says

Archaeologists have found a pharaoh’s tomb in an Egyptian valley west of Luxor, Egypt’s ministry of antiquities announced this week, in what officials called the first excavation of a royal tomb since Tutankhamen’s burial chamber was unearthed over a century ago.

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