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ROME — Pope Francis has once again condemned the Russian war on “dear and tormented” Ukraine, calling for prayers and aid for the besieged nation. “Every day I carry in my heart the dear and tormented Ukraine, which continues to be scourged by barbaric attacks, like the one that struck the Kremenchuk shopping centre,” the pontiff said after his Angelus prayer in the Vatican Wednesday. “I pray that this insane war may soon see an end, and I renew the invitation to persevere, without tiring, in prayer for peace: may the Lord open those paths of dialogue that men are unwilling or unable to find!” he said. “And let us not neglect to come to the aid of the Ukrainian people, who are suffering so much,” Francis concluded. The pope was referring to Tuesday’s Russian missile strike on a crowded mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, which claimed the lives of at least 16 civilians. “The Russian strike today on the shopping centre in Kremenchuk is one of the most … [Read more...] about Pope Francis Condemns ‘Insane War,’ ‘Barbaric Attacks’ in Ukraine

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Spirit Airlines rose Thursday after it postponed a vote for the second time on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines, allowing for a bidding war over the budget airline between Frontier and JetBlue Airways to play out. The delay, announced hours before the scheduled vote, indicated that Spirit lacked support to approve the Frontier merger. JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes said Spirit shareholders gave their board a mandate to negotiate a sale to his airline. But JetBlue investors seemed underwhelmed by the prospect of the New York carrier buying Spirit. They sent shares of JetBlue down 6% Thursday. Spirit rose 4%, and Frontier barely changed. Florida's Spirit said the vote on a proposed tie-up with Frontier would be postponed until July 8. Leaders of all three airlines have been making their pitch to major Spirit shareholders for support in a vote that … [Read more...] about Spirit’s delay allows airline bidding war time to play out

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 32 MADRID (AP) — The Latest on the final day of the NATO summit in Madrid: Turkey’s president is hailing his country’s joint memorandum with Sweden and Finland over their NATO accession as a victory. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that all of Turkey’s “sensitivities” had been included in the 10-article agreement. The deal signed Tuesday removed Turkey’s objection to the Nordic countries’ NATO membership. But Erdogan added that if Sweden and Finland did not fulfill their promises, Turkey could still block their membership by not ratifying the deal in the Turkish parliament. Erdogan claimed after the NATO summit ended that Sweden had promised to extradite 73 “terrorists” to Turkey and crack down on … [Read more...] about Live updates | Turkey claims win in NATO deal on Nordics