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Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, celebrates a point against Jan-Lennard Struff, of Germany, during their men's singles final match at the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Alcaraz jumps Djokovic, returns to No. 1 in ATP rankings; Medvedev No. 2; Swiatek leads WTA

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Denmark's Holger Rune returns the ball to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their quarter final match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Novak Djokovic loses to Holger Rune, again, this time at Italian Open

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Carlos Alcaraz returns the ball to Fabian Marozsan at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Alcaraz stunned by Hungarian qualifier in early loss at Italian Open

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Andrey Rublev of Russia reacts after winning the match against Alex Molcan of Slovakia at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Antonietta Baldassarre)

Rublev beats Molcan and the rain for spot in Italian Open 3rd round

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Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Friday, May 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Jannik Sinner cheered on by orange-clad fans during Italian Open victory

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Belarus' Victoria Azarenka serves the ball to Sloane Stephens of the US during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Italy, Thursday May 11, 2023.(Fabrizio Corradetti/LaPresse via AP)

Azarenka steps up her clay game by beating Stephens at Italian Open

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Novak Djokovic smiles during a press conference at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Djokovic expects to rev up his clay-court game at Italian Open

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Egypt's Mayar Sherif eyes the ball during her match with Russia's Anna Blinkova at Italy's international tennis tournament in Rome, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (Fabrizio Corradetti/LaPresse via AP)

Strycova wins 1st singles match since maternity leave

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People watch on a computer monitor the latest Italian Ministry of Tourism nine-million-euro campaign showing Botticelli's Venus depicted as a virtual influencer in Rome, Wednesday, May 3, 203. A nine-million-euro advertising campaign by Italy’s conservative government that has transformed “The Birth of Venus,” painted by Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli in Florence around 1485, into a virtual influencer has met with widespread derision. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Sandro Botticelli’s Venus is an ‘influencer’ and Italy is not happy

By Trisha Thomas and Wyatte Grantham-Philips - Associated Press

Nunay Mohamed, 25, who fled the drought-stricken Lower Shabelle area, holds her one-year-old malnourished child at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on June 30, 2022. More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022

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Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal arrives at the Vatican, Thursday, April 27, 2023 for an audience with Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Ukraine asks pope’s help in getting children back from Russia

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis sits on the popemobile on his way to the altar to celebrate the Palm Sunday's mass in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican Sunday, April 2, 2023 a day after being discharged from the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, where he has been treated for bronchitis, The Vatican said. The Roman Catholic Church enters Holy Week, retracing the story of the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection three days later on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis skips Good Friday at Colosseum in chilly Rome

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Italian Infrastructures Minister Matteo Salvini speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Salvini addressed questions, among others, about the role of Italy in the migration crisis in the Mediterranean Sea, and about the multi-billion euros project to build a bridge over the Messina strait between Sicily and Calabria in southern Italy. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Italy again tries to build a bridge to Sicily, seeks support

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves from his car as he arrives at The Vatican, Saturday, April 1, 2023, after receiving treatment at the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital for bronchitis, The Vatican said. Francis was hospitalized on Wednesday after his public general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis leaves hospital; ‘Still alive,’ he quips

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis meets children at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican: Pope Francis to leave hospital on Saturday, eats pizza

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A man walks amid the graves of the 335 victims of one of the worst World War II-era massacres in German-occupied Italy at the Ardeatine Caves in Rome, on its 79th anniversary, Friday, March 24, 2023. 335 people were shot to death on March 24, 1944, as a reprisal for an attack by partisans that killed 33 Nazi soldiers on a street in Rome. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Italy partisans criticize Meloni over Nazi massacre comment

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis says married priests possible, calls celibacy a ‘temporary prescription’

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot ruled from 1975 to 1979, when about 1.7 million people perished through hunger, disease or executions. The entire modern history of modern Cambodia, including the "killing fields" era, has been expunged from classrooms, leaving a knowledge gap for the new generation.

Consequences of deceit and deception: When people lie, people die

By Everett Piper

Pope Francis is flanked by Jesuits' superior general Arturo Sosa Abascal, left as he leaves the Church of the Gesu', mother church of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), after presiding a mass on March 12, 2022. The head of Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order admitted Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, that a famous Jesuit priest had been convicted of one of the most serious crimes in the Catholic Church some two years before the Vatican decided to shelve another case against him for allegedly abusing other adult women under his spiritual care.The Rev. Arturo Sosa, the Jesuit superior general, made the admission during a briefing with journalists that was dominated by the scandal over the Rev. Marko Ivan Rubnik and the reluctance of both the Vatican and the Jesuits to tell the whole story behind the unusually lenient treatment he received. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Vatican investigator says claims of Jesuit abuse true

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the WFP headquarters in Rome, Nov. 2, 2021. Beasley announced Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, that he will step down from his role as executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, ending a six-year term heading the world’s largest humanitarian organization. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley to step down as UN food chief

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