Pope honors Barcelona's sacred monuments

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Pope Leo XIV honored Barcelona’s most sacred and beautiful monuments Wednesday by first leading a noontime prayer at a mountain-top abbey, hours before he was due to give an evening Mass at the famed Sagrada Familia Basilica on the centenary of the death of its architect, Antoni Gaudí.

Insider tour of the Sagrada Familia reveals 5 divine enigmas

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – The Sagrada Familia basilica features sandcastle-like spires, stone carved to look like lush flora, a kaleidoscopic interior and a trove of treasures, some hiding in plain sight. Even regular worshippers at Barcelona’s world-famous landmark find themselves dumbstruck with wonder.

Motorcycle taxi drivers in Congo rally for Ebola awareness

BUNIA, Congo (AP) – Dozens of motorcycle taxi drivers spread messages about Ebola in an awareness caravan Tuesday in eastern Congo where community skepticism has led to attacks on health workers who are trying to contain a spreading outbreak of the illness.

Laurence Olivier is honored with a plaque at his London childhood home

LONDON (AP) – Laurence Olivier, arguably Britain’s greatest ever stage actor, was honored Wednesday with a blue plaque attached to the central London property where he lived as a child.

Australia begins the Women's T20 World Cup as No. 1 with India surging

LONDON (AP) – Winning is what Australia is all about. In the history of cricket’s white ball world championships, the Australian women have won 13. The rest of the world has won nine. This week, Australia start the 10th Women’s Twenty20 World Cup ranked No. 1 and favored for a seventh title.

Ukraine ready to share drone technology with Nordic and Baltic countries

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Nordic and Baltic leaders who were in Estonia for a regional summit Tuesday, a visit that comes amid friction over Ukrainian drones straying into the region in recent months.

UK leaders call for calm after Belfast street stabbing

LONDON (AP) – U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after police arrested a Sudanese man over a violent street stabbing in residential Belfast that drew national attention due to graphic videos of the attack shared online and because the suspect is said to be an asylum-seeker.

Albania's leader defends Kushner-linked luxury development

TIRANA, Albania (AP) – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is vowing to press ahead with a luxury development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump ‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner, despite a surge in protests against it there.

Sweden to Ban Mobile Phones in School

MALMÖ, Sweden (AP) – Long championed as a leader in adopting digital technology, Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools beginning in the fall for the next academic year as part of a broad, international reversal on the use of screens in classrooms.