Christian Lebanese families displaced as they celebrate Easter

Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Easter vigil, calls for harmony and peace in a world torn by war - Politico

Investigation into IVF clinics in northern Cyprus after UK families given wrong sperm

Most of the families the BBC has spoken to have completed commercial DNA tests which have confirmed their fears.

As freed prisoners celebrate in Cuba, human rights groups demand clarity and release of protesters - AP News

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Marines reassures families over ICE presence at graduation ceremony

The Marine Corps is seeking to reassure military families that ICE agents will not be conducting immigration enforcement at boot camp graduation ceremonies. ICE agents will be present outside graduation events but only due to “increased force protection measures” and to “expedite enhanced base access procedures,” according to a Wednesday press release from the Marine…

Your Easter candy is still expensive — even with cheaper cocoa

<p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/13/trump-tariffs-chocolate-prices-valentines-day" target="_blank">Cocoa prices</a> have plunged from last year's record highs — but shoppers are still paying more for <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/23/easter-candy-popular-reeses-us" target="_blank">Easter chocolate</a>, Wells Fargo says.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Once food companies raise prices, they're slow to bring them back down when ingredient costs fall — even as consumers are expected to spend a record $24.9 billion on Easter this year, according to the <a href="https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/easter-spending-expected-to-reach-a-record-24-9-billion" target="_blank">National Retail Federation</a>. </p><hr><p><strong>State of play:</strong> Major chocolate companies raised prices by up to 20% during the cocoa spike in 2024-2025, per a Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute report.</p><ul><li>For Easter, prices are up again — with chocolate costing shoppers abou...

World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns – and climate health impacts are ‘mother of all injustices’

<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Former UN climate chief to co-chair Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, wellbeing and inequality</p><p>Countries are being “held hostage” by their reliance on fossil fuels, a former UN climate chief has warned, describing the health impacts of climate change as “the mother of all injustices”.</p><p>Christiana Figueres, an international climate negotiator who helped deliver the Paris agreement signed in 2016, made the comments as she was announced on Wednesday as co-chair of a <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00257-6/fulltext">Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, wellbeing and inequality</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/apr/08/world-held-hostage-reliance-fossil-fuels-health-christiana-figueres">Continue reading...</a>