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Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the Millennial generation

May. 24, 2024 10:51 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis paved the way for the canonization of the first saint of the millennial generation on Thursday, attributing a second miracle to a 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006. Carlo Acutis, born on May 3, 1991, in London and then moved...

Syrian first lady Asma Assad diagnosed with leukemia, president's office says

May. 21, 2024 04:42 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukemia, the office of President Bashar Assad announced Tuesday. The president's wife was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia “after presenting with several symptoms and following a comprehensive series of...