Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease.
The quake on Saturday morning had a preliminary magnitude of 4.1, with an epicenter about 30 miles southwest of Knoxville, Tenn. Residents in Atlanta reported feeling it.
The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including a “loving care for the least and the rejected.”
Leo XIV, on Thursday, after he became pope. On Saturday, the pope said that advances in artificial intelligence would “pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor.”
Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland, left, President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany on Saturday Kyiv, Ukraine.
Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.
A cutaway diagram of the Venera 8 landing capsule, which launched at about the same time as Kosmos-482 and successfully completed its mission to Venus.
Regulators are looking into whether several cannabis companies are making illegal products for sale in New York. The products may be worth more than $10 million.
His super PAC, which is said to have amassed $400 million alongside its nonprofit arm, has grown even more influential. And powerful groups for congressional Republicans are being stocked with Trump allies.
When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value,” whether an archbishop or an unordained believer.
When Pope Leo XIV gave his first address as pontiff, he called for a “synodal church,” indicating that he would continue the practice of listening closely to many voices.
Cards expressing appreciation give parents “a shot in the arm,” said Katina Papson, a mother and teacher. “Like, ‘You’re doing a good job, keep going.’” And sometimes, those shots are hilarious.
President Trump’s insistence that the United States do less toward securing Europe means that allies, scrambling to arm themselves, have less to give to Ukraine.
Men worked on drones in a basement in Ukraine. With American aid uncertain, Ukraine is expanding fighting units with domestically assembled exploding drones.
In 1953, Ollie Stewart, a correspondent for The Afro-American newspaper, wrote a guidebook to the French capital aimed at Black travelers. Nearly 75 years later, his grandniece follows in his footsteps.
The sheer extravagance of the Alexandre III bridge, with its cheeky cherubs, smiling nymphs and gold accents, made it a destination in Ollie Stewart’s time and today.
Regulators are looking into whether several cannabis companies are making illegal products for sale in New York. The products may be worth more than $10 million.
The horror movie from Ryan Coogler is on a pace to collect at least $330 million in worldwide ticket sales, a level reached by few original films in the genre.
Pakistan said it fired missiles at military sites in India, accusing India of targeting at least three of its air bases. India said it was responding to a wave of Pakistani attacks.
An emergency ruling by a federal judge in California amounted to the broadest effort yet to halt the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal government.
The order, which would use state and local officers, among others, would represent an enormous expansion of immigration enforcement. But it is unclear how it would be paid for.
The agreement to lift the 25 percent duty on steel exported to the United States provided some relief for struggling businesses, but uncertainties for the industry remain.
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