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Conclave to elect a new pope will start on May 7 as cardinals get to know one another

By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY
Apr 28, 2025 7:03 am - Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the secret voting for two days to help them get to know one another better and find consensus on a candidate before they are sequestered in the Sistine Chapel.
Russia declares a ceasefire in Ukraine on May 8-10 for WWII Victory Day

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Apr 28, 2025 6:57 am - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine on May 8-10 to mark the World War II Victory Day, as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration decides whether a deal to end the more than three-year war is within reach.
Police say 9 people were killed when a car plowed into a Vancouver street festival crowd

Associated Press
Apr 27, 2025 6:51 am - VANCOUVER, British Columbia — At least nine people were killed when a man drove into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, and an unk...
Most Americans disapprove of Trump on tariffs, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds

By Abha Bhattarai, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin
Apr 26, 2025 10:17 pm - Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of tariffs, a rebuke of the administration’s flagship economic policy, according to a Washingt...
Trump’s immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds

By David Nakamura, Emily Guskin, Scott Clement and Arelis R. Hernández
Apr 26, 2025 10:17 pm - President Donald Trump’s approval ratings on immigration, relatively strong in the early weeks of his second term, have dipped into negative territory, according to a Was...
Israeli airstrike kills 10 people, half of them children, as mediators try to restart a ceasefire

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Apr 26, 2025 8:28 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike flattened a three-story home in Gaza City on Saturday, killing 10 people — half of them children — as Arab mediators scra...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a new deputy in a major step in naming a successor

By JALAL BWAITEL
Apr 26, 2025 8:20 pm - RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president. It’s a major step by the aging leader ...
A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 14, injures around 750

By JON GAMBRELL
Apr 26, 2025 8:16 pm - MUSCAT, Oman — A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propell...
Indiana lieutenant governor calls Three-Fifths Compromise ‘a great move’

By Tobi Raji
Apr 26, 2025 7:07 pm - Indiana’s lieutenant governor is facing backlash from some of the state’s religious and civil rights leaders after he called the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted ea...
Iran and US advance to technical talks on Tehran’s nuclear program

By Susannah George
Apr 26, 2025 6:57 pm - MUSCAT, Oman — Iran and the United States held their first technical-level talks on Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program Saturday, a more complex phase of their hig...

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