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Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, overcame a taboo against a US pontiff

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO and NICOLE WINFIELD
May 08, 2025 1:28 pm - Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. On Thursday, he ascended to become Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff.
Ukraine accuses Russia of violating its own truce over 700 times as Kyiv ratifies US minerals deal

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
May 08, 2025 9:36 am - Russia and Ukraine both reported attacks on their forces on the first day of a 72-hour ceasefire called by President Vladimir Putin.
US applications for jobless benefits fall last week despite elevated uncertainty over Trump tariffs

By MATT OTT
May 08, 2025 8:25 am - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week despite heightened uncertainty about how President Donald Trump’s tariffs will impact the U.S. and global economies.
Trump agrees to cut tariffs on UK autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain

By ZEKE MILLER and JILL LAWLESS
May 08, 2025 8:19 am - President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain, which would buy more American beef and streamline its customs process for goods from the United States.
India and Pakistan don’t fight wars like other countries. Here’s why

By RIAZAT BUTT
May 08, 2025 8:16 am - India and Pakistan have fought three full-scale wars since they gained independence from British India in 1947. They’ve also had dozens of skirmishes and conflicts, including one atop a glacier dubbed the coldest and highest-altitude battlefield in the world.
India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations as fears of a wider military confrontation rise

By BABAR DOGAR, MUNIR AHMED and SHEIKH SAALIQ
May 08, 2025 8:12 am - India fired attack drones into Pakistan on Thursday, wounding four soldiers, the Pakistani military said. India, meanwhile, accused its neighbor of attempting its own attack, as tensions soared between the nuclear-armed rivals.
Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, is first American pope in history of Catholic Church

By NICOLE WINFIELD
May 08, 2025 8:04 am - Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.
US and China to hold high-level trade talks in Switzerland this weekend

By Christian Shepherd
May 07, 2025 8:59 pm - Chinese trade negotiators will sit down with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Switzerland this weekend for the first high-...
China’s Xi in Moscow for Putin’s parade amid close ties, despite US hopes

By Robyn Dixon and Lily Kuo
May 07, 2025 8:49 pm - When Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Russian President Vladimir Putin for a pomp-filled summit two years ago, he had a special message: Together, he and Putin were driv...
House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care

By LISA MASCARO and AMANDA SEITZ
May 07, 2025 8:38 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill, as they r...

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