Russian rockets kill 3 in a Ukrainian city as Kyiv claims it damaged a key bridge
A Russian rocket attack targeted the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring…
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Pope Leo XIV blesses cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia as final stage enters Vatican gardens
Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday as the three-week race’s final stage began with…
Ukraine and Russia end their latest round of direct peace talks in Istanbul
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine ended their latest peace talks Monday in Turkey after just over an hour, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and…
Britain is getting a defense boost aimed at sending a message to Moscow, and to Trump
The United Kingdom will build new nuclear-powered attack submarines, get its army ready to fight a war in…
Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrates 72nd anniversary of Mount Everest conquest
Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrated the conquest of the world’s highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest Day.
4 Liverpool fans seriously hurt when car plowed into a crowd. The suspect acted alone, police say
British police were holding a 53-year-old man on Tuesday over a collision that turned a joyous soccer celebration in Liverpool to tragedy and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, four of them in very serious condition.
The Latest: Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass as pontiff a day after his election
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history while…
Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born 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 history of the Catholic Church on Thursday.
White smoke pours out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling the election of a new pope
White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church on the second day of their conclave.
What to know on the second day of the conclave to elect the next pope
Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis. The conclave opened at the Vatican on Wednesday afternoon but a first round of voting resulted in black smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel.