Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost’s Rise to Become Pope Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago and gradually rose through the ranks of the Roman Catholic Church.

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The Indian Aircraft Pakistan Says It Shot Down

Tensions between India and Pakistan have risen sharply in the weeks since a terrorist attack in Kashmir. On Wednesday, India hit Pakistan and appears to have lost at least a few planes in the strike.

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Kenyan Lawmaker Is Shot Dead by Motorcycle-Riding Assailant

An opposition politician was killed in the heart of Nairobi on Wednesday, according to the police.

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Here’s What to Know About the Muslim Brotherhood, Which Jordan Banned

The move could shutter the country’s largest opposition party, the Islamic Action Front, which is the Brotherhood’s political arm in Jordan.

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In Grueling Ranger Competition, Gender Proves No Obstacle

A female Army Ranger, in a first, competed in one of the military’s toughest tests of physical fitness. She bested many of her opponents.

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Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says

The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, officials of Save the Children said.

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China Condemns JD Vance’s ‘Chinese Peasants’ Comment

A spokesman for China’s foreign ministry denounced the vice president’s comments as “ignorant and impolite.”

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After Trump’s Tariffs, Stocks Plunged but Penguin Memes Ticked Up

The internet poked fun at the Trump administration’s decision to impose new tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian territories near Antarctica where many penguins but no people live.

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Mass Grave From Roman Empire Found Under Vienna Soccer Field

Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome battled Germanic people nearly 2,000 years ago.

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Betty Webb, Who Helped Bletchley Park Code Breakers, Dies at 101

Sworn to secrecy about the goings-on at Britain’s storied World War II decryption operation, she only later recounted the efforts to crack German signals.

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