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With a range of about 300 km (186 miles), they could hit coastal targets in China’s southern province of Fujian, on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, in the event of conflict. Read more
Asked today why white South Africans were being prioritized above the victims of famine and war elsewhere in Africa, Trump said, without providing evidence, that Afrikaners were being killed. Read more
Israel’s military said it had been informed by the Red Cross that a hostage had been handed over without naming Edan Alexander, the last American held by militant group Hamas. Israel’s Channel 12 said Alexander’s condition was “low” without citing a source. Read more
The U.S. will cut extra tariffs it imposed on Chinese imports last month from 145% to 30% for the next 90 days, the sides said, while Chinese duties on U.S. imports will fall to 10% from 125%. Read more
The senior Hamas official did not specify a time for the release of Alexander, a 21-year-old soldier in the Israeli Army who was born and raised in New Jersey, but a source familiar with the matter told Reuters it would likely happen on Tuesday. Read more
Indian cites like Jammu and Amritsar, which were spooked by the sounds of explosions after the truce was agreed, remained quieter than normal on Sunday with many shops choosing to close and people preferring to stay indoors. Read more
A queue of white citizens with airport trolleys full of luggage, much of it wrapped in theft-proof cellophane, waited to have their passports stamped, a Reuters reporter saw, before they entered the departure lounge for their charter flight. Read more
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine set the start of the ceasefire for May 12 at a meeting in Kyiv, during which they held a phone call with President Donald Trump. Read more
Blasts were heard in Srinagar and Jammu and projectiles and flashes were seen in the night sky over Jammu, similar to the events of the previous evening, according to authorities, residents and Reuters witnesses. Read more
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Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost and the first U.S. pope, looked calm as he delivered the Mass in the famous, frescoed chapel with the same cardinals who chose him to be the 267th pontiff and the successor to Pope Francis. Read more
Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected pope today, becoming Pope Leo XIV and the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Read more
“Peace be with you all,” the new pope told the cheering crowd, speaking in fluent Italian. Read more
Thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square waiting for smoke to pour from a narrow flue on the roof of the chapel at the end of a day rich in ritual and pageantry, with prelates praying for divine guidance in their secret ballot. Read more
India attacked Pakistani Kashmir and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the flare-up, which followed an attack by Islamist militants that killed 26 people in Indian Kashmir last month. Read more
President Donald Trump called the fighting “a shame” and added, “I hope it ends quickly.” Read more
Putin ordered thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering Europe’s biggest ground conflict since World War Two and the largest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the depths of the Cold War. Read more
Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday that it had become the latest African country to grant a license to Starlink, reversing an earlier ban. Read more
The vehicle, used by the late pontiff during his 2014 visit to the Holy Land, is being outfitted with diagnostic and emergency medical equipment to help young patients in the Palestinian enclave, where health services have been devastated by the Israeli invasion. Read more
If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week’s conclave, then things are not going to plan. Read more
A ship bound for Gaza carrying humanitarian aid and activists was bombed by drones in international waters off Malta early on Friday, its organisers said, alleging that Israel was to blame. Read more
Zelenskyy also said he and Trump agreed that a 30-day ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow was the correct first step toward ending the war in Ukraine. Read more
