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Pope Leo XIV Begins Africa Tour

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday, opening an 11-day trip across four African countries and beginning what is his most ambitious foreign journey since becoming pope. The visit started in Algiers, where he was received by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune before heading into a first day built around state

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Prime Minister Carney Clinches Majority In Special Election

Mark Carney clinched a parliamentary majority for his Liberal government on Monday night, completing one of the most unusual paths to consolidated power in Canadian political history. The rookie prime minister — a private citizen just 16 months ago — assembled his majority not through a single decisive election but through a

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Irish Government Cuts Back Tax Hikes Following Continued Protests

Ireland's government announced more than €505 million in fuel tax cuts and spending increases at an emergency cabinet meeting Sunday, attempting to end six days of protests by truckers, farmers, and contractors that had blockaded the country's only oil refinery, shut down fuel depots, and left

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New Leader Emerges In Hungary, Ending 16 Year Reign By Outgoing PM

Viktor Orbán conceded defeat Saturday night after Hungarian voters gave his Fidesz party a loss that, by the numbers, was not close. Péter Magyar's Tisza party was sitting in the low-50 percent range. Fidesz was in the high 30s. Orbán called the result "painful," congratulated the

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VP Vance Sues For Iranian Peace

Vice President JD Vance boarded Air Force Two on Friday morning bound for Islamabad, where he will lead the American delegation in the first face-to-face negotiations between the United States and Iran since the war broke out on February 28. He told reporters before departing that he expected the talks

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California Race Faces Shakeup

California Rep. Eric Swalwell's campaign for governor unraveled in a matter of hours on Friday after a former staffer accused him of sexual assault, prompting his most prominent supporters — including U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, powerful labor unions, and the two congressmen chairing his campaign — to withdraw their

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Vance Campaigns With Orban Ahead Of Hungary Election

Vice President JD Vance arrived in Budapest on Tuesday for a two-day visit aimed squarely at boosting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's reelection bid, an unusual intervention by a senior U.S. official in a foreign election that underscored the Trump administration's deep investment in keeping

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Beijing Brokered Peace Talks Have Been ‘Useful’ Between Pakistan & Afghanistan

Afghanistan and Pakistan are talking again — this time in the far-western Chinese city of Urumqi, where mid-level delegations from both countries have been meeting since April 1 in what amounts to the fifth attempt in six months to end a conflict that has killed hundreds and displaced tens of thousands

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Artemis II Crew Make History In Farthest Spaceflight

The four astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis II mission flew farther from Earth on Monday than any humans in history, shattering a distance record that had stood for more than half a century as they swept around the far side of the moon on a trajectory that also delivered

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South Korean Intel Suggests Kim Jong Un’s Daughter To Be Successor

South Korea's National Intelligence Service delivered its strongest assessment yet on the political standing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter on Monday, telling lawmakers in a closed-door parliamentary briefing that it is now appropriate to view her as his successor. NIS Director Lee

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Acting President Of Venezuela Remains Despite 90 Day Limit

Delcy Rodríguez continued to serve as Venezuela's acting president on Monday, three days after the expiration of the 90-day window that the country's Supreme Court set for her temporary tenure following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro in January. The National Assembly, which is controlled

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VP Vance To Focus Fraud Investigations On ‘Blue States’

President Trump announced Friday that Vice President JD Vance "is now in charge of 'FRAUD' in the United States" and will carry the title of "fraud czar" — a role the president said will focus primarily on Democratic-run states where he alleges massive theft of

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