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AP PHOTOS: A look at Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the US
Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, ...
Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials tell AP
President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the U.S. will now refer to the ...
AP Analysis: Iran talks tough and launches missile all while seeking a new nuclear deal with the US
Iran is talking tough — while still wanting to talk more with the United States over a possible nuclear deal. In the last ...
US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused
The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week.
How US-China tariffs reached sky-high levels in 3 months
Talks planned this weekend between U.S. and Chinese officials in Switzerland are a culmination of more than three months of dizzying rounds of retaliatory tariffs between the two countries that have ...
As US and China begin trade talks in Geneva, Trump’s tariff hammer looks less mighty than he hoped
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% ahead of a weekend ...
Rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the US and held in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — International human rights organizations on Friday filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American ...
US and Chinese officials meet in Geneva to discuss tariffs as the world looks for signs of hope
The U.S. Treasury Secretary and America's top trade negotiator will meet with high-ranking Chinese officials in Switzerland ...
China’s exports to US sink, offset by trade with other economies, as US tariffs hit global trade
China’s exports to the United States tumbled in April while its trade with other economies surged, suggesting that President ...
US surpasses 1,000 measles cases as 11 states have active outbreaks
The U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases Friday, even as Texas posted one of its lowest counts of newly confirmed cases since ...
You called me. No — you called ME. Before US-China meeting, nations each say the other wanted talks
Yet China quickly denied any talk towards a deal. When asked about such negotiations, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo ...
From Villanova to the Vatican: Alma mater is floored it taught the 1st US pope
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — When Villanova University’s president, the Rev. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theatre ...