Black smoke emerges as cardinals fail to elect new pope in first ballot
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Vatican City's St Peter's Square as cardinals voted in first ballot.
Brazil rejects US request to designate two gangs as terrorist organizations
Security minister says US delegation wanted classification for PCC and Comando Vermelho to aid immigration policy
The Brazilian government has rejected a request by the US state department to designate two major criminal gangs as terrorist organizations, according to Mario Sarrubo, Brazil’s national secretary of public security.
Sarrubo said the request was made on Tuesday during a meeting between US and Brazilian officials in Brasília.
Continue reading...Canadian police scale back search for two children missing in woods for six days
Officials say the likelihood Lily and Jack Sullivan are still alive after disappearing in Nova Scotia on 2 May is ‘very low’
Nearly a week after two young children went missing in rural Nova Scotia, Canadian police say they are beginning to scale back search efforts given the “low” odds the children are still alive – and that they are not ruling out the possibility of foul play.
Since Friday, more than 160 searchers with drones and canine units have scoured the thickly forested region of Pictou county in search of Lily Sullivan, six, and Jack Sullivan, four.
Continue reading...PSG defeat Arsenal to set up Champions League final with Inter Milan
Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal 2-1 at home to take their Champions League semifinal 3-1 on aggregate.
Macron calls on US, Europe to lift sanctions on Syria – politico.eu
- Macron calls on US, Europe to lift sanctions on Syria politico.eu
- Syrian leader to meet Macron in first European visit The Times of Israel
- Macron asks Syria’s interim President al-Sharaa to protect all Syrians during Elysée visit France 24
- Syria's president to visit Europe, and why France was the natural choice - analysis The Jerusalem Post
- France's Macron wants EU to end Syrian sanctions Reuters
What do Canadians make of Carney’s meeting with Trump?
The prime minister reiterated that Canada "is not for sale" during Tuesday's meeting at the White House.
US court says student activist Rumeysa Ozturk must be sent to Vermont
The Trump administration was also ordered in the case of Mahmoud Khalil to justify its use of a Cold War-era law.
What does the truce between the Houthis and the US mean for Yemenis?
President Donald Trump says US attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen will stop.
No new pope after papal conclave’s first round of voting
Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signalling that the papal conclave did not select a new pope.
Watch: The first day of the conclave in a minute
After a lengthy wait, black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel's chimney at around 9pm local time.
Jon Voight defends Trump’s film tariff plan: ‘Something has to be done’
Oscar-winning actor gives first interview to Variety since working with Trump on plan to shake up Hollywood
Jon Voight, the actor who inspired Donald Trump’s surprise statement about placing a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, has given his first interview on the supposed plan to “give people back their dignity and their jobs”.
“Something has to be done, and it’s way past time,” the 86-year-old actor told Variety while he was, according to the magazine, “driving through what sounded like a car wash”.
Continue reading...Vance says Russia asking ‘too much’ in ceasefire talks with Ukraine
Trump says ‘it’s possible that’s right’ about the vice-president’s remarks amid frustrations with Russia
JD Vance has said that Russia is asking for “too much” in its negotiations with Ukraine in the latest sign of growing frustration from Washington with ceasefire talks to end the war between the two countries.
Speaking at a security conference of senior military and diplomatic leaders in Washington, the US vice-president said that the White House is focused on getting the two sides to hold direct talks and is ready to walk away if certain benchmarks are not reached.
Continue reading...US central bank: Trump tariffs causing ‘great deal of uncertainty’
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that Donald Trump’s tariffs are creating “a great deal of uncertainty.”
Syria’s al-Sharaa confirms indirect talks with Israel amid soaring tensions
Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa says Syria holding indirect talks with Israel 'through mediators'.
Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland spying report
US spy agencies have been told to step up espionage around Greenland, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland spying report
US spy agencies have been told to step up espionage around Greenland, according to The Wall Street Journal.
House panel on campus antisemitism likened to cold-war ‘un-American’ committee
Georgetown professor called to testify says Republican-led proceedings ‘an attempt to chill protected speech’
A congressional panel investigating antisemitism on US college campuses on Wednesday was accused of trying to chill constitutionally protected free speech and likened to a cold-war era committee notorious for wrecking the lives of people suspected of communist sympathies.
The comparison was made by David Cole, a professor at Georgetown University law centre, who told the House education and workforce committee that its proceedings resembled those staged by the House un-American Activities Committee (Huac) during and after the second world war.
Continue reading...Three ex-Tennessee officers acquitted of state charges in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
Men, who have been convicted of federal charges, found not guilty in death of Black man, 29, after he fled traffic stop
Three former Memphis officers were acquitted on Wednesday of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran away from a traffic stop in 2023.
A jury took about eight and a half hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on all charges after a nine-day trial in state court in Memphis. After the jury’s verdict was read, the defendants hugged their lawyers as relatives of the former officers cried. One relative yelled: “Thank you, Jesus!”
Continue reading...South African opposition politician hits out after failing to get UK visa
The UK Home Office was unable to process Julius Malema's application in time for his trip, the High Commission says.
Has UK-India trade deal ‘sold out British workers’ as Farage and Badenoch claim?
Row over exemption of national insurance contributions for Indian short-term workers overshadows deal
A multibillion-pound free trade agreement with India has long been touted as a big Brexit boon.
Cheaper clothes and shoes for British shoppers, a huge market for scotch whisky producers and luxury carmakers, and billions of pounds worth of extra trade are among the benefits of the agreement, which was finalised this week.
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