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The 88-year-old leader of the world's Catholics was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on February 14 and suffered a series of breathing crises, the last of which was seven days ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wendy Williams was reportedly taken away from her New York assisted living facility by ambulance after she tossed a note out the window, begging for help. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guatemala Volcano de Fuego intensifies, forcing mass evacuations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In addition to former Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, clearances were also revoked for the New York AG and the Manhattan DA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump speech to Congress: Trump airs familiar grievances in address before Congress Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tanzania Reports First Mpox Case Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Ukrainian leader’s approval rating is rising, and critics have backed off after he was humiliated and criticized by President Trump, who has also demanded new elections in Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ukraine will have to cede land for peace, Marco Rubio tells Zelensky Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform X was being targeted in a “massive cyberattack” that impacted availability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Insurance market says fine art losses were limited because rich residents took such possessions with them Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk claims ‘massive cyber-attack’ caused X outages Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coolant Leak At Europe's Biggest Nuclear Reactor: Operator Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Police have not yet confirmed the identity of the victim fatally shot late Sunday night Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Democratic Republic of the Congo situation.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Canada's governing Liberal Party will announce on Sunday who will take over from Justin Trudeau as leader, after a crucial vote that will change the face of Canadian politics.About 140,000 of the party's members have been voting for their preferred candidate, with results expected to be announced around 18:00 EDT (22:00 GMT).The new leader will become the country's prime minister. But because the Liberals are a minority government, holding onto the top job will require winning a general election, which could be called in the coming weeks.Whoever replaces Trudeau will have to grapple with US President Donald Trump's threats against Canada, which include an escalating trade war and repeated calls to make the country the US's "51st state".The issue has dominated the campaigns of all four candidates vying for the top job. Here's what to know about them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three civilian aircraft violated restricted airspace over Mar-a-Lago, prompting F-16 fighter jets to respond at 11:05, 12:10, and 12:50. NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) swiftly intercepted the planes, escorting them out using flares as a precautionary measure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has said that the United States needs to impose sanctions on the ten largest oligarchs of Ukraine in order to end the conflict. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinese Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that China will soon hold a joint naval exercise with Iran and Russia near Iran, with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy sending a destroyer and a replenish ship. Chinese experts said the routine drill helps safeguard security in the strategically important energy shipping region and is crucial to global peace and stability.In early and mid-March, navies of China, Iran and Russia will hold the Security Belt-2025 joint exercise in areas near Iran's Chabahar Port, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced in its official Weibo account on Sunday.The drill will feature training courses including maritime target strike, VBSS (visit, board, search, and seizure), damage control as well as joint search and rescue operations, according to a statement from the ministry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

North Korea unveils work on nuclear-powered submarine for the first time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A small plane has crashed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The aircraft crashed in the parking lot of the Brethren Village Retirement community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 "Governments levy consumption taxes because they know that people need to consume. You cannot escape such a tax," Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russian special forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region, Ukraine’s military and Russian war bloggers reported, as Moscow claimed fresh gains in its push to recapture parts of the border province that Kyiv seized in a shock offensive.Ukraine launched a daring cross-border incursion into Kursk in August, marking the largest attack on Russian territory since World War II. Within days, Ukrainian units had captured 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of territory, including the strategic border town of Sudzha, and taken hundreds of Russian prisoners of war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US was open to exploring critical minerals partnerships with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the state department said in a statement on Sunday, after a DRC politician contacted US officials to pitch a minerals-for-security deal.The DRC, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, among other minerals, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who have seized swathes of its territory this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ukraine is "fully committed" to further dialogue with U.S. representatives on ways to end the war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said as he named a high-level delegation to attend a U.S.-Ukraine meeting in Saudi Arabia this week.After a spat between Zelenskyy, U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the White House on Feb. 28, Washington announced it was suspending military aid and intelligence sharing to Ukraine, which was followed by an increase in Russian aggression in recent days.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tensions are running dangerously high after an opposition-linked militia overran an army base loyal to President Salva Kiir in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state. Regional leaders should urgently press Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar, who has ties to the militia, to calm the situation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Syrian security forces deployed heavily in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on Saturday, after a war monitor reported that government and allied forces killed nearly 750 civilians from the religious minority in recent days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and has shown a gradual, slight improvement in recent days, the Vatican said Saturday. But as a precaution his doctors have decided to keep his prognosis as guarded.Francis has remained stable, with no fever and good oxygen levels in his blood, doctors reported in a Vatican statement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria’s conflict began 14 years ago.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in addition to 745 civilians killed, mostly in shootings from close distance, 125 government security force members and 148 militants with armed groups affiliated with Assad were killed. It added that electricity and drinking water were cut off in large areas around the city of Latakia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Its new rulers seem torn between reassuring minorities and appeasing their jihadist base... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Forced displacement in the most affected provinces in DRC is expected to continue in 2025, worsening the already dire humanitarian emergency in the country, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pakistan is working to strengthen its finances after securing a $7 billion International Monetary Fund bailout in September 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An autopsy determined that Hackman died of heart disease and also suffered from advanced Alzheimer's. He tested negative for hantavirus. "He was in a very poor state of health," Jarrell said. "He had significant heart disease, and I think ultimately that is what resulted in his death." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Albanian Cabinet decided on Thursday to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the popular video-sharing platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children.Education Minister Ogerta Manastirliu said officials are in contact with TikTok on installing filters like parental control, age verification and the inclusion of the Albanian language in the application.Authorities had conducted 1,300 meetings with some 65,000 parents who “recommended and were in favor of the shut down or limiting the TikTok platform,” the minister said.The Cabinet initiated the move last year after a teen stabbed another teenager to death in November after a quarrel that started on TikTok.TikTok did not immediately respond to a request to comment on the government’s decision.When Prime Minister Edi Rama said in December they were aiming at closing the social media platform, TikTok asked for “urgent clarity from the Albanian government” on the case of the stabbed teenager. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Majority of Brazil Supreme Court chamber upholds Rumble suspension... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Far-right front-runner in Romania’s annulled presidential race files his candidacy in the rerun Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iran will not resume negotiations with the United States on its nuclear programme while President Donald Trump applies his "maximum pressure" policy, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told AFP on Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The unearthing of a 500-kilogramme World War II bomb near tracks outside Paris on Friday halted traffic and stranded thousands of passengers in one of the biggest rail disruptions in the French capital for years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump says he sent message to Iran’s leader urging negotiations, but Tehran says it hasn’t received a letter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When asked about Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly calling the ongoing trade war with the United States a 'psychodrama,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would call it a 'Thursday' and described numerous events throughout his tenure as ‘complicated times’ but that this was the job he signed up for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia Calls For 'De-escalation' In Syria... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South Africa: Ramaphosa Says "Won't Be Bullied" After Trump Attack... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he continues to believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants peace and that he is “finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine.” His comments, to reporters in the Oval Office, came after Russia carried out a major missile attack against Ukraine while U.S. intelligence-sharing that normally helps Ukraine repel Russian forces was paused. Trump, who threatened to impose sanctions on Russia in response to the attack, said he had sent Russia a “very strong statement — can’t do that.” But he softened his tone during his Oval Office appearance. Separately, Trump addressed a White House cryptocurrency summit, elevating an industry he promised to aid during his campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Donald Trump said Friday South African farmers were welcome to settle in the United States after repeating his accusations that the government was “confiscating” land from white people as he announced an end to federal funding.Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that “any Farmer (with family!) from South Africa, seeking to flee that country for reasons of safety, will be invited into the United States of America with a rapid pathway to Citizenship.”He said the process would begin immediately, calling the country a “bad place to be right now” as he announced a halt to all US aid to Pretoria.Trump and Pretoria are locked in a diplomatic row over a land expropriation act that the Republican leader says will lead to the takeover of white-owned farms.The South African presidency swiftly responded, saying in a statement that it would not engage in “counterproductive megaphone diplomacy.”Trump, whose close aide Elon Musk was born in South Africa, said in February that a law signed the previous month would “enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation.”The law stipulates that the government may, in certain circumstances, offer “nil compensation” for property it decides to expropriate in the public interest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is seeking a new agreement with Iran to curb the country’s nuclear program, warning ominously of a conflict if a deal can’t be reached.The president earlier told Fox News that he sent a letter to Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, calling for an agreement to replace the one that the Trump administration canceled in May 2018 in favor of what they called a “maximum pressure” campaign.He suggested, without specifics, that the issue could quickly lead to conflict with Iran, which has accelerated its production of weapons-grade uranium since 2018.“We’re at final moments.” Trump said. “We can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The company Intuitive Machines was the second this week to attempt to put a privately built robotic lander on the lunar surface. A privately built spacecraft from the company Intuitive Machines did not stick its landing on the moon Thursday, winding up on its side about 250 meters from its intended location. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here.President Donald Trump said he may implement reciprocal tariffs on Canadian lumber and dairy products as soon as Friday, threatening again to disrupt trade with a major US partner and reigniting a fight over two industries that have long been the center of cross-border disputes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine appeared to take a major blow last week following Volodymyr Zelenskyy's disastrous visit to the White House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yemen's Iran-backed Huthis will resume attacks on Israeli shipping if aid supplies to Gaza do not resume in four days, the rebels' leader said on Friday."If the Israeli enemy continues after the first four days to prevent the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip... then we will resume our naval operations against the Israeli enemy," Abdulmalik al-Huthi said in a televised address.The Huthis, who control much of the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, fired scores of drones and missiles at Israeli-linked and other shipping in the Red Sea during the Gaza war, until calling a halt when a ceasefire started in January.On Sunday, Israel announced it was blocking deliveries to Gaza until Palestinian militant group Hamas accepted its terms for an extension of the ceasefire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

France on Friday said it had transferred two military bases in the Marechal and Saint-Exubery districts of Dakar to Senegalese control. It was the first step to a complete withdrawal of French soldiers and the return of the sites by the end of 2025.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For more than 350 years it's been Canada’s oldest corporate entity and one of the country’s most recognizable retail brands.Now the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Hudson’s Bay Company is preparing to file for bankruptcy within days, citing anonymous sources.If so, the move would mark a dramatic downfall for a company that traces its roots back to 1670, pre-dating Confederation by nearly two centuries.Hudson’s Bay was more than just a department store — it was an institution that shaped Canada’s history, from its origins in the fur trade to its role in Western expansion. The company once controlled vast swaths of land, operated its own trading posts, and even issued its own currency.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.