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US Secretary of State to travel to Vatican and Italy, newspapers report

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Vatican and Italy for meetings this week, two Italian newspapers reported on Sunday, weeks after President Donald Trump drew criticism from Christians across the political spectrum by attacking Pope Leo on social media.Reports in national dailies La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera did not indicate whether Rubio, a Catholic, would meet personally with Leo, but said he was expected to meet with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's lead diplomatic official.Rubio last met Leo, the first U.S. pope, in May 2025, alongside Vice President J

China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea

Cubans struggle to survive on pocket-size government ration books as products dwindle

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Spain should get new seat on ECB board, outgoing VP says

Spain should retain a seat on the European Central Bank's Executive Board and even the presidency was a possibility, outgoing ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.De Guindos, a former Spanish economy minister, steps down at the end of the month, succeeded by Croatia's Boris Vujcic, leaving Spain, one of the euro zone's top four economies, without board representation. However, three spots on the six-person board open up next year, including that of ECB President Christine Lagarde and comments from de Guindos suggest Spain will fight for one of them."The

Taiwan president defiant as begins Eswatini trip; China calls him a 'rat'

Inside the complex, secretive business of buying ube, the internet’s new favorite food

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Motor racing-Miami F1 Grand Prix brought forward by three hours to beat storm threat

Sunday's Miami Grand Prix will be brought forward by three hours to 1 p.m. (1700 GMT) in an attempt to avoid threatened thunderstorms in the area, Formula One said.The decision was taken after discussions with local organisers and the governing FIA after qualifying on Saturday evening."This decision has been taken to ensure the least amount of disruption to the race, and to ensure the maximum possible window to complete the grand prix in the best conditions and to prioritise the safety of drivers, fans, teams and staff," they said in a statement.A Porsche race and some other supporting activi

Peru's electoral board calls for audit of election results

North Korea's Kim casts youth as vanguard of state goals amid Russia war

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The Reds tie an MLB record by walking 7 straight batters in a 17-7 loss to the Pirates

The Cincinnati Reds issued a Major League Baseball record-tying seven straight walks during the second inning of a 17-7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. It was the third time in major league history that a team had walked that many batters consecutively — and the first time in more than four decades, according to the Elias Sports Bureau and Sportradar. Pittsburgh also was at bat when Atlanta walked seven straight in the third inning on May 25, 1983. The only other time it happened was on Aug. 28, 1909, when the Chicago White Sox issued seven straight b

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US bypasses congressional review for military sales of $8.6 billion to Middle East allies

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has bypassed congressional review to approve military sales totaling over $8.6 billion to Middle Eastern allies Israel, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.The State Department announcements on Friday came as the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran marked nine weeks since its start and more than three weeks since a fragile ceasefire came into effect.The State Department said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that an emergency existed that required immediate sales to those countries and waived the congressional review requireme

Trump says a Spirit bailout still is possible as doubts about the airline's survival mount

Gone are the days when California had a Republican governor – or are they?

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Breaking down video of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

A federal judge privately admonished prosecutors for attempting to grandstand Thursday at a detention hearing for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman, according to a transcript first obtained by CNN.“I don’t know what’s going on here. I know that you want to present your case, I guess, to some audience other than the Court,” Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya told three prosecutors in the courtroom on Thursday out of earshot of the public and press. “I don’t want this to turn into a circus.”Upadhyaya’s comments highlight a dynamic that has arisen in the six days sinc

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Spirit Airlines shuts down

Spirit Airlines, the pioneering discount airline that shook up the budget travel business, is shutting down its operations.The company is in its second bankruptcy and was in serious financial trouble well before the Iran war sent jet fuel prices surging. America’s eighth-largest carrier tried to reach a deal with the Trump administration on an 11th-hour rescue package, but a key group of creditors balked at the proposal.Spirit is the first major US airline in 25 years to go out of business because of financial problems. Its demise has stranded thousands of passengers who have to adjust plans

Iran standoff could leave Trump worse off than before he went to war

Trump says US Navy acting 'like pirates' to carry out naval blockade of Iranian ports

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Airlines scramble to help stranded Spirit passengers after budget carrier collapses

Major airlines and the U.S. government scrambled to help stranded passengers and employees after bankrupt discount carrier Spirit Airlines ceased operations on Saturday, the industry's first casualty linked to the Iran war. The collapse overnight of the carrier following a doubling in jet fuel prices during the two-month-old Iran war will cost thousands of jobs. It is a blow to President Donald Trump, who had proposed $500 million to save Spirit despite opposition from some of his closest advisers and many Republicans in Congress.Spirit's demise highlights the unintended consequences of the

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Mexican governor and mayor indicted by US for drug trafficking step down

Two members of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s party in the northwestern Sinaloa state said they would temporarily step down from their posts after the United States charged them and eight other politicians and security officers with drug trafficking. The bombshell indictment against the 10 has shaken Mexico's political establishment. In a short video announcement at midnight on Friday, Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya, the highest-ranking official named in the indictment, denied accusations that he protected the Sinaloa cartel and helped it smuggle vast quantities

President Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war

After Spirit collapse, Duffy says no need for US budget airline bailout

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Trump flexes executive power with unprecedented flouting of lower court rulings

When a federal judge shot down a Trump administration policy of holding immigrants without bond last December, it seemed like a serious blow to the president's mass deportation effort. Instead, a top Justice Department official insisted the ruling wasn't binding, and the administration continued denying detainees around the country a chance for release. By February, the district court judge, Sunshine Sykes, was fed up. Sykes, a nominee of President Joe Biden, accused Trump officials in a ruling that month of seeking “to erode any semblance of separa

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Here’s how Berkshire Hathaway did in its first quarter without Warren Buffett as CEO

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) on Saturday reported $11.35 billion in operating earnings and a record cash pile in the first quarter under CEO Greg Abel, the successor to famed investor Warren Buffett.Berkshire Hathaway’s massive cash pile rose to more than $397 billion in the first quarter, up from the $373 billion at the end of 2025. Operating earnings were up nearly 18% from last year, but fell short of estimates that Berkshire would earn $11.56 billion, according to FactSet data.Net income attributable to Berkshire shareholders in the first quarter rose to roughly $10.1 billion, more than do