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The footage is blurry. The framing is unsteady. And at one moment, another cellphone pokes into view to capture the scene. But the video has nevertheless gone viral in Peru for one big reason: It captures a goofy, off-the-cuff moment with the new head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV. On Sunday, the newly elected pope formally began his leadership of the church with an inaugural mass at Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican. His papacy has made history. Born in Chicago, Leo XIV is the first pope ever to hail from the United States. But for Peruvians in…

Washington — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it is starting the process of dismissing lawsuits against police departments in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, bringing an end to investigations launched during former President Joe Biden’s administration. It will also put an end to proposed accountability agreements with the departments.The Trump administration said the consent decrees proposed by the Biden administration sought to subject the Louisville and Minneapolis police departments to sweeping terms that went beyond accusations of unconstitutional conduct and would have led to “years of micromanagement” of local departments. The federal involvement began following the deaths of George Floyd…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 24-year-old Venezuelan man who allegedly posed as an Ohio high school student competed on the boys’ swimming team and participated in state sectionals.Perrysburg Schools confirmed on Tuesday that Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra was on the Perrysburg High School swim team and the junior varsity soccer team. He competed in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events of the Ohio High School Athletics Association (OHSAA) Fremont B Sectional back in February. Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra, a 24-year-old from Venezuela, is accused of using forged documents to enroll in a high school in Ohio…

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Many Saskatchewan-based businesses are now preparing to pivot operations if the potential Canada Post strike becomes a reality on Friday.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Bank lending to the $1.6tn private credit industry may pose systemic risks to the US financial system during an economic downturn, the Federal Reserve’s Boston branch warned on Wednesday.Boston Fed economists said in a paper that US lenders were exposing themselves to a new channel of risks by offering finance to non-bank groups that specialise in making loans directly to companies. The report underscores how the booming private credit industry, led by groups such as Blackstone, Apollo and Ares, is forging increasingly…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Elliott Management won two seats on the board of oil refiner Phillips 66, after the activist hedge fund squared off in its first-ever proxy vote against a major US corporation. Phillips 66 shareholders voted in favour of two Elliott-backed directors. Former ConocoPhillips executive Sigmund Cornelius and ex-Targa Resources executive Michael Heim were elected to the board, Elliott and Phillips 66 said in separate statements on Wednesday.Current board director Bob Pease, who was previously backed by Elliott in an earlier settlement with Phillips…

US singer Chris Brown has been granted bail by a London court over a charge of serious assault after promising to pay a multimillion pound security fee, clearing the way for his world tour to begin next month.Brown has been charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm in what prosecutors said was an “unprovoked attack” on music producer Abraham Diaw with a tequila bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.The 36-year-old has not yet been asked to enter a plea to the charge.He was not present at Southwark Crown Court when Judge Tony Baumgartner granted him bail with a five million-pound…

HANOI: A Vietnamese court on Wednesday (May 21) jailed 23 officials and business people over the illegal exploitation and export of rare earths. The trial comes after the US Geological Survey (USGS) this year significantly revised down its estimate of rare earth deposits in Vietnam, which it once considered the world’s second largest. The nine-day trial in Hanoi saw verdicts handed down to 27 defendants, including former Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Linh Ngoc, who was given three years in jail for “violating state regulations causing wastefulness”. Others were given a range of prison sentences – with 16…

United States President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he has selected a $175bn design for the multilayered Golden Dome missile defence programme aimed at countering aerial threats “even if they are launched from space”. As part of the project, the US would deploy missile interceptors in space to shield against ballistic and hypersonic threats. Here is more about the Golden Dome project. What did Trump announce? Trump on Tuesday announced $25bn initial funding for the project that will cost $175bn and be completed by the end of his current term in 2029. “Once fully constructed, the Golden Dome will…