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The Rev. Gosbert Rwezahura opened Mass on Sunday morning by saying what everyone in the pews was thinking. “Habemus papam!” he exclaimed at Christ Our Savior Parish in South Holland, Ill. Beaming, he added, “He is one of our own!”It was the first Sunday in American history with an American pope seated on the throne of St. Peter in Rome. At parishes across the country, Catholics filed into the pews with a sense of wonder, hope and pride over Pope Leo XIV.At Christ Our Savior, the pride was personal: Today’s parish was formed from others in the area around the…

The sale of face-to-face access to President Trump using the Trump family’s own cryptocurrency has done more than benefit him financially, though it has certainly done that.Mr. Trump announced last month that leading buyers of a digital coin his family is marketing would be rewarded with a private dinner with him at one of his golf courses and that the very top bidders would win a tour of the White House.The auction, which ends Monday, has set off a spectacle that has drawn bipartisan criticism, triggered a suspicious trading pattern, and left a sitting United States president wide open to…

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota will speak at the state political conventions for Democrats in South Carolina and California at the end of this month, his latest effort to place himself in front of voters likely to be central to his party’s 2028 presidential nominating contest.Mr. Walz, who was his party’s nominee for vice president last year, will deliver speeches at the two state conventions on the same day — May 31 — which his aides portrayed as a feat of political stamina and private air travel between Columbia, S.C., and Anaheim, Calif.Since March, Mr. Walz has traveled throughout states…

A rally in the major miners and energy stocks helped the ASX 200 eke out a tiny gain during Monday’s trading, as cautious investors eagerly await news of a trade deal between the US and China.The benchmark ASX 200 index closed just up 2.3 points or 0.03 per cent to 8,233.50.The broader All Ordinaries finished up 4.40 points or 0.05 per cent to 8,467.00.The Australian dollar is up 0.47 per cent buying 64.48 US cents.Camera IconEnergy and materials sectors jumped on the latest US – China announcement: ASX stock. NewsWire / Nikki Short Credit: News Corp AustraliaOn a mixed day…

GENEVA: The United States and China said on Monday (May 12) they have agreed a deal to slash reciprocal tariffs for now as the world’s two biggest economies seek to end a trade war that has disrupted the global outlook and set financial markets on edge. Speaking after talks with Chinese officials in Geneva, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters the two sides had agreed on a 90-day pause on measures and that tariffs would come down by over 100 percentage points to 10 per cent. “Both countries represented their national interest very well,” Bessent said. “We both have an…

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.For more than 20 years, A.O. Scott, who was until recently a co-chief film critic for The New York Times, had a routine.Look at the movies he’d been assigned to review for the week. Go to a screening. File a review the next morning. Rinse. Repeat.But now, since pivoting to a role as a critic at large for The Times Book Review in 2023, Mr. Scott, 58, has been able to step back from the deadline grind and focus on his…

Amber Heard has a lot more to celebrate this Mother’s Day.The 39-year-old actress revealed Sunday that she is now a mother of three after welcoming twins, daughter Agnes and son Ocean.”Mother’s Day 2025 will be one I’ll never forget,” she wrote in a social media post. “This year I am elated beyond words to celebrate the completion of the family I’ve strived to build for years.”She shared the news along with a photo of their tiny feet. Amber Heard at the 69th Taormina Film Festival on June 24, 2023. Ernesto Ruscio / Getty Images Heard said welcoming her oldest daughter,…

NewsFeedThe Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has announced that it plans to disband and disarm in a move promising an end to decades of conflict with Turkiye. The move was announced on Monday by the Firat News Agency, a media outlet close to the group.Published On 12 May 202512 May 2025

Legislators in Suffolk County, New York, strengthened an animal cruelty law by making it a crime for convicted animal abusers to own pets.The county legislature voted last week to establish a Class A misdemeanor for people on the county’s convicted animal abuser registry found to be owning pets, according to the New York Post. The new addition to the law carries penalties of up to a year in jail or a $1,000 fine.This expands on a law the legislature enacted in 2010 that created an animal abuse registry, which requires convicted animal abusers to add their name and contact information.…

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesEpic Games said on Friday that it submitted Fortnite to Apple’s App Store, the month after a judge ruled in favor of the game maker in a contempt ruling.Fortnite was booted from iPhones and Apple’s App Store in 2020, after Epic Games updated its software to link out to the company’s website and avoid Apple’s commissions. The move drew Apple’s anger, and kicked off a legal battle that has lasted for years.Last month’s ruling, a victory for Epic Games, said Apple was not allowed to charge a commission on link-outs or dictate if the…