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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. said his team’s fans have turned on him in the worst way. After a rough start on Saturday, where he allowed seven earned runs in just one-third of an inning pitched against the Cincinnati Reds, McCullers said he received death threats from Astros fans online. “I understand people are very passionate and people love the Astros and love sports, but threatening to find my kids and murder them is a little bit tough to deal with,” the 31-year-old right-hander said. “So, just as a father, I think there…

Joy about an India-Pakistan ceasefire has been short-lived in Kashmir.Tens of thousands fled the Indian-controlled part of the disputed region last week amid heavy shelling and drone attacks by Pakistan.Yet despite a ceasefire announced on Saturday, only a handful of families returned to their homes on Sunday.”We will go back only after complete calm prevails,” said Basharat Ahmed, who lives in Poonch district.”It doesn’t take much time for the two countries to start fighting on the border.”The ceasefire was intended to halt the hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours and defuse the worst military confrontation between them for decades.But just hours…

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday returned to the balcony where he was presented to the world as the new leader of the Roman Catholic church just days ago, using his first Sunday address to the faithful to call for peace.“Never again war,” he said to a roar from the massive crowd that had gathered in St. Peter’s Square, an appeal he addressed to the world’s most powerful leaders. He noted that it was almost 80 years to the day that the “immense tragedy” of World War II ended and quoted Pope Francis, his predecessor, who often referred to the current…

The U.S. and Mexico are one step closer to permanently ending a sewage crisis spewing from across the border into waters off the coast of San Diego, Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin announced. “This week, EPA transmitted to Mexico a proposed ‘100% solution’ that would PERMANENTLY END the decades-old crisis of raw sewage flowing in to the U.S. from Mexico. Next, technical groups from both nations will be meeting to work through the details necessary to hopefully reach an urgent agreement,” Zeldin posted to X on Friday. Zeldin visited San Diego last month, where he announced talks with his government counterparts…

In August 2021, a mysterious package from Sarasota, Fla., showed up in Nicole Archer’s mailbox in Manhattan.Dr. Archer hurried upstairs to her cramped Chelsea apartment with the thick envelope in hand and tore it open at her dining table, revealing a legal document she had wondered about for months.She knew that a beloved college professor had bequeathed her something in her will. She was expecting a modest gift — enough money for a fancy dinner, perhaps, or one of the beaded bracelets the professor liked to make by hand.But when Dr. Archer, 49, saw the number on the last page…

As Alberta flirts with the possibility of a referendum on separation, Quebec sovereigntists are watching with interest — and a healthy dose of skepticism. Some are hoping a wave of separatist sentiment in Alberta will put wind in the sails of Quebec’s own independence movement, which took a blow in the recent federal election when the Liberals made big gains in the province at the expense of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois.But others see Alberta’s brand of separatism, grown out of frustration with federal Liberal policies, as so fundamentally different from Quebec sovereignty that it’s hard not to be dismissive.“In Quebec,…

It’s advantage Newcastle in the race for the Champions League.A 2-0 win against Premier League top-five rivals Chelsea on Sunday moved Newcastle closer to a return to European club soccer’s top competition next season.With just two rounds of the season to go, the win ensured Newcastle leapfrogged Manchester City into third place in the table.Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes struck against 10-man Chelsea at Newcastle’s St James’ Park in a game that could have a big impact on the six-team battle for Champions League qualification.Tonali fired Newcastle ahead from close range in the second minute and Nicolas Jackson was sent…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Saudi Aramco reported a fall in first-quarter profits, resulting in a $10bn cut to its dividend and lowering a key source of funds for Saudi Arabia’s budget amid an uncertain outlook for oil prices.The world’s largest oil company’s net income dropped 5 per cent from a year earlier to $26bn. Its average realised oil price was $76.30 a barrel, compared with $83 a barrel in the same quarter last year.While the performance was better than that of some of its peers, including…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The chief executive of Deutsche Bank’s asset manager DWS has argued that US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have proved a powerful, if uncomfortable, catalyst for long-overdue economic reforms in Europe. In an interview with the Financial Times, Stefan Hoops said that while rising tariffs and geopolitical tension had rattled global markets, they had also jolted Europe out of “complacent, lethargic behaviour” surrounding infrastructure and defence spending. “Europe has always been about ability versus willingness to really compete . . . We have plenty of savings,…

NewsFeedEuropean leaders have given Russia’s president an ultimatum on agreeing to a 30-day Ukraine ceasefire or else face ‘massive’ new sanctions. Vladimir Putin instead proposed direct peace talks in Istanbul, which Zelenskyy has called ‘positive’.Published On 11 May 202511 May 2025