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Vatican City – It felt like the square could talk in one voice: “Leone! Leone! Leone!” Thousands of people in St Peter’s Square chanted in chorus the name adopted by Robert Prevost as he ascended to the papacy on Thursday: Leo XIV. Just an hour and a half earlier, white smoke had billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, announcing that a conclave of cardinals had elected a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Now, it was time to meet Pope Leo himself. A solemn silence fell across the square. The faithful waited to hear the pope’s…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Josaia Raisuqe, a rugby star who medaled for Fiji at the Paris Olympics, died after a train reportedly struck his vehicle as he drove to training. Raisuqe’s rugby club, Castres, confirmed his death Thursday. He was 30 years old. “Castres Olympique is in mourning,” the club said in a statement on its website. “It is with heavy hearts that we learned of the death this morning of our player Josaia Raisuqe in a road accident. Josaia Raisuqe of Team Fiji runs with a ball during a rugby match against Australia at the Olympic Games…

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Saskatchewan vets are feeling overwhelmed, as the country continues to face a vet shortage. Several vet clinics in the province have now stopped accepting walk-in appointments.

Dolphins speedster Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow says he’s excited by the challenge of playing a new role for the Maroons after his named was mentioned as a potential bolter to fill in at fullback for the State of Origin opener later this month.Reece Walsh’s knee injury is likely to keep him out of the game on May 28, with Knights superstar Kalyn Ponga the logical option to replace him.But there’s a school of thought that the “Hammer” deserves first crack at the fullback role after finding form at the right time for his club, while he’s also excelled every time he’s put…

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s ambassador to the US said on Thursday (May 8) that India and Pakistan have had contacts at the level of their respective National Security Councils, when asked if the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours had any ongoing lines of conversation. The ambassador, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, made the comments in an interview with CNN in which he also said the responsibility to de-escalate tensions between the two countries lay with India after two days of clashes. “I think there have been contact at the level of NSCs, but then this escalation, both in terms of the actions that have been taken and in terms of rhetoric that is…

In the next 20 years, Gates believes, progress will be ‘incredible.’“This is a miraculous time,” he told me, with the most exciting work the foundation has ever done sitting in the R.&D. pipeline now, waiting to be delivered.It was almost hard to keep up with his survey of breakthroughs: on H.I.V., on tuberculosis, but also on more obscure and neglected diseases like lymphatic filariasis and visceral leishmaniasis. He predicts that maternal-mortality rates in the developing world could be brought into rough parity with those in the rich world, and that childhood deaths could be cut in half.But in the short…

James Foley, a veteran director whose films included “Glengarry Glen Ross” and the “Fifty Shades of Grey” sequels, and who also worked on the hit television series “House of Cards,” died this week at his home in Los Angeles. He was 71.His death came after a yearlong battle with brain cancer, according to Taylor Lomax of ID, the firm that represents Mr. Foley.Mr. Foley made his directorial debut with the 1984 film “Reckless,” a drama about a high school romance between a rebellious, motorcycle-driving football player and a cheerleader. In the decades that followed, he built a career directing movies,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are here.The 60th annual award show was broadcast from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on Thursday night. Ella Langley is the most nominated artist of the night with eight nods, followed by Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson with seven ACM nominations each. Lainey Wilson, Nicole Kidman, and Kelsea Ballerini stun on the ACM Awards’ red carpet. (Getty Images)Reba McEntire is hosting the event and stunned on the red carpet before. The country music icon wore a sequined black pantsuit with…