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The election campaign was hard fought, with parties making a slew of promises in a bid to woo voters. But it all came at a cost.

The arrangements for the funeral of Pope Francis were meticulous, and the ceremony drew a global audience. But it is the arrangement of the letters on his tombstone that are now attracting outsize attention.The simple slab has only 10 letters, but the spacing between them can make it read like “F R A NCISC VS.”Of course, the lettering is meant to be read as Franciscus, the derivative of the pope’s name in Latin. (V stood for both u and v in Latin.)Pope Francis’s marble tomb reflects his simple style and fulfills his desire for an unadorned final resting place. In…

A Trump-appointed judge appears to have drawn the ire of President Donald Trump after blocking the administration’s “unlawful” use of the Alien Enemies Act.U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. stated that he would not prevent the administration from deporting individuals in the U.S. illegally but that the Alien Enemies Act could not be used as a basis to expel alleged gang members from the country. Rodriguez is the first judge to rule against the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members. “The question that this lawsuit presents is whether the President can utilize a…

A college admissions worker in Boston was arrested Friday after he was accused of offering $400 to a 17-year-old prospective student in exchange for sex, federal officials said.Jacob Henriques, 29, used his position as an assistant admissions director at Emmanuel College to gain access to the personal information of at least four potential students before contacting them, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts alleged.Henriques met with at least three such students on April 25. He is accused of contacting them afterward with offers to “pay them for some fun,” along with offering them and sending them pornography, officials said.Henriques contacted a fourth…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has repeatedly accused the Liberal government of entrenching Canada’s economic dependence on the United States. But political scientists say the reality is more complex, noting a broad trend toward continental integration of national economies that began almost 40 years ago.On the federal election trail, Poilievre decried a “lost Liberal decade” of economic stagnation. He blamed former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s government for failing to advance resource projects, allowing Canadian energy to head to the United States at a discount and losing billions of investment dollars to American companies.It is “kind of silly” to blame Trudeau for Canada’s economic reliance on the United States because it has been a “bipartisan project” since the late 1980s, said Blayne Haggart, a political science professor at…

Nine secretly paid $700,000 to silence a disgruntled key witness from going public with allegations against its star reporter in the Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes defamation case.The witness, who remains confidential and is known as Person 17, was paid the cash for her silence after sending a series of explosive emails to Nine executives claiming journalist Nick McKenzie had treated her poorly and wrongfully obtained Mr Roberts-Smith’s privileged legal advice during the case.The woman, alleged by Nine to be a domestic violence survivor, also begged McKenzie to protect her from harmful stories being published in the media company’s newspapers, known…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Women’s lacrosse icon Charlotte North had a very specific routine during her career. En route to becoming the NCAA’s all-time leading goal scorer and leading Boston College to the 2021 national championship, North built a playlist that became a serious superstition.  July 11, 2024: Charlotte North, who was the NCAA Division 1 leader in goals in a single season at Boston College, discusses the upcoming Athletes Unlimited professional women’s lacrosse season at their headquarters in Sparks.   (Amy Davis/Staff)”I’m very superstitious,” North said during an interview on “The Resilient Life” podcast with Ryan…

Monte Anderson opened a broom closet in his kitchen and pointed to a door handle near a mop and a trash can. Somewhere on the other side lay one small solution to America’s affordable housing crisis.Mr. Anderson is a developer who rehabs commercial and residential buildings in and around Dallas, including the ranch-style house where he lives, for now, with three kind-of-sort-of roommates. The 2,400-square-foot home has been split into four studio apartments. Each has an outdoor entrance, but also connects to another unit through a door like the one in his kitchen closet.The connecting doors are locked and hidden…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldThe US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates at their present level when it meets next week, with chair Jay Powell’s press conference likely to be investors’ main focus following a volatile month for financial markets.Donald Trump’s erratic tariff announcements have buffeted US stocks, Treasuries and the dollar in recent weeks while fanning concerns about slower growth and higher inflation in the world’s biggest economy. The president has repeatedly signalled that he thinks interest rates should be lowered…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Lebanon’s push to overhaul its banking system has sparked a furious rearguard action by opponents of the IMF-backed reforms that officials say are essential if the country is to recover from a 2019 financial meltdown.Resistance to the reforms has taken the shape of repeated media attacks and court cases targeting civil society groups — including non-profit research and advocacy organisations — which have sided with the IMF and say they are the victims of a smear campaign.Lebanese talk show hosts and news…