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There are so many unfamiliar faces, cardinals are wearing name tags. The Vatican guesthouse for out-of-towners coming to choose the next pope is overbooked. Daily Vatican meetings have taken on the feel of theological speed-dating sessions.“The cardinals don’t know each other so well,” said Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Sweden, who has spent recent days in a crowded Vatican lecture hall listening to the concerns and learning the names of the record number of cardinals Pope Francis appointed who will choose his successor.Cardinal Arborelius sat in a section reserved for a small group of newcomers from countries that never had cardinals…

Europeans react to Trump’s first 100 days – CBS News Watch CBS News This week, President Trump marked 100 days in office. For some Americans, it has been a time of smashing success. For others, it was chaos and danger. But for America’s allies, it has been a time of reckoning and backlash. Elizabeth Palmer has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account – free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News’ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here. Author William R. Forstchen’s bestselling novel “One Second After” – which imagines the devastating effects of an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) strike on the United States – is being adapted into a feature film. The screenplay will be written by renowned…

A routine food delivery or simple shopping trip has turned into a costly mistake for many U.S. individuals and families travelling near the Canadian border lately. In recent months, a growing number of cases have surfaced involving people without legal status being detained in the United States after accidentally crossing into Ontario through a Canada-U.S. land border.One of the most recent cases that has gained significant attention involves Ricardo Jesus Prada Vasquez, a Venezuelan national who made a wrong turn while delivering McDonald’s in Detroit in January.According to the Department of Homeland Security, Prada was stopped at the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel…

Labor’s factions are set to start scrambling on Monday for two vacant positions in Anthony Albanese’s second-term ministry, with insiders believing the Prime Minister’s landslide victory has given him more internal authority.As Labor ministers and MPs celebrated Saturday’s shock win, focus shifted to who would form part of Labor’s senior government.The two vacancies — from former Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Bill Shorten — offer up a position to a left and right-aligned MP respectively.Aged Care and Sports Minister Anika Wells’ elevation earlier this year in Mr Shorten’s place means there are no vacant spots around the Cabinet table, so…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Umpires are obviously not perfect, but one in particular expects greatness from himself.Bill Miller was the home plate umpire for Friday night’s game between the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park.In the bottom of the eighth inning, with the Sox leading 6-1, Rafael Devers drilled a ball into right-center field, and Jarren Duran was trying to score from first. MLB umpire Bill Miller during the first inning of a game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Atlanta Braves at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.  (Reggie Hildred/USA Today Sports)It was…

The attack temporarily halted air traffic at Israel’s busiest airport and triggered sirens across the country.A ballistic missile launched from Yemen has hit the perimeter of Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, damaging road structures and a vehicle and causing air traffic to stop, according to photos and footage verified by Al Jazeera. The Israeli military confirmed on Sunday morning that its defence system failed to shoot down the projectile despite several attempts to intercept it, adding that an investigation was under way. Flights were suspended at Israel’s busiest airport, all entrances to the airport were briefly closed, and train movements leading…

Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.“N.W.S. staff will have an impossible task to continue its current level of services,” they write in the letter, dated Friday. “Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life.”Hundreds of Weather Service employees, or about 10 percent of the agency’s total staff, have been terminated or accepted buyout offers since President Trump began his second term, according to…

The C.I.A. plans to cut more than 1,000 staff positions through attrition over the next few years as the Trump administration shrinks the federal government, according to officials briefed on the plans.The agency does not plan any more mass firings. About 80 recently hired employees were let go in March. The C.I.A. is also firing officers who had worked on diversity issues, although a judge has temporarily halted that effort.For the next rounds of reduction, the agency plans, for now, to use normal attrition, including retirements and resignations.A spokeswoman for the agency did not directly confirm the plan to reduce…

Alastair Clarkson and fellow Hawthorn greats helped celebrate the club’s AFL/VFL centenary before Jack Gunston kicked three goals in a big win over Richmond.