Meeting participants of the Fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements on Thursday, Pope Leo XIV invoked Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum to denounce “new” injustices. He put the poor at the center, urging movements born on the peripheries to act with love and confront inequality, exclusion, and “bad management.” He...
In Prince George's County, federal employees queued for food as a shutdown withheld pay from 1.4 million civilian workers—half furloughed, half still on the job. The Capital Area Food Bank’s initial 300 boxes ran out before reinforcements arrived, underscoring rising need and frayed mental health. With Friday paychecks halted, workers...
UFC 321 lands at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, headlined by undisputed heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane on PPV. Prelims stream on ESPN+, Disney+ and FX starting 10 a.m. ET; the main card begins at 2 p.m. ET. Odds favor Aspinall (-425) over...
Senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is accused of tossing tear gas into a crowd during a Chicago protest, a possible breach of US District Judge Sara Ellis’s order limiting federal crowd-control tactics. A new filing cites Facebook video showing him hurl an object toward demonstrators in Little Village; the...
BBC Verify reports hundreds of Russian Africa Corps fighters have deployed in Mali after Wagner’s withdrawal, with French officials estimating 2,500 mercenaries and authenticated footage showing combat in Niono and recovered weapons and motorcycles. Separately, new satellite images show the White House East Wing has been completely demolished to make...
Attorneys for New York Attorney General Letitia James accused interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan of improper contact with a journalist and plan to seek dismissal over what they call her unlawful appointment. James, set for a Friday arraignment in Norfolk on bank fraud and false statement charges tied to a...
Europe’s backing of Ukraine gained new weight this week as President Trump sanctioned Russian oil giants Lukoil and Rosneft, while the E.U. unveiled new penalties and pledged two years of funding for Kyiv’s finances and defense. A plan to leverage frozen Russian assets for a €140 billion, interest‑free loan remains...
Wildlife photographer Bret Saalwaechter captured a tense, comic scene in Tanzania’s Serengeti: hungry lion cubs hounding heat-weary mothers during the dry season. His image, I Just Can’t Wait to Be King, reached the final round of this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards. Other selected finalists include a gannet smacked by...
Four years after her first ovarian cancer diagnosis, CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour says her latest recurrence is being well managed. Returning after a month off air, she disclosed the cancer’s “fairly rare” form and urged women to listen to their bodies and seek care. On the Changing the Ovarian Cancer...
French investigators recovered more than 150 DNA, fingerprint and other traces after a brazen daylight robbery at the Louvre, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said. Hooded thieves climbed an extendable ladder to the Apollo Gallery and escaped with eight jewels once owned by French queens and empresses, worth about €88 million ($102...
