ROME (AP) — As he recovers from pneumonia in the hospital, Pope Francis has increasingly handed off his day-to-day responsibilities to cardinals as questions swirl about the near and long-term future of his papacy. Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days, the Vatican said Saturday. But his doctors have decided to keep his prognosis as guarded, meaning that he’s not out of danger yet. Candles and...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in southern India said Saturday that they arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman. Police officials search for the male travelers who were pushed into the canal by three men accused of gang-raping two women, in Koppal...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being detained. Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol greets his...
NEW YORK (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. FILE - Light shines from a total lunar eclipse over Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) The best views...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With his flurry of tariffs , government layoffs , and spending freezes , there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the US economy than to fix it. PRESIDENT Donald Trump walks up the stairs of Air Force One at...
Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidate Mark Carney addresses supporters in Calgary, Alberta, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) TORONTO (AP) — Canada looks set to pick a measured former central banker to deal with the threats President Donald Trump's tariffs...
A woman prays at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. Arabic on top right reads: "Pray for the Prophet." (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) JERUSALEM (AP) — In the first Friday prayers of the...
Morgan Freeman speaks about Gene Hackman with an image of Gene Hackman on the screen during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from...
Posters showing the face of Elon Musk and messages relating to data privacy are seen on a fence surrounding a building site in Washington, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of decisions revealed Friday provided a glimpse of the turmoil engulfing federal...
Protestors demonstrate outside the scheduled execution of South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad...
MADRID (AP) — European Union leaders on Friday downplayed skepticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about solidarity among NATO members a day after they backed plans to spend more on defense amid wavering U.S. support. FILE - From left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Ukraine's...
