39 m. ago Pope Francis's final testament released as burial wishes detailed – read pontiff's will in full

Pope Francis's final testament has been released by the Vatican, in which he shares his wishes for his burial and expresses gratitude to those who have loved him

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65 m. ago Pope Francis's final testament released by Vatican reveals burial wishes

Pope Francis died following a stroke aged 88 on Easter Monday just a day after greeting crowds in Vatican City and now his final testament has released by the Vatican

Economics

1 hour ago Pope Francis' final hours and how he defied doctors to the end as full death certificate revealed

After a lengthy health battle, Pope Francis died aged 88 on Monday morning from a cerebral stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure - triggering a nine-day mourning period

Events

7 h. ago Pope Francis's message was to be joyful, merciful and to look forward when lost

Father Gerard Maguiness, who met Pope Francis in February, writes about what the first Jesuit to be Supreme Pontiff meant to him

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9 h. ago Pope Francis's wildest moments from aliens vow, Joe Biden 'head butt' to lags' feet kiss

Joe Biden in a moment of skin to skin contact, promises about Martians and an unlikely previous career, the late Pope Francis had a number of moments in his life that might take you by surprise

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10 h. ago Pope Francis's final day in photos: How pontiff spent yesterday celebrating Easter Sunday with the faithful, bringing smiles to the faces of thousands

An aide to the 88-year-old pontiff delivered his 'Urbi et Orbi' benediction from a balcony overlooking the square following mass to mark the holiday.

Culture

11 h. ago China to retaliate with sanctions on US officials, NGO leaders over Hong Kong issues

China will sanction U.S. officials, lawmakers and leaders of non-governmental organizations who Chinese officials say have performed poorly on Hong Kong issues in a retaliatory move against Washington

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12 h. ago Francis changed church policy on the death penalty and nuclear weapons but upheld it on abortion

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons

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26 h. ago Donald Trump posts VERY unorthodox Easter message...complete with a scathing dig at 'moron' Joe Biden

While many world leaders take the holy Easter holiday as an opportunity to spread messages of peace and unity, President Donald Trump fired off a scathing tirade against Joe Biden .

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27 h. ago Joe Biden should stay out of politics for the good of his party, says former aide to Jill

Michael LaRosa, who served as Jill Biden’s communications director, was critical of the former president’s decision to return to the public eye last week

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57 h. ago Musk and AI among biggest threats to brand reputation, global survey shows

Appraisal of international public affairs leaders warned companies against aligning with ‘polarizing’ Trump allyAssociating with the Donald Trump administration’s multibillionaire adviser Elon Musk and misusing artificial intelligence are among the most surefire ways for companies to damage their brands, a new survey of more than 100 international public affairs leaders found.Those findings stem from an appraisal conducted by the Global Risk Advisory Council, which was chaired by the head of the US Small Business Administration during Joe Biden’s presidency, Isabel Guzman. Continue reading...

Events

64 h. ago Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects

At least $1.6 million in federal funds for projects meant to capture and digitize stories of the systemic abuse of generations of Indigenous children in boarding schools at the hands of the U.S. government have been slashed due to federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration

Politics

2 d. ago Judge blocks Trump administration’s from passport changes affecting transgender Americans

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers

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3 d. ago Trump White House replaces Covid website with treatise on ‘lab leak’ theory

Site that once provided health information now includes criticism of Anthony Fauci, who led response to pandemicUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has replaced Covid.gov – a website that once provided Americans with access to information about free tests, vaccines, treatment and secondary conditions such as long Covid – with a treatise on the “lab leak” theory.The site includes intense criticism of Dr Anthony Fauci, who helmed national Covid policies under Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the World Health Organization (WHO) and state leadership in New York. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump

With US visits down 11.6% in March compared with last year, people share their views and experiences on the US borderLast year, while Joe Biden was US president, Jenny and her husband booked a trip to Boston for June 2025.The British couple had been to New York before and wanted to see more of the country. But after Donald Trump’s re-election in November, Jenny said a “shadow” began to fall on their travel plans. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump suggests Jimmy Carter ‘died a happy man’ knowing Biden was a worse president

‘Jimmy Carter died a happy man. You know why? Because he wasn‘t the worst. President Joe Biden was,’ the president said on Thursday afternoon

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4 d. ago Google's digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly, joining its search engine in penalty box

Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion

Events

4 d. ago George Clooney says it was his ‘civic duty’ to tell Joe Biden to quit the 2024 election

‘I saw people on my side of the street not telling the truth’

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4 d. ago George Clooney reveals his surprising choice on who should lead the Democrats after shaking up party

George Clooney said who he sees as the next Democrat standard-bearer after he led the movement to push Joe Biden out in 2024.

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5 d. ago Biden condemned Trump’s Social Security cuts. What are the president’s plans for the program?

People are concerned ‘that Social Security benefits may be delayed or interrupted’ for the ‘first time in history,’ former president says

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