11 h. ago Pope's frequent calls to a Catholic church made him a revered figure in war

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled inside were coping with a devastating war

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13 h. ago Celebrities pay tribute to Pope Francis: ‘Thank you for being an ally’

Martin Scorsese, Russell Crowe, Whoopi Goldberg and Eva Longoria are among stars remembering late pope who died aged 88Pope Francis tributes – latest updatesNumerous celebrities, many among the nearly 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, expressed condolences for the late Pope Francis, who died early on Monday – the morning after Easter Sunday – at the age of 88.Martin Scorsese, who has grappled with Catholic faith in several of his films, called Pope Francis, “in every way, a remarkable human being” in a statement to Variety. “He acknowledged his own failings. He radiated wisdom. He radiated goodness. He had an ironclad commitment to the good. He knew in his soul that ignorance was a terrible plague on humanity. So he never stopped learning. And he never stopped enlightening. And, he embraced, preached and practiced forgiveness. Universal and constant forgiveness.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago How Tim Cook's business empire could beat Donald Trump's tariffs: Apple's worldwide supply chain could soften the blow from trade war

The California-based company makes most of the devices in China , which the US President hit with a 54 per cent levy - a figure which could go up amid a trade war.

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2 w. ago Vicar blasts 'awkward' cycle lane for driving away his congregation

Reverend David Murray says his St Margaret's Church in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, has been cut off and numbers have plummeted from 100 to 60 since the cycleway was built in 2023.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump' 'Liberation Day' tariffs could wipe millions from ally Jeff Bezos

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos could be one of the victims of Trump's new trade war after new figures showed that the retail giant is hugely reliant on imports from China

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on the Signal war plans leak: a US security breach speaks volumes | Editorial

A staggering blunder points to the wider failings of the careless and amateurish Trump administrationIt is jaw-dropping that senior Trump administration figures would accidentally leak war plans to a journalist. But the fundamental issue is that 18 high-ranking individuals were happy discussing extremely sensitive material on a private messaging app, highlighting the administration’s extraordinary amateurishness, recklessness and unaccountability.The visceral hostility to Europe spelt out again by the vice-president, JD Vance, was glaring. So was the indifference to the potential civilian cost of the strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, designed to curb attacks on Red Sea shipping. The Houthi-run health ministry said that 53 people including five children and two women were killed. The response by the national security adviser, Michael Waltz, to the attacks was to post emojis: a fist, an American flag and fire. The lack of contrition for this security breach is also telling...

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