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WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of U.S. Catholic voters supported Donald Trump in his 2024 presidential victory. Yet across the broad Catholic political spectrum – even among conservative-leaning bishops – there is dismay over Trump’s unprecedented verbal assault on Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead their church. Leo says he is sharing a …
Washington’s decision to blockade Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz is sending tremors through global energy markets, raising fears of a fresh oil shock by threatening supplies to Asia. Iran had continued to pump crude to Asia since the start of the Middle East war, partly shielded by its elusive “dark fleet.” Roughly one-fifth …
MANILA, April 14 (Reuters) – The latest round of military drills involving the Philippines, the United States and several partner nations will underscore Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to its treaty ally and to the region, even as global attention remains fixed on the Middle East, a U.S. military official said on Tuesday. Running from April 20 …
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A former student opened fire at a high school in southeast Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people before killing himself, an official said. The 18-year-old attacker, armed with a shotgun, fired randomly at a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province, before hiding inside the building. He later killed …
HONG KONG, April 14 (Reuters) – Mingling with power brokers at centenary celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2021, a beaming Hui Ka Yan betrayed no sign of the pressure mounting on his property company, China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted. Hui looked relaxed in navy-blue suit and open-necked shirt as …
LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) – Britain’s national security is “in peril” because of political complacency and under-investment in defence, former NATO chief George Robertson will say on Tuesday, in a rare public rebuke of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s handling of military spending. Robertson, who helped draft a Strategic Defence Review commissioned by Starmer when he …
ANKARA, April 14 (Reuters) – A teenager opened fire at a school and wounded at least 16 people, including students and teachers, before killing himself in Turkey’s southeastern province of Sanliurfa, governor Hasan Sildak told reporters on Tuesday. The former student, 19, used a rifle during the attack, after which those wounded were rushed to …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home had written about AI’s purported risk to humanity and traveled from Texas to San Francisco intending to kill Altman, authorities said Monday. Authorities allege 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama threw the incendiary device about 4 a.m. Friday, setting an …
WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) – Anthropic is discussing its frontier AI model Mythos with the Trump administration, the firm’s co-founder said on Monday, even after the Pentagon cut off business with the U.S. AI company following a contract dispute. A dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon over guardrails for how the military could use its …
The Justice Department on Tuesday released a report that accused the Biden administration of using the FACE Act to target anti-abortion activists who were prosecuted for blocking patients’ access to reproductive health clinics. The report is the first of several expected to be issued by the Weaponization Working Group, created last year, that is meant …