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Trump says Putin phone call was ‘good,’ though won’t lead to immediate peace between Russia and Ukraine President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he spoke over the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said that Russia would have to respond to a recent Ukrainian attack on Russian warplanes. Trump said the phone call […]

President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Win McNamee/Getty Images President Trump was greeted like royalty during his four-day trip to the Middle East. There were opulent palaces, fighter jet escorts, a parade of camels and much […]

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks after winning a second term as Prime Minister in Sydney, on Saturday, May 3, 2025.Rick Rycroft/AP CNN  —  Australians delivered a surprise election result on Saturday; not because of who won but by the scale of the victory. It marks a strong recovery for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and […]

US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have faced off in the Oval Office, showing no signs of retreating from their gaping differences in an ongoing trade war that has shattered decades of trust between the two countries. The two kept it civil, but as for Trump’s calls to make Canada the […]

Reuters FILE PHOTO: European Union flags are seen outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, prior to a meeting between Britain’s Secretary of State for Exiting the EU Dominic Raab and EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, Belgium October 14, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir PARIS (Reuters) -The European Commission said in a statement it had decided […]

Watch live as cardinals choose the new pope. Candidates need a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. If no one secures that Wednesday, the cardinals will retire for the day and return on Thursday. They will have two ballots in the morning and then two in the afternoon, until a winner is found. By  NICOLE WINFIELD […]

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in November 2024.Sean Gallup/Getty Images/File Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has tasked his country’s military to enact “self-defense” with “corresponding actions,” hours after India launched a barrage of deadly strikes early Wednesday, according to his office. Sharif called on Pakistan’s Armed Forces to “avenge the loss of innocent Pakistani lives,” […]

The R&B singer, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, testified at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial that she felt “trapped” and feared he may expose her in recorded sex acts. On red carpets from Los Angeles to the French Riviera, Sean “Diddy” Combs and the R&B singer Cassie intertwined arms, radiating an attractive and […]

Susan Miller ,  Kim Hjelmgaard ,  Jeanine Santucci  USA TODAY Show Caption Pope Francis, the humble pontiff whose acts of inclusiveness, modesty and mercy rippled through his 12-year papacy, was laid to rest Saturday in a service he deliberately simplified. Hundreds of thousands of mourners and dozens of world leaders and dignitaries packed St. Peter’s […]

Trump and Zelenskyy key takeaways: Oval Office meeting explodes into shouting match The bitter exchange was unlike any other in the Oval Office in modern times. 13:43 about:blank Trump, Vance blast Zelenskyy, call him ‘disrespectful’ at White HousePresident Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “you don’t have the cards.” With Ukraine’s future in the […]