Cardinal Parolin, Leader of Papal Conclave, Is Also a Top Candidate
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Cardinal Parolin, Leader of Papal Conclave, Is Also a Top Candidate

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the days surrounding Pope Francis’ death, Cardinal Pietro Parolin was everywhere. The No. 2 figure in the Vatican, he visited Francis in the hospital, and then helped seal the papal apartments after the pope died. He welcomed cardinals he knew from around…

These Contentious Issues Could Determine Who Becomes the Next Pope
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These Contentious Issues Could Determine Who Becomes the Next Pope

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The cardinals who have traveled to Rome to elect the next pope at a conclave next week sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the globe. At first glance, they appear to split along the kinds of left-right lines that…

Trump’s Tariff on Cheap Chinese Imports Will Cost Big Tech Billions
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Trump’s Tariff on Cheap Chinese Imports Will Cost Big Tech Billions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The expansion of the loophole for tariff-free shipments of goods nearly a decade ago gave rise to Temu, Shein and other low-cost online retailers offering items straight from Chinese factories at unfathomable discounts. It also unleashed something else — a cascade of billions…

Ghana Wanted a Cathedral. It Got an ‘Expensive Hole’ Instead.
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Ghana Wanted a Cathedral. It Got an ‘Expensive Hole’ Instead.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The walls surrounding Ghana’s national cathedral are aging plywood. Its spires are yellow construction cranes, which have not moved in years. It frequently reverberates with singing — the singing of a choir of frogs that moves in whenever the cathedral’s half-finished foundations fill…

Message From the Russian Military: ‘We Lost Your Son’
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Message From the Russian Military: ‘We Lost Your Son’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For months, Elvira Kaipova had not heard from her son Rafael, a Russian soldier deployed in Ukraine. Military officials responded to her repeated questions about his whereabouts by saying he was on active duty and therefore incommunicado. Then, late last November, two days…

Sam Altman’s Start-Up Launches Eye-Scanning Crypto Orbs in the U.S.
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Sam Altman’s Start-Up Launches Eye-Scanning Crypto Orbs in the U.S.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Spend enough time in San Francisco, peering into the cyberpunk future, and you may find that weird things start seeming normal. Fleets of self-driving cars? Yawn. A start-up trying to resurrect the woolly mammoth? Sure, why not. Summoning a godlike artificial intelligence that…

Car Prices Expected to Rise as Tariffs on Parts Kick In
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Car Prices Expected to Rise as Tariffs on Parts Kick In

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States imposed 25 percent tariffs on imported auto parts on Saturday that could sharply raise prices for new and used vehicles as well as for repairs and insurance. The latest tariffs, which President Trump ordered in March as part of his…

2 Planes Abort Landings as Army Helicopter Flies Near D.C. Airport
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2 Planes Abort Landings as Army Helicopter Flies Near D.C. Airport

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal transportation safety officials were investigating on Friday after two commercial flights aborted landings because an Army helicopter had entered the airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where helicopter traffic has been restricted since a fatal collision in January. Air traffic controllers…

University of California’s New President, James Milliken, Will Come From Texas
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University of California’s New President, James Milliken, Will Come From Texas

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The University of California system announced on Friday that its new president would be James B. Milliken, a longtime public university leader who currently serves at the University of Texas system and previously ran the City University of New York and the University…