Palestinian Leader Abbas Appoints Hussein al-Sheikh as Deputy Amid Succession Fears
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Palestinian Leader Abbas Appoints Hussein al-Sheikh as Deputy Amid Succession Fears

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Palestinian leaders in the Israeli-occupied West Bank met this week for the first gathering of its kind in years. Their mission: to allow Mahmoud Abbas, the aging Palestinian Authority president, to appoint a longtime loyalist to a newly-minted senior position. On Saturday night,…

‘He Was Like Family’: Faithful Descend on St. Peter’s Square for Pope’s Funeral
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‘He Was Like Family’: Faithful Descend on St. Peter’s Square for Pope’s Funeral

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Some mourners had spent the night sleeping in the streets near the Vatican, and they started lining up at dawn on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square to bid farewell to Pope Francis. Hours later, world leaders took their seats in rows near an…

Canada Election: Polls Tighten, But Carney’s Liberal Party Still Appears Poised to Win
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Canada Election: Polls Tighten, But Carney’s Liberal Party Still Appears Poised to Win

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As Election Day in Canada looms on Monday, support for the two major parties has started to converge in the polls, yet the race appears to remain the Liberal Party’s to lose. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party now leads the Conservative Party…

For Trump, PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Straws Are a Crisis. In Water, Maybe Less So.
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For Trump, PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Straws Are a Crisis. In Water, Maybe Less So.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The 36-page official national strategy document bears the presidential seal and involves 10 agencies from across the federal government. It isn’t the government’s policy on tariffs or border security. It’s President Trump’s master plan to eradicate paper straws and bring back plastic. “My…

Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony
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Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope, whose simple style, pastoral vision and outsized footprint on the world stage both reinvigorated…

Jed the Fish Dead: KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69
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Jed the Fish Dead: KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jed Gould, the influential Los Angeles disc jockey known as Jed the Fish, who used his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical knowledge to shine a light on artists like the Cure, Depeche Mode and the Offspring at the groundbreaking New Wave and alternative…

Trump and Zelensky Meet on Sidelines of Pope Francis’ Funeral, White House Says
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Trump and Zelensky Meet on Sidelines of Pope Francis’ Funeral, White House Says

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump met privately with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Saturday in Vatican City, the first time the two leaders have met since their televised argument in late February in the Oval Office exacerbated the deep breach between the two countries. The…

How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions
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How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines If President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia drafted a shopping list of what he wanted from Washington, it would be hard to beat what he was offered in the first 100 days of President Trump’s new term. Pressure on Ukraine to surrender territory…

David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94
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David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines David Paton, an idealistic and innovative ophthalmologist who converted a United Airlines jet into a flying hospital that took surgeons to developing countries to operate on patients and educate local doctors, died on April 3 at his home in Reno, Nev. He was…