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4:00 AM on Friday, May 8

Pope Leo XIV has marked the first anniversary of his election by praying in Pompeii

2:41 AM on Friday, May 8

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands

2:30 AM on Friday, May 8

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni to ease tensions over the war with Iran

1:23 AM on Friday, May 8

The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks plant this week in central China has risen to 37, state media reported

12:36 AM on Friday, May 8

12:24 AM on Friday, May 8

While Pope Francis opened his pontificate with a flurry of reforms and appointments to shake things up, Pope Leo XIV has taken his time to find his footing

12:17 AM on Friday, May 8

In his first year as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV seems driven not by the dramatic gesture or tensions that often fueled the papacy of his predecessor, but by a calm, persistent zeal to preach the Gospel and emphasize community and harmony

12:10 AM on Friday, May 8

David Attenborough, the world’s most famous wildlife presenter, is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday

12:06 AM on Friday, May 8

Partial results from local elections in England show significant losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and gains for Reform U.K. The votes are seen as an unofficial referendum on Starmer, whose popularity has plummeted since his election

11:55 PM on Thursday, May 7

Péter Magyar takes office as Hungary's prime minister on Saturday, ending Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule

11:53 PM on Thursday, May 7

World shares have mostly retreated and oil prices fell again after climbing as the fragile ceasefire with Iran was strained by missile and drone attacks that prompted U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iranian military facilities

11:33 PM on Thursday, May 7

11:04 PM on Thursday, May 7

U.S. immigration officials have quietly lifted a hold on green card and visa applications for doctors from three dozen countries

11:03 PM on Thursday, May 7

Authorities plan to update the public Friday on a search of a home tied to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996

11:02 PM on Thursday, May 7

Alabama lawmakers are set to vote on a measure that could change the state's congressional primaries as part of a bid to switch its U.S. House districts

11:02 PM on Thursday, May 7

A Utah judge is set to decide if news outlets can continue to film, photograph and livestream the murder case against the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk

11:01 PM on Thursday, May 7

The only person ever charged in the unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay is set to be sentenced Friday in federal court

10:09 PM on Thursday, May 7

The Iran war’s shaky ceasefire faces new challenges as the United Arab Emirates responded to Iranian missile and drone strikes

1:16 PM on Thursday, May 7

The Iran war has caused the biggest disruption of global oil supplies in history and sent average U.S. gasoline prices surging past $4.50 a gallon this week

11:08 AM on Tuesday, April 21