The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/world/asia/pope-leo-voice-platform.html
In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope Leo.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/pope-leo-sunday-mass.html
President Trump has always viewed the presidency as a worldwide hunt for deals. And there is no better place for that than the Gulf, where a few men wield absolute authority over vast wealth.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/trump-middle-east-visit-saudi-arabia-qatar-uae.html
President Trump goes to the Gulf kingdom this week seeking $1 trillion worth of investments in the United States — a sum equivalent to the entire Saudi gross domestic product for a year.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/world/middleeast/trump-saudi-arabia-investment.html
As the president heads to the Middle East, America’s dominance over A.I. chips has become a powerful source of leverage for the president.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/business/economy/trump-middle-east-trip-semiconductor-deals.html
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The bean-to-cup Rivelia won’t rival classic espresso. But it’s easy, it froths milk with a button-press, and you can swap beans to decaf in the afternoon.https://www.wired.com/review/delonghi-rivelia-espresso-machine/
Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence multiple times.https://www.wired.com/story/intelligence-evolved-at-least-twice-in-vertebrate-animals/
Monosodium glutamate has a poor reputation in the US, which is both unfortunate and based on misinformation. A spate of new cookbooks highlighting its powers is here to awaken our senses.https://www.wired.com/story/msg-is-back/
As much as Leo he has echoed Francis, the first American pope is fast emerging as his own man.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/11/pope-leo-first-mass/
The Supreme Court ruled that only biological women are women. Now British institutions are trying to figure out what that means.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/11/britain-transgender-court-ruling/
Fears of an all-out conflict between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have abated with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, but the wounds of decades of strife are deep.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/10/kashmir-history-partition-india-pakistan/
The deal to free Edan Alexander is part of a larger effort by the U.S.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/hamas-says-it-will-release-last-u-s-hostage-from-gaza-75f52c13
The Ukrainian president said he would be waiting for Vladimir Putin at peace talks proposed by the Russian president in Istanbul.https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-insists-truce-must-come-before-putins-proposed-peace-talks-9509ecbc
Tehran called Sunday’s meeting “difficult but useful” as the two sides clash over future of Iran’s uranium enrichment.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-iran-nuclear-talks-hit-halfway-mark-with-major-hurdles-to-clear-ae6e7a38
The Nordic nation, with its extensive experience in navigating the icy Baltic Sea, has made and designed more icebreakers than any other country.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/to-dominate-the-arctic-trump-needs-ice-breaking-ships-finland-wants-to-help-e9981c8b