Cardinals have returned to the Sistine Chapel for the second day of the secretive process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/08/conclave-vote-pope-news-results/
Since the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian education system has cranked the patriotic themes into overdrive seeking to mold the soldiers of tomorrow.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/08/russia-patriotism-education-ukraine-war/
The Trump administration is pressing the U.N., aid organizations and allies to participate in a new Israeli plan to resume limited aid to Gaza under conditions that Israel will strictly control.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/07/israel-aid-gaza-trump/
The stern order followed reports indicating the U.S. was poised to send a planeload of immigrants to the troubled African nation.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/07/libya-trump-migrants-plane-deportations/
The continuing confrontation between the two nuclear powers has raised tensions to their highest point in years.https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/india-pakistan-accuse-each-other-of-drone-attacks-on-military-targets-a2053194
Inflation is likely to remain stubbornly high this year, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research said as it cut is 2025 growth forecast for the U.K.https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/boe-set-for-modest-rate-cuts-as-inflation-stays-high-niesr-says-1e5f5f64
The Wall Street Journal went out on patrol with customs agents in northern Spain who scour the coast for drug traffickers.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/the-narco-subs-helping-to-flood-europe-with-cocaine-51cc6874
The prospect of American annexation has reinvigorated ties between the island and Copenhagen, though aspirations for independence persist.https://www.wsj.com/world/trumps-threats-push-greenlanders-closer-to-denmark-9766f799
With an unclear deal and the Gaza war continuing, top carriers have no plans to return to the Red Sea soon.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-houthis-truce-shipping-industry-a3b01ecf
A planned meeting in Switzerland will be the first direct talks over trade during Trump’s second term.https://www.wsj.com/world/china/fentanyl-crisis-provided-opening-for-u-s-china-trade-talks-6c8ed5c2
The former Islamist rebels who run the new government are looking to convince a skeptical Trump administrationhttps://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/syria-dangles-oil-peace-for-u-s-help-on-sanctions-bc0481a0
The President is pitching a plan to outdo Democrats on drug price controls.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/republicans-drug-prices-most-favored-nation-donald-trump-medicaid-7b48dbcd
An HHS report rebuts the false ‘consensus’ on treating minors.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-gender-dysphoria-report-hhs-donald-trump-wpath-9d145487
Beijing seeks to replace the Vatican’s approved bishop in Xinxiang.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/china-bishop-appointments-communist-party-papal-conclave-joseph-zhang-weizhu-li-jianlin-07caf1ee
This is a good exercise of the Senate’s advise and consent power.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/thom-tillis-ed-martin-nomination-u-s-attorney-donald-trump-4920e70b
If it’s hard for allies to buy U.S. chips, they will get them from other suppliers—including the Chinese.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-self-defeating-ai-export-controls-technology-policy-china-e64fcaca
It spends only around 0.5% on overhead, compared with 20% for private insurers.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-social-security-could-teach-doge-about-efficiency-benefits-policy-245de678
After the garrulous Francis, the cardinals may conclude that they’ve heard enough.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/it-may-be-time-for-a-quiet-pope-papacy-catholic-church-8dad1514
He backs off the Houthis and considers giving Iran a better deal than Obama did.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-blunders-put-israel-at-risk-a9c0af65
Not all his essays endure, but he had an exceptional talent for exposing political lies.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/orwells-tweets-and-podcast-would-be-great-career-novelist-writer-politics-94b8920b