Pope Leo statements on Iran war and mass deportations inspire American cardinals to speak out.

When President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran this past week, it came after a chorus of world leaders called for an end to the war. One of those voices belonged to Leo XIV, the first-ever U.S.-born pope in the history of the Catholic Church. The 70-year-old po…

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Trump threatens Iranian ships as US naval blockade begins.

United States President Donald Trump threatens Iranian ships, saying they will be “eliminated” if they “come anywhere close to our blockade”. The start of the US military’s blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports has now begun, according to the de…

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US-Iran peace talks end without a deal.

Vice-President JD Vance, who led the US delegation, says America and Iran have not reached an agreement after marathon peace talks in Islamabad. Iranian state media has accused the US of making “unreasonable demands” that prevented negotiations from progressing. Pakistan ha…

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Vance, US negotiators meeting with Iran, Pakistan delegations for ceasefire talks.

Vice President JD Vance, U.S special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday for planned talks with Iran. The U.S. is currently in a 2-week ceasefire with Tehran after launching Operation Epic Fury …

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US intelligence indicates China is preparing weapons shipment to Iran amid fragile ceasefire.

US intelligence indicates that China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, according to three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. It would be a provocative move considering Beijing said it helped broker the fragi…

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Cygnus XL Cargo Craft Launches to Resupply Expedition 74 Crew.

At 7:41 a.m. EDT, more than 11,000 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft for the company’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24. The spacecraft …

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France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech.

France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further reduce its reliance on U.S. technology. Linux is an open source operating sys…

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Artemis II astronauts splash down off California’s coast after a historic journey around the moon.

Artemis II returns home: The astronauts successfully splashed down off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 p.m. ET as planned, concluding a monumental and risky 10-day journey around the moon and back that took them farther from Earth than anyone in human history. What happens ne…

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Being so far from Earth makes you appreciate our planet even more, Artemis 2 astronaut says.

Traveling far from her home planet helped Artemis 2 astronaut Christina Koch appreciate it even more. Koch and her crewmates talked with some of their International Space Station (ISS) counterparts on Tuesday (April 7), a day after Artemis 2's epic flyby of the moon. And…

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The Artemis 2 space toilet is actually working fine. But there is another problem.

The loo on Artemis 2's Orion capsule has gotten a lot of attention since the moon mission launched on April 1, and not just because it's the first privy ever to fly beyond Earth orbit. (NASA's Apollo astronauts did their business into handheld bags.) The Artemis …

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Iranian hackers are breaking into U.S. industrial systems, agencies warn.

Iran’s hackers are actively breaking into industrial control systems in the U.S., multiple federal agencies warned Tuesday, in an ongoing attempt to disrupt American infrastructure. Hackers are compromising internet-facing tools made by Rockwell Automation, a Milwaukee-based…

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Artemis II's photo haul of the Earth and moon doesn't disappoint.

Artemis II astronauts spent Monday rounding the moon's edge, digital cameras in hand, snapping views of craters, an eclipse, and a blue marble rising and setting in deep space. Inside NASA's Orion spacecraft, Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission s…

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Trump agrees to 2-week ceasefire if Iran opens Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that, based on conversations with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, he will delay the "bombing and attack of Iran" for two weeks. Trump said the decision came after the leaders requeste…

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Burkina Faso military leader Traore says ‘forget democracy’.

Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traore, says that people need to “forget” about democracy, just three months after his government dissolved all political parties in the West African nation. Speaking to journalists in a lengthy interview on state television on Thursda…

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Anthropologist traces split between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, other human forms.

The triumph of Homo sapiens over Neanderthals, a huge step in human evolution, was not the clearcut event that paleontologists have long believed. More likely, it was the result of continued interactions — and even some interbreeding — with modern humans resulting from just …

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SpaceX delays next Starship test launch by a month, Musk says.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that the company's next Starship test ​flight will take place in May and ‌not April as originally scheduled. Musk posted on social media platform X that the next flight of ​Starship’s V3 vehicle was four to ​six weeks away, or in the f…

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Omani, French and Japanese vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz.

A French container ship, three Oman-linked tankers and a Japanese-owned gas carrier have crossed ⁠⁠the Strait of Hormuz, as some vessels make the passage through the contested waterway. The container belonging to French shipping giant CMA CGM is the first Western vessel know…

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China targets 140 launches in 2026 amid commercial space surge.

China plans to conduct around 140 orbital launches this year, according to a commercial launch executive, marking a sharp acceleration in the country’s launch cadence. Yang Yiqiang, founder and chairperson of CAS Space, said China’s launches are expected to reach around 140 …

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Artemis II crew now halfway to Moon as they take 'spectacular' image of Earth.

Nasa has shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew as they pass the halfway point between the Earth and the Moon. The mission's commander, Reid Wiseman, took the "spectacular" images, Nasa says, after the crew completed a…

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French and South Korean leaders say they’ll work together on the Strait of Hormuz.

French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed Friday to work together to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease global economic uncertainties caused by the war in the Middle East. Their summit in Seoul came as U.S. President Donald Trump…

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Macron Says Nations Should Stand Up To U.S. And China As Trump Feud Grows.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday sniped at the U.S.’s “unpredictability” and warned about the “dominance” of China as he urged other major democracies to stand up to the two superpowers, amid a brewing personal feud with President Donald Trump. Macron met South Kor…

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Artemis 2 LIVE: Moon mission updates

NASA has successfully launched Artemis 2, its first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972. Liftoff took place at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT), sending four astronauts into Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft, where they are now preparing for the next phase of their journe…

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Relive NASA's historic Artemis 2 launch to the moon in these stunning photos.

On Wednesday (April 1), NASA launched its history-making Artemis 2 mission, which will see humanity return to the vicinity of the moon for the first time in over half a century. Not only this, but Artemis 2 will carry humans farther into space than they have ever ventured b…

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