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WASHINGTON — Days before cardinals are set to gather for the papal conclave to select the next head of the Catholic Church, President Donald Trump posted a seemingly AI-generated image depicting himself as pope. The image, posted on Friday and amplified by the White House, didn’t sit well with a …

PARIS — French police rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom, the latest alleged criminal effort in France to extort people involved in the management of digital assets. The man was kidnapped Thursday morning in Paris, the prosecutor’s …

HARET HREIK, Lebanon — Lebanese voted Sunday in the country’s first local elections in almost a decade, months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah. The first round of voting, which is taking place by region, was in the Mount Lebanon districts including Beirut’s battered southern …

The Panama Canal has spent the past few years battling extreme weather, with the El Niño phenomenon and severe drought leading to a water-level crisis. Now, it’s President Trump’s trade war that is threatening the global trade gateway. A critical passage for U.S. East Coast bound ocean freight container traffic, the Panama …

An assistant admissions director at Emmanuel College in Boston is facing charges after allegedly soliciting an underage college applicant for sex, prosecutors said Friday. Jacob Henriques, 29, of Boston, was arrested Friday evening and charged with attempted sex trafficking of a minor. Henriques allegedly used his position in admissions to …

A planned bombing at a Lady Gaga concert in Brazil on Saturday night was foiled and a person is in custody in connection to the failed plot, Brazilian authorities said. Unidentified suspects were “virtually recruiting participants to carry out attacks” using improvised explosive devices, according to the Rio de Janeiro …

In the 1990s and 2000s, Sean “Diddy” Combs reigned over American hip-hop. He produced chart-topping albums, launched an influential record label, recorded hit songs, inked lucrative branding deals and catapulted hip-hop into a worldwide cultural force. But over the last two years, Combs’ empire has come crashing down amid a …

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MANILA — On a balmy night outside Manila’s Baclaran church, Gerald Concepcion, 32, and his fellow devotees were decorating a float of the Virgin Mary with fragrant lilies and pink carnations. He added artificial white doves to the arrangement, saying they were in honor of the late Pope Francis, who …

With its $75,000 ticket price and star-studded guest list, the Met Gala is a major moment for celebrities and pop culture aficionados alike. The annual event, which ushers in the spring exhibit for the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, is known as fashion’s biggest night — …