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Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.

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  • Religion

No new pope elected yet after black smoke pours out of Sistine Chapel's chimney

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning in Rome, signaling that the 133 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pontiff should be.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Burke and
  • Sarah Ventre
Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating that a successor of the late Pope Francis was not elected, Wednesday.

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  • Religion

Black smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel as cardinals cast an unsuccessful first vote

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the more than 130 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pope should be.

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Ventre
Canadian Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins (right) and Cardinal Francis Leo walk on Via della Conciliazione street near the Vatican, with St. Peter's Basilica in the background, in Rome on Monday.

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  • Religion

The conclave to choose a new pope is about to begin

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Burke and
  • Bill Chappell
Ivan Sarancha, 18, who left Luhansk after 11 years of living under occupation, stands in front of a memorial for the fallen at Maidan Square — where the pro-Europe uprising known as the "Revolution of Dignity" took place in February 2014 — in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 26.

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  • Europe

How this teen fled Russian occupation and became a hero in Ukraine

An 18-year-old from Russian-occupied Luhansk tells NPR how and why he escaped to Kyiv.

May 04, 2025
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Kateryna Malofieieva
FILE - An employee watches an electronic signboard displaying the prices of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at the lounge of Bithumb cryptocurrency exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 21, 2024.

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  • Europe

Kidnappers in France target cryptocurrency entrepreneurs for ransom

French police say they rescued the father of a wealthy crypto entrepreneur, the second ransom case linked to the crypto world this year.

May 04, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Workers have completed the installation of the chimney on top of the Vatican building in Rome, Italy. The color of the chimney smoke will give hints to the public about how the papal selection process is going.

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  • Europe

The Vatican installs chimney to signal the selection of the next pope

Ahead of the election of the next pope, a chimney was installed atop the Sistine Chapel on Friday, which will help notify the public of the 267th pope.

May 03, 2025
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By:
  • Clare Marie Schneider
A general view of Harrods store in Knightsbridge, central London

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  • Europe

Harrods, iconic department store, latest British retailer hit by cyberattack

Harrods latest U.K.retailer to be hit by cyberattack, raising concerns over the vulnerability of high-end businesses to online security breaches.

May 01, 2025
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  • Rebecca Rosman
A photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) and President Trump, talking as they attend the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican, April 26.

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  • World

Ukraine and the U.S. have signed a long-stalled minerals deal

The two countries have agreed to a deal to jointly invest in Ukraine's mineral, raw materials and natural resource wealth in exchange for future U.S. aid.

April 30, 2025
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis
A still from a documentary film shows a U.S. soldier reaching out to outstretched hands of prisoners of the liberated Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, in then West Germany, in April 1945, during World War II.

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  • World

Dachau's memorial marks 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp

The Dachau memorial is hosting commemorative events and dedicating a plaque in honor of the U.S. Army's 45th Infantry Division that first encountered prisoners alive at the camp 80 years ago.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
Spectators roam inside the Madrid Open tennis tournament venue during a general blackout in Madrid on April 28.

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  • World

Spain and Portugal begin recovering from a massive blackout. Here's what to know

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez said a nationwide blackout of this scale had never happened before in Spain. He added that the underlying cause remains unclear.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Rescue workers stand near a destroyed building, where roses are placed in Kyiv, Ukraine, in tribute to the victims of the Russian rocket attack the day before, on April 24.

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  • World

Putin wants a 3-day ceasefire for WWII anniversary next month. Ukraine says why wait?

Russia declared a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine starting May 8 for the anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. Ukraine called for an immediate, 30-day truce instead.

April 28, 2025
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By:
  • Charles Maynes and
  • Joanna Kakissis
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (not pictured) at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 24, 2025.

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  • World

NATO chief calls for more defense spending from Europe and Canada

President Trump has long been a critic of NATO and believes Europe does not contribute enough to its own defense. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte agrees, and says 'that is going to happen.'

April 28, 2025
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By:
  • Carla Esteves and
  • Michel Martin
People try to board a crowded bus Monday after the subway stopped running during a power outage in Lisbon, Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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  • Europe

A major power outage is reported in Spain and Portugal, disabling their capitals

Subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights, ATM machines and more were knocked offline in the two countries and parts of France around midday Monday.

April 28, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Archibald Gracie wrote a letter from aboard the Titanic five days before it sank. It has sold at auction for the equivalent of $399,000.

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  • Europe

'Prophetic' letter written by Titanic survivor sells for nearly $400,000 at auction

The letter, written by first-class passenger Archibald Gracie, sold for five times its expected price at auction. It was written aboard the ship five days before it sank.

April 27, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
Displaced Ukrainians weave camouflage netting for the military in Zaporizhia Youth Center on March 19.

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  • World

Ukrainian families divided by Russian occupation hang on and hope to be reunited

Ukrainians displaced by Russian occupation are helping the war effort — and longing for the homes they fled and the loved ones they left behind.

April 27, 2025
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
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