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We have a new pope, folks.

White smoke puffed from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, indicating that 133 cardinals who have been sequestered for two days have elected a new pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

A large crowd in St. Peter's Square in Vatican city cheered as the white smoke billowed from the chimney.

The conclave was the first in 12 years, after Pope Francis' death in April.

The identity of the new pope will (more…)

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President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked the state secrets privilege as a federal court probes for information surrounding Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El (more…)

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has reignited his ongoing feud with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of “killing the world’s poorest children” through funding cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) overseen by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

In an interview with the Financial Times published Thursday, Gates pointed to the slashing of grants to a hospital in Mozambique’s Gaza Province, claiming the cuts have undermined efforts to prevent mothers from passing HIV to their newborns. “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one,” Gates said, adding, “I’d love for him to go in and meet the children that have now been infected with HIV because he cut that money.”

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Gates's comment targeting Musk is the latest salvo in the pair's longstanding beef.

According to Musk, Gates once approached him to “discuss philanthropy (more…)