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The first-ever American pope's first trip abroad started off with a distinctly American moment, when Pope Leo XIV was gifted a baseball bat formerly owned by Chicago White Sox legend Nellie Fox.CBS News correspondent Chris...

Two French prisoners escaped from jail after sawing through the bars of their cells and using bedsheets to get out of the facility, a prosecutor said Thursday. Guards noticed the break-out shortly before dawn, the prisons'...

Jaroslav LukivandFan WangThe mood in Hong Kong has shifted from shock to anguish, as questions grow regarding who should be held accountable for the blaze.Anger has been building on social media, especially after several residents revealed in interviews that...

Nicolas Negoce,Paul Njie,BBC Africa reporters,Natasha BootyandWedaeli ChibelushiAFP via Getty ImagesEmbaló, 53, had wanted to make history as the country's only president to secure a second consecutive mandate in the last 30 years.He had initially said he would not seek...

BBC Verify has geolocated video footage which appears to show the early stages of a fire at a high-rise public housing complex in Hong Kong - and how fast the blaze took hold.The video shows a fire in Wang...

The International Judo Federation has decided to allow Russian athletes to compete under their national flag again in its competitions starting this weekend, the IJF said Thursday, despite the ongoing war in Ukraine that, for...

EPAHe went further last week, telling a gathering of mayors that what France lacked was the spirit of sacrifice, urging them to prepare opinion for the possibility of "losing children" in war.Immediately condemned by the far-left and part of...

Authorities are set to hold a press conference Thursday morning after two National Guard members from West Virginia remain in critical condition after a gunman opened fire on them in an apparent "targeted shooting" near the White House, officials...

At the Fortune Global Forum in late October, the CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, the operator of the Chinese city’s stock exchange, shared an investor obsession.“What is also emerging is a very interesting phenomenon, what we call...

A court in Russia on Thursday convicted eight people on terrorism charges over an attack on a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine.The court sentenced...