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President Trump attends a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images As President Trump seeks to wind down the war in Iran, the United States is facing not only

Spirit Airlines jets on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida on May 2, 2026. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images Most of Spirit Airlines' fleet is grounded. But a few of its bright yellow planes were in the air this week — including Nomadic

President Trump speaks. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly . On March 1, the day after U.S. forces bombed Iran and began a war that's now more than nine weeks long, President Trump posted 30 times on

Sir David Attenborough at the Beijing Museum of Natural History with fossil of Juramaia, as featured in the Smithsonian Channel series Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates. Courtesy Smithsonian Channel hide caption toggle caption Courtesy Smithsonian Channel Sir David Attenborough at the Beijing Museum of Natural History with fossil of Juramaia, as featured in

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has left the Vatican after a lengthy meeting with Pope Leo on Thursday, amid tensions between the pontiff and President Donald Trump. Rubio spent around two and a half hours inside, first meeting the pope, then holding talks with senior Vatican officials, including Cardinal Pietro Parolin. Details of the meeting

The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna hasn't even started yet — and yet it has been at the center of heated debates for months. At issue isn't so much the spectacular pop shows themselves as the political tensions that, despite the competition's long-standing claim that it is apolitical, are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.  The last time the Austrian capital

Skip next section No passengers with symptoms left on board, cruise company says May 7, 2026 No passengers with symptoms left on board, cruise company says Oceanwide Expeditions, the company running the MV Hondius cruise ship, said in a statement on Thursday that all passengers with symptoms had been taken off the ship. "No symptomatic

The European Commission has moved to block EU funding for Chinese-made solar technology over fears it could pose a security threat to Europe's power grid and even cause major blackouts.  The decision, which was confirmed on May 4, reflects growing concern in Brussels that Europe's dependence on Chinese green technology is making the bloc vulnerable to security

Skip next section More than a quarter of young men haven't answered mandatory military survey May 7, 2026 More than a quarter of young men haven't answered mandatory military survey As part of Germany's long-simmering debate about how to boost flagging recruitment numbers for the military, the Bundeswehr, the government sent out surveys to young

European Union member nations and European Parliament lawmakers have reached a provision deal on a watered-down landmark artificial intelligence (AI) rules as part of European Commission's so-called digital omnibus package. The tentative agreement includes delaying the implementation of some obligations for AI systems to prevent legal uncertainty, the European Parliament said in a press release