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Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories President Trump told reporters at the White House yesterday that the U.S. will have a fair deal with China. The president’s high … Read more
Russia bombed Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Wednesday killing at least nine people and injuring dozens. Source link
The Voice of America building, June 15, 2020, in Washington. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the government funded broadcaster, at least temporarily. It’s a dramatic turn in a series of legal cases revolving around the limits of executive power … Read more
Gaza City, Palestine – For 72-year-old Kamal Anton, Pope Francis was a source of comfort and support. Kamal has had to shelter since the start of the war in the same Catholic church compound in Gaza City – the Holy Family Church – that his wife and daughter were shot and killed by an Israeli … Read more
Pilgrims arrive in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption toggle caption Francisco Seco/AP VATICAN CITY — Rosa del Carmen Esquivel Telles was supposed to meet the pope today. A tourist from Guadalajara, Mexico, Esquivel Telles, 55, got on a waitlist three months ago, for a group audience … Read more
Calls for more aid, support for police amid surge in violence in the Caribbean nation since the end of last year. Haiti is approaching a “point of no return” as it struggles to respond to escalating gang violence, the top United Nations official in the country has said. Maria Isabel Salvador, the UN special representative … Read more
Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 31, 2025. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption toggle caption Abdel Kareem Hana/AP JERUSALEM — An Israeli investigation into … Read more
Allen Orr on Trump’s attacks on judges – politics as usual, or signs of a deeper constitutional crisis? Source link
In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a ruined city center in Kostyantynivka, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 19, 2025. Iryna Rybakova/Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized brigade hide caption toggle caption Iryna Rybakova/Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized brigade KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian … Read more
These are the key events on day 1,150 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is where things stand on Saturday, April 19: Fighting Russia launched eight missiles and 87 drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Saturday, causing damage in five regions across the country, the Ukrainian air force said. Air defence units shot … Read more