Public viewing for Pope Francis begins Wednesday ahead of Saturday funeral : NPR

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

Haiti is nearing ‘point of no return’ as gang violence surges: UN official | Armed Groups News

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

Israeli probe into killing of 15 Palestinian medics finds ‘professional failures’ : NPR

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

Zelenskyy says Russia trying to create ‘impression of ceasefire’ as attacks continue : NPR

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

Amid Trump cuts, nearly 300 U.S.-based scientists seek French program : NPR

Students, researchers and demonstrators rally during a protest against the Trump administration’s funding cuts on research, health and higher education at the University of California Los Angeles on April 8. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images A French university courting U.S.-based academics said it has already received … Read more

Consider This from NPR : NPR

President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House this week. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House this week. Win McNamee/Getty Images … Read more