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- Trade War Shock Is Scrambling China’s Exportsby Alexandra Stevenson on May 9, 2025 at 8:30 am
Shipments of goods to the United States plunged by 21 percent in April, but spiked to Asia as President Trump imposed sky-high tariffs on China.
- Putin Aims to Project Power at Military Parade Marking Victory Over Nazi Germanyby Ivan Nechepurenko on May 9, 2025 at 7:56 am
The Russian president is seeking to use the event to depict himself as a global leader despite Western efforts to isolate him and a failure to win the war in Ukraine.
- Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pontiff, Took a Global Route to the Top Postby Motoko Rich, Elizabeth Dias and Jason Horowitz on May 9, 2025 at 7:38 am
Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, has spent much of his life outside the United States.
- The Pope Is a Graduate of Villanova, Where the Church Bells Won’t Stop Ringingby Sarah Mervosh on May 9, 2025 at 6:50 am
The private Catholic university in the suburbs of Philadelphia has a new most famous alumnus.
- This Israeli Government Is Not Our Allyby Thomas L. Friedman on May 9, 2025 at 5:34 am
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is behaving in ways that threaten U.S. interests in the region.
- Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congressby Tim Balk on May 9, 2025 at 5:13 am
Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first African American and the first woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats.
- Russia’s Victory Day Parade: What to Know.by Ivan Nechepurenko on May 9, 2025 at 4:01 am
A huge parade in the Russian capital to celebrate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, attended by leaders of more than 20 countries, comes amid faltering attempts to end the war in Ukraine.
- Europe’s Wind Industry Faces Uncertainty Over Trump’s Policiesby Stanley Reed on May 9, 2025 at 4:01 am
Not long ago, the U.S. was seen as a promising market for offshore wind. Now industry executives aren’t making any assumptions.
- Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Weekby Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and John Eligon on May 9, 2025 at 4:00 am
The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.
- Pope Leo XIV Overcame a Major Strike Against Him: Being Americanby Jason Horowitz on May 9, 2025 at 2:55 am
Before he was chosen, Robert Francis Prevost had the papal seal of approval from his predecessor, Francis, who put him in one of the top jobs in the Roman Catholic Church.
- Police and Brooklyn College Protesters Clash After Pro-Palestinian Rallyby Wesley Parnell and Ed Shanahan on May 9, 2025 at 2:49 am
The police moved in to make arrests after demonstrators left the college grounds and gathered outside. Officers punched some students and slammed others to the ground.
- New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleansby Richard Fausset and Robert Chiarito on May 9, 2025 at 2:39 am
His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked Black Catholic experience in America.
- Reincarnated by A.I., Arizona Man Forgives His Killer at Sentencingby Neil Vigdor on May 9, 2025 at 2:04 am
A likeness of Christopher Pelkey, who was killed in a 2021 road rage episode, was created with artificial intelligence. It was part of a victim’s impact statement.
- Americans Celebrate Pope Leo XIV, the First Pontiff From the U.S.by Jack Healy, Kate Selig and Darren Sands on May 9, 2025 at 1:41 am
Across the country, Catholics and non-Catholics alike greeted the news of the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV with reverence and satisfaction.
- A Year Ago, Columbia Security Was Hands-Off at a Protest. Not This Time.by Sharon Otterman on May 9, 2025 at 12:47 am
When demonstrators occupied the university’s main library on Wednesday, campus security forces intervened aggressively. The occupation ended with arrests hours later.