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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday sought to encourage Spain’s young people to persevere in their faith, as he presided over an evening rally that was notable for its frank discussion of depression, domestic violence and “toxic” family relationships. The U.S.-born pope received a raucous welcome at the Olympic stadium in Barcelona, the second stop of his weeklong visit to Spain that has drawn huge crowds despite […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 100 Cuban migrants attempting to enter Brazil on its northern border with Guyana were rescued from human smugglers, Brazilian police said. The 108 migrants were in custody in Roraima state while authorities regularize their immigration status before referring them to social services workers, police said Tuesday. Police also said they arrested five people on migrant smuggling charges. Known as “coyotes,” the smugglers charged abusive […]

Any advertisements in New York that feature artificial intelligence-generated people in place of actors will now be violating state law if they don’t clearly label that they have used a “synthetic performer.” The law, signed in December by Gov. Kathy Hochul, went into effect Tuesday. Her office is calling it a “first-in-the-nation law” that will boost transparency at a time when it says AI generated performers are popping up across […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — If President Donald Trump is coming to the game, bet on the visiting team. You’ll usually be in the money — at least if recent history holds. The New York Knicks, coming off two straight wins in the finals against the San Antonio Spurs, lost at home 115-111 on Monday night with Trump, a longtime fan of the Big Apple’s NBA team, in a luxury suite at […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Recent U.S. sanctions targeting Cuba’s leadership and the indictment of former President Raúl Castro are a “pretext” for the Trump administration to persuade the American people to support a military intervention, Cuba’s top diplomat to the United States told The Associated Press. In an interview on Tuesday, Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera repeated accusations against the Trump administration made by other Cuban officials, including the foreign minister and […]

President Trump Says US Must Retaliate After Downing of Apache Helicopter Linked to Iran   By The Media Line Staff   President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that the United States must respond after an investigation determined that Iran was responsible for the downing of a US Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.    In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said he had been briefed by military officials on the findings.    “I have just been informed […]

Large-Scale Israeli Study Finds No Increased Birth Defect Risk From Common Pregnancy Painkillers   By The Media Line Staff   Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have published two large-scale studies involving more than 264,000 pregnancies that found no evidence linking commonly used pain medications during pregnancy to an increased risk of birth defects.   The studies, published in PLOS Medicine and Human Reproduction Open, were led by Dr. Sharon Daniel and […]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella on Tuesday urged prosecutors to investigate whether rebel groups coerced citizens in remote municipalities into voting for governing party candidate Sen. Iván Cepeda during the May 31 first-round presidential election. De la Espriella’s campaign issued a statement saying that Cepeda secured more than 70% of the vote across 109 municipalities with active illegal armed groups, reaching as high as […]

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A cholera outbreak in northeastern Nigeria has killed 74 people and infected more than 7,000 others since it started in early May, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday. The outbreak, reported in 14 of Borno state’s 27 local governments, is unfolding in communities with health systems made fragile by nearly two decades of violent extremism from the Boko Haram insurgent group. The illness is endemic […]