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The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not ...

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Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian who stridently defends free markets, acknowledged his and the pope's differing ...

Kenyan President William Ruto posted on X that Francis "exemplified servant leadership through his humility, his unwavering ...