President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban on citizens from 12 countries added new questions about the impact on the World Cup and Olympics.
What the Trump travel ban means for the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics in the US
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Pope Leo XIV meets with child protection advisory board amid survivor calls for zero tolerance on abuse
Pope Leo XIV met with members of the Vatican’s child protection advisory commission on Thursday for the first time amid questions about his past handling of clergy sex abuse cases and demands from survivors that he enact a true policy of zero tolerance for abuse across the Catholic Church.
NATO is set to approve new military purchases as part of a major defense spending hike
NATO defense ministers are set Thursday to approve purchasing targets for stocking up on weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, as part of a U.S. push to ramp up security spending.
Today in History: Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene.
Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday
President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.
Advocates demand release of Milwaukee father still facing deportation after being falsely accused of threatening Trump
Advocates demanded the release of Ramon Morales Reyes, who appeared virtually before a Chicago immigration judge Wednesday following his arrest in Milwaukee on May 21.
President Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin told him that Russia will respond to Ukrainian attack on airfields
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields.
US and Europe trade negotiators say progress but no breakthroughs on tariff talks in Paris
Europe and the United States say progress has been made but there were no breakthroughs during a meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement of a tense tariff spat with worldwide economic ramifications between two global economic powerhouses.
US- and Israeli-backed group pauses food delivery in Gaza after deadly shootings
An Israeli- and U.S.-backed group paused food delivery at its three distribution sites in the Gaza Strip after health officials said dozens of Palestinians were killed in a series of shootings near the sites this week. Israeli strikes across the territory, meanwhile, killed 26 people overnight and into Wednesday, officials said.
At least 11 people die in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in India after IPL win
At least 11 people are dead and more than 30 injured after a stampede on Wednesday as crowds tried to enter a cricket stadium in southern India’s Karnataka state, authorities said.