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Crews have started removing large yellow letters spelling out “Black Lives Matter” on a street near the White House.

Pope’s condition improves, prognosis no longer ‘guarded’: Vatican Holy See reports ‘improvements’ in recent days, indicating pontiff may soon be able to leave hospital. Catholic worshippers pray as they walk towards St Peter’s Square in the Vatican on March 10, 2025, the day the Vatican reported that Pope Francis, who has been battling pneumonia in…

A tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military is ablaze in the North Sea after it was struck by another cargo ship.

Elon Musk says X targeted by ‘cyberattack’ after outage Tech mogul believes attack, which left 40,000 without access to site, orchestrated by ‘large group’ or ‘a country’. Elon Musk’s social media platform went down on Monday, leaving tens of thousands of users without access [Justin Tallis/AFP] Published On 10 Mar 202510 Mar 2025 Tech billionaire…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Trump administration relaunches CBP One asylum app for ‘self-deportation’ The decision is part of a broader crackdown on immigration that critics say violates the right to asylum access under US law. Venezuelan migrant Yender Romero hold up the CBP One app on his smartphone on January 20, the day it was taken offline [Fernando Llano/AP…

Syria merges Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into state institutions SDF controls much of northeastern Syria, and has held out against control from Damascus for years. Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) shakes the hand of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi after the signing of an agreement to integrate the SDF into state institutions…

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives in Saudi Arabia for peace talks Visit comes ahead of talks with the United States this week, as Russia claims advances in the Kursk region. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (second from left) meets with Deputy Governor of Makkah Region Prince Saud bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz (second from right) as part of talks…

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Rubio announces 83 percent of USAID contracts cancelled under Trump The Trump administration has targeted USAID as part of his efforts to trim government spending and reduce ‘waste’. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has overseen reductions in the operations of USAID, a major artery for foreign assistance [File: Alex Brandon/AP] Published On 10 Mar…