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Mexico sues Google for labelling Gulf of Mexico as 'Gulf of America'

Mexico's Foreign Relations ministry had previously sent letters to Google asking it to not label Mexican territorial waters as the Gulf of America

Pentagon orders removal of books on diversity, anti-racism, gender issues

It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's campaign to rid the military of diversity and equity programmes, policies and instructional materials

Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass after historic election as pope

Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, surprised the world Thursday when he emerged on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica

Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill spared jail time over supplying cocaine

The former legspinner, who began using cocaine after he retired from cricket, was found guilty in March of supplying an indictable quantity of the drug

Panasonic to cut 10,000 jobs globally as profits fall, demand weakens

Panasonic also makes solar panels, delivery robots, facial recognition technology, fuel cells for homes and EV batteries for Tesla cars

Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence

Mohsen Mahdawi, 34, who led anti-war protests at the Ivy League school in New York in 2023 and 2024, spent 16 days in a Vermont prison before a judge ordered him released on April 30

Mexico scrambles to contain measles outbreak linked to Mennonite community

Mexico's lone death from measles was a 31-year-old Mennonite man in the settlement who had diabetes and high blood pressure, underlying conditions that often complicate sicknesses

Asian stocks mixed after China-US talks, UK trade hopes lift Wall Street

China reported that its exports rose at a faster-than-expected 8.1 per cent annual pace in April, down from 12.4 per cent the month before

Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in federal agency purge

Hayden, whose 10-year term was set to expire next year, had come under backlash from a conservative advocacy group that had vowed to root out those standing in the way of Trump's agenda

Kim Jong Un supervises North Korea missile tests simulating nuclear strikes

KCNA said the tests were intended to train military units operating missile and rocket systems to more effectively execute attacks under the North's nuclear weapons control system

Trump names Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC

Trump tapped Pirro to at least temporarily lead the nation's largest US Attorney's office after pulling his nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. for the position earlier on Thursday

Pope Leo XIV has criticised Trump, Vance policies in social media posts

A look back through his social media timeline shows numerous posts sharing viewpoints opposed to moves aimed at restricting acceptance of migrants and refugees in the US

Pentagon orders removal of up to 1,000 transgender troops from military

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, who issued the latest memo, made his views clear after the court's decision

Pope Leo XIV's name choice shows his commitment to social justice

Pope Leo XIII, who was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, laid the foundation for modern Catholic social thought, most famously with his 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum

Will not renegotiate security deal with US, despite protests: Panama prez

On Tuesday, thousands of Panamanians marched in the capital in the largest protest yet against an agreement signed during last month's visit by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth

Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, overcame taboo against US pontiff

Prevost, 69, had to overcome the taboo against a US pope, given the geopolitical power already wielded by the United States in the secular sphere

Trump to withdraw Ed Martin nomination for DC US Attorney amid concerns

Trump dropped his pick for DC US Attorney two days after a top GOP senator opposed Ed Martin over his defence of Capitol rioters from the January 6, 2021, attack

New Pope Leo XIV led Augustinian order devoted to poverty, service

The requirements and ethos of the order are traced to the fifth century St. Augustine of Hippo, one of the theological and devotional giants of early Christianity

Trump urges Supreme Court to let him end parole for 500,000 migrants

The Republican administration argues that the decision wrongly intrudes on the Department of Homeland Security's authority

Bill to rename Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' passed on Trump's order

The Gulf of America is one of the most important things we can do this Congress, Greene said, adding that it promotes pride in the country