Santiago Vanegas BBC News Mundo José Ignacio Bergoglio José Ignacio with his uncle, Jorge Mario To his family, Pope Francis was simply “Jorge Mario” – even during the 12 years that he was pontiff. “When Jorge decided to accept the papacy, he understood his life as he knew it would change forever, and so did…
MercadoLibre CEO Marcos Galperin CNBC The CEO of Argentina’s MercadoLibre — often called the Amazon of Latin America — sees big opportunity for Latin America in the U.S.-China trade war. “If Latin America plays its cards well, I think could benefit from this volatility,” MercadoLibre CEO and founder Marcos Galperin told CNBC’s Robert Frank on…
Alijah Arenas, the USC basketball recruit who was involved in a fiery vehicle accident, is out of an induced coma, his family said in a statement Friday. The 18-year-old Arenas remains intubated, his family told ESPN, but has “shown significant signs of progress within the last 24 hours.” The statement also said that Arenas was…
DoorDash is offering to buy its UK-based rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn (£2.7bn), Deliveroo said on Friday. Deliveroo said that its board was in talks with DoorDash over the offer and that a firm offer had not been made, according to statement sent to the Guardian. Should a firm offer of £1.80 ($2.40) a share be…
Pope Francis refused to heed advice to slow down in his final few years, preferring to “die with his boots on”, according to a close aide. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s foreign minister since 2014, said the Pope was driven to carry on because he knew he had…
Some have questioned whether Houston’s Amen Thompson is a dirty player after Golden State’s Jimmy Butler was injured in a scary fall in Game 2 when the Rockets guard took his opponent’s legs out from under him on a hard foul. Thompson’s teammate, Dillon Brooks, had other thoughts on the subject when asked about it…
Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty to all federal charges brought over the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last year. The 26 year old, who was arrested in December and accused of shooting Mr Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel, faces the charges of murder and stalking. His not guilty plea…
A group of high-profile Democratic lawmakers has called on the Donald Trump administration to immediately release the Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, praised her “unwavering spirit” and warned that the White House is engaging in “repression”. In a New York Times essay published on Friday morning, the US senator Ed Markey and representatives Jim…
People walk past an advertisement feature Donald Trump with Solana, XRP, USDC Bitcoin in Hong Kong. May James | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Senators Adam Schiff and Elizabeth Warren are warning that President Donald Trump’s private dinner with holders of his meme coin may constitute “pay to play” corruption, and…
Sebastian Usher Correspondent Getty Images Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Pope Francis in 2014 in Jerusalem The office of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered its condolences for Pope Francis, four days after his death. An earlier offer of condolences posted on social media by the official state account of Israel had previously…
