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5 days ago | time.com | Solcyre Burga

Pope Leo XIV has taken the reins as leader of the Catholic Church, starting his first day as Pontiff with a mass at the Sistine Chapel, during which he called his election both a cross and a blessing.

5 days ago | time.com | Justin Worland

Marina Silva’s achievements may seem borderline miraculous. Since taking office for a second run as Brazil’s environment and climate minister in 2023, the country has quickly and dramatically reversed deforestation trends with strict enforcement of environment rules that had been abandoned by her predecessor. According to the most recent official account released last fall, Amazon deforestation had fallen to the lowest level in a decade. In 2023 alone, it dropped nearly in half from the prior year.

5 days ago | time.com | Solcyre Burga

In the predawn hush of a military base, long before the bustle of morning drills, LeAnne Withrow would quietly slip into the women’s shower room. It was always around 2 or 3am— early enough to be sure no one else was there. Withrow had come out as a transgender woman in 2016, the year before President Donald Trump’s first trans military ban. Her aim, always, was to serve, help fellow soldiers, and go home. Not to become a symbol.

5 days ago | time.com | Rebecca Schneid

Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, made history on Thursday, May 8, when he was elected as the first American Pope. The Chicago native, who has spent many years serving as a missionary in Peru, took to the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and addressed the cheering crowd, speaking in Spanish and Italian. Read More: ‘Peace Be With You’: Pope Leo XIV Steps Onto the World StageOn Friday morning, Pope Leo spoke once more when he presided over his first mass as Pontiff.

5 days ago | time.com | Nik Popli

Top negotiators from the United States and China are set to meet in Geneva on Saturday, as the world’s two largest economies seek to navigate a path away from a bruising trade war that has disrupted global supply chains, slowed economic growth, and sent shockwaves through industries from electronics to agriculture.