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Trump offers an optimistic vision of relations with countries in the Middle East. The Supreme Court’s upcoming hearing on birthright citizenship will tackle the power of lower courts. And the Menendez brothers were resentenced in their parents’ 1989 killings.  Here’s what to know today. Trump says he’ll end sanctions on …

Wild chimpanzees have been observed self-medicating their wounds with plants, providing medical aid to other chimps and even removing others from snares left by human hunters, new research suggests.  The behaviors — which are documented in a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Evolution and Ecology on Wednesday …

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has died. He was 89. Uruguay’s left-wing president, Yamandú Orsi, announced his death, which came four months after Mujica decided to forgo …

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MANILA, the Philippines — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was almost certain to be elected mayor of his home city by a landslide on Monday, unimpeded by his detention at the International Criminal Court on charges of murder as a crime against humanity. With 80% of votes counted in an unofficial tally, Duterte, …

BAMAKO, Mali — An attack by a jihadi group in northern Burkina Faso killed more than 100 people, mostly soldiers, an aid worker and local residents said Monday. The attack on several locations, including a military base and the long besieged strategic town of Djibo, occurred early Sunday, said an …

The NBA will hold its annual draft lottery Monday night, revealing which team will have the No. 1 pick in June’s draft. This year’s lottery (7 p.m. ET on ESPN) is of particular interest because of Duke Blue Devils forward Cooper Flagg, who is the consensus best prospect in the …

Pope Leo XIV made an impassioned plea for peace and expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists in his first news briefing since becoming pontiff on Monday, calling for “the precious gift of free speech and of the press” to be protected. Leo, the first pope born in the United States, who …

SYDNEY, Australia — Wall Street stock futures climbed and the dollar firmed against safe haven peers on Monday as signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks raised hopes that a global recession might be avoided, though specifics were still sorely lacking. Geopolitical tensions also looked to be easing as a fragile ceasefire held …