The Haenyeo divers of Korea may hold the key to understanding and treating chronic diseases.https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/05/07/korean-extreme-divers-genetics-chronic-disease/
Cardinals of the Catholic Church are gathering in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. Here’s what the smoke signals indicate so far.https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/interactive/2025/conclave-live-voting-results-new-pope/
The Trump administration has said it wants to pull apart Russia and China, but the two countries need each other too much.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/07/russia-china-summit-victory-day/
At age 10, she was spirited out of Nazi Europe to the United States as part of a rescue effort for young refugees.https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/05/07/eve-kugler-holocaust-survivor-dead/
As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/07/conclave-voting-begins-new-pope/
All eyes are on the Vatican as the conclave deliberates. Speculation is rife that the next pontiff may come from Africa or Asia.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/07/pope-conclave-africa-asia-catholic/
A group of Venezuelan opposition members who sought refuge in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas has arrived in the U.S., according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/06/venezuela-opposition-leave-embassy-us/
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet Chinese officials, but expectations for a breakthrough in their trade war are low.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/06/china-us-trade-war-negotiations/
The Indian military said early Wednesday it had launched strikes against Pakistan in retaliation for last month’s militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/06/india-strikes-pakistan-war-kashmir/
The president said the Iran-backed group reached out and expressed that they “don’t want to fight anymore.” The ceasefire was brokered by Oman.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/trump-houthis-bombing-yemen/
The aid mission was beset with challenges from the start, including rough seas that tore the pier apart, ships that ran aground and the death of a U.S. soldier.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/06/gaza-pier-us-military-report/
Pakistan said it would take corresponding action after India targeted nine sites in retaliation for a militant attack that killed 26.https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/pakistan-vows-to-respond-to-india-strikes-calling-them-unlawful-act-of-war-97832f3a
A tense papal election is expected to pit late Pope Francis’ number two, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, against an array of challengers.https://www.wsj.com/world/conclave-pope-election-starts-c37aee46
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are traveling to Switzerland to meet Beijing’s lead economic representative, potentially paving the way for broader trade talks.https://www.wsj.com/world/china/u-s-chinese-officials-to-meet-amid-trade-war-9da6b64e
In its first concrete steps since Trump ratcheted up tariffs, Beijing stuck to its incremental approach to addressing economic pain.https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-lowers-rates-and-makes-bank-lending-easier-in-response-to-tariffs-7b98e5fe
Pakistan said 26 people were killed in the strikes that India said were in retaliation for a militant attack on tourists in Kashmir.https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/india-retaliates-for-attack-in-kashmir-it-blames-on-pakistan-3aea5ac4
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the five activists are now on U.S. soil following “a precise operation” in the Venezuelan capital.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuelan-opposition-activists-freed-after-hiding-from-maduro-regime-bf5f8d75
The funeral trade can be a lucrative source of income. In Pokrovsk, the last remaining grave digger’s only focus is burying the dead.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukraine-funeral-industry-corruption-4209746f
The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even through his final weeks.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/vatican-pope-finances-5d3a9bbd
Its work requirement is evaded, and states don’t share in its costs.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/food-stamps-snap-work-requirements-congress-republicans-cf62eacb