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China and the U.S. are competing for AI dominance but have shared concerns over safety
Sep 21, 2026 - World 
U.S. President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, leaders of rival nations in a race to dominate artificial intelligence, are expected to meet this week against a backdrop of rising concerns about the threats that rogue AI could pose to humanity.
Pope Leo XIV in France to find a secular country at odds with Catholic teaching on life
Sep 21, 2026 - World 
When an ailing Pope John Paul II visited the French shrine at Lourdes in 2004, on his last foreign trip, he delivered a forceful condemnation of abortion and euthanasia as he gasped for air during Mass.
Macron and Carney announce closer France-Canada ties amid Trump tensions
Sep 21, 2026 - World 
Two leaders meet in French territory off Canada as Ottawa seeks stronger relations with EU while fighting trade war with USThe leaders of France and Canada have pledged closer ties to grapple with rising geopolitical tensions, climate change and the erosion of democratic values, after they met in a French territory off Canada’s Atlantic coast.The two leaders’ visit to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon – the first by a French president since 2014 and the first by a Canadian prime minister – came just weeks after Donald Trump posted an image showing the islands, as well as all of Canada and other countries in North America, covered by the US flag. Continue reading...
Sound of Music museum opens where the von Trapp story met Hollywood
Sep 21, 2026 - World 
An Austrian museum is alive with "The Sound of Music," a first-ever venue devoted to the classic 1965 singalong movie starring Julie Andrews.
Man critically injured, police officer wounded in gunfire near Ontario synagogue on Yom Kippur
Sep 21, 2026 - World 
A police officer and a man were wounded in an exchange of gunfire Sunday near a synagogue in Ontario as members of the Jewish community marked Yom Kippur, authorities said. The man was hospitalized in life-threatening condition.
