Pope Leo casts mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of US midterms
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Leo XIV submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of the November 3 midterm elections in the United States. The vote makes him the first pontiff known to have taken part in a US general election. The ballot was cast in the city where he was born, according to the Vatican.The Vatican said Leo, formerly Robert Prevost, exercised his right to vote as a United States citizen and has done so whenever he was eligible. It said the pope believes citizens have both a right and a duty to participate in democratic processes. The... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 31 Oct 2026 02:02 LONDON
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Residents evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky as local ceasefire holds into fourth day
Some residents have been evacuated from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky and are heading towards Ukrainian-controlled areas, according to Ukrainian officials, as a rare local ceasefire in southern Ukraine entered its fourth day. A convoy of 25 buses and several ambulances arrived in the city on Friday, bringing food and medicine and collecting people who wanted to leave. Officials said the humanitarian operation was continuing under the temporary truce in Kherson region, which is expected to remain in place until Sunday evening.Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia said the evacuated residents and the Ukrainian delegation were set to travel on from Oleshky,... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 30 Oct 2026 16:33 LONDON
Fear the Shia, Arm the Sunnis: The Uncomfortable Numbers Behind America’s War Narrative
“When fear is managed carefully enough, a nation can be taught to look away from the blood on the floor and stare instead at the shadow on the wall.” A friend of mine, whose name I will not reveal because he asked me not to, sat across from me over dinner and placed a question on the table that would not leave me alone. He was born into a Muslim Shia background, and for the angle of this article, that detail matters, not because I wish to reduce a man to a sect, but because sect has become one of... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 23 May 2026 08:00 LONDON
