Italy&s prime minister Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis in hospital yesterday and reported he was &alert and responsive&, despite his diagnosis of pneumonia and a complicated bronchial infection that has sidelined the 88-year-old pontiff for six days.

The historic, ageing ocean liner that a Florida county plans to turn into the world's largest artificial reef left south Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront on Wednesday, marking the opening segment of its final voyage.

Is Donald Trump preparing a sordid betrayal of Ukraine that hands the Kremlin victory and rewards Vladimir Putin&s aggression?

Relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump deteriorated rapidly Wednesday as Zelensky said Trump was living in a Russian-made &disinformation space" and Trump called Zelensky &a dictator without elections& in comments that were sure to complicate efforts to end the war.