Ten events that defined 2025
News wire Agence France-Presse came up with a list of 10 events that defined 2025. Topping the list is Donald Trump’s return to power, the ceasefire in Gaza and massive investments in artificial intelligence (AI).
US President Donald Trump ordered a crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
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Trump returns
Since his return to the White House for a second term in January, Republican President Donald Trump has targeted adversaries, deployed the National Guard in Democrat-voting cities, attacked the media and fought against diversity and inclusion programs. He also launched a protectionist offensive, ordered mass deportations of undocumented immigrants and dismantled entire sections of the United States federal government.
POPE Leo XIV is focusing on the poor, migrants and the environment
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New pope
Robert Francis Prevost became the first American pope on 8 May following the death of his predecessor Francis, whom he had long advised. White smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel to announce the election of the 267th head of the Catholic Church after a less-than-24-hour conclave. The Chicago-born clergyman, who spent nearly 20 years as a missionary in Peru and eventually obtained citizenship, took the name Leo XIV.
EXTREME weather events are becoming more frequent, more deadly and more destructive due to climate change fuelled by human activity, according to scientists.
