Black smoke indicates no pope elected

Black smoke seen above the Sistine Chapel indicating the cardinals voting to choose the new pope has not yet reached the two-thirds majority. Voting will continue on Thursday morning.

U.S. and China to start trade talks

Tariff talks with China are about to begin. The markets could see this as a positive sign as it could indicate there is light at the end of tunnel.

Israel approves plans to occupy Gaza

The Israeli Defense Forces have approved plans to occupy the Gaza strip indefinitely, the the offensive won't begin until after Donald Trump's Middle East visit.

Lady Gaga concert bomb attack thwarted: police

Brazilian police said they’d arrested two people and disrupted an alleged bomb attack at a free Lady Gaga concert that some 2.5 million people attended on Copacabana Beach.