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Former US President Obama sends his congratulations to “fellow Chicagoan” as the West Side, South Side, and North Side embrace one of their own, the first American pontiff.
The election of Robert Francis Prevost as the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff shocked audiences in America on Thursday, especially those in his hometown of Chicago, as his much-awaited name was read in Latin from a balcony of St Peter’s Basilica.
There has never before been a Pope from the United States.
As peace efforts stall, US officials say an economic partnership with Ukraine will strengthen ties for decades and send a clear message to “everyone involved.”
WASHINGTON DC – On Thursday, the United States hailed the Ukrainian parliament’s approval of the economic partnership deal with the US as a sign of “true partnership.”
“We just concluded the rare earth deal with Ukraine. That’s been fully ratified and approved by their legislative branches, and so we appreciate that,” US President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. The deal was signed last week in Washington and will see the two countries jointly develop Ukraine’s natural resources and minerals, while also opening up a path for further military support from the US. State Department’s spokesperson Tammy Bruce told a daily briefing that the fact that the deal had received 338 votes out of 400 – well over the 226 needed – in Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, was “demonstrating again that this agreement has been a fully collaborative partnership from start to finish.”“This is more than policy,” she said. “It’s a partnership that strengthens America, secures long-term gains for both nations.”
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