The funeral mass for Pope Francis will take place on Saturday. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Argentinian President Javier Milei, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, and other world leaders are heading to Rome for the funeral.
The United States and South Korea agreed on Thursday to pursue a trade deal that will help Seoul avoid U.S. tariffs before Trump’s 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs ends in July. South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok announced the deal after he and Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun held talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington….