People traveled to the Vatican from all over the world to witness the election of a new pope. What more do we know about the life of the Chicago-born pontiff who also holds Peruvian citizenship? Also, negotiators from the US and China will meet this weekend in Switzerland for talks about the trade war between the two countries.Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Daniel Burke, Ryland Barton, Padmananda Rama, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Kaity Kline, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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What was it like to be at the Vatican when a cleric made this announcement?
We have a pope, he said. American Robert Prevost is now Leo XIV, and we'll hear from Ruth Sherlock, who was there.
I'm Leila Fadel, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. How does the Pope from Chicago look to American political partisans? We'll hear some of his stances so far.
Also, negotiators from the U.S. and China will meet over the weekend. The U.S. hopes to ease the terms of its own trade war, while China wants fewer restrictions on American tech.
Export controls on chips in particular, and then chip-making equipment. So things that would allow them to accelerate the domestic development of AI.
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The Catholic Church followed each step of a ritual that's centuries old. White smoke poured from a chimney yesterday, then a cleric appeared on a balcony to say these words in Latin.
Abemus Papam, we have a pope, thanks to my high school Latin teacher. Moments later, as we heard live on NPR, the cleric gave the name Robert Francis Prevost, and it became apparent that it was a pope from Chicago.
NPR's Rome correspondent Ruth Sherlock was there watching it all unfold in Vatican City. Hi, Ruth. Hi. Hi. So Ruth, you got to watch this history being made.
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