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Pope Says AI Should Be Disarmed to Avoid Dominating Humanity

Pope Leo XIV said artificial intelligence should be “disarmed” to protect humanity from its dangers, adding his voice to a heated debate over the extent to which governments should regulate a technology that is reshaping the world.

Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first Encyclical Letter in The Vatican on May 25.

Pope Says AI Should Be Disarmed to Avoid Dominating Humanity

Pope Leo XIV said artificial intelligence should be “disarmed” to protect humanity from its dangers, adding his voice to a heated debate over the extent to which governments should regulate a technology that is reshaping the world.

Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of his first Encyclical Letter in The Vatican on May 25.

Italy Tightens Grip on Payments Company Nexi With Stake Increase

Italy’s state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA is set to increase its stake in Nexi SpA, tightening its grip on the payment company considered strategic by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government.

Attendees stand silhouetted against a Nexi SpA logo inside the Borsa Italiana, Italy's Stock Exchange, before the Nexi SpA launch ceremony in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday April 16, 2019. The initial public offering of payment-service company Nexi raised 2.01 billion euros ($2.3 billion), making it the biggest listing in Europe so far this year and the third major IPO of a payment-processing institution in the region in less than a year. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg

EU Reviewing Italy’s Call to Ease Fiscal Rules as Costs Rise

The European Union is considering Italy’s plea to get more leeway on the bloc’s fiscal rules as the Iran war raises costs for households and businesses.

Valdis Dombrovskis, economy commissioner for the European Union (EU), at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Europe will consider all retaliatory options should US President Donald Trump follow through on his threat to raise tariffs on cars and trucks from the European Union to 25%, the bloc’s finance ministers said.

EU Countries Summon Israeli Ambassadors Over Activist Treatment

Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy summoned Israel’s ambassadors over the treatment of activists detained by Israel after seeking to breach its naval blockade of Gaza in a flotilla.

A boat bearing symbols of one of the vessels belonging to the Gaza-bound aid flotilla, left, and intercepted by the Israeli Navy, is motored towards the Israeli port of Ashdod, about 40 kilometres south of Tel Aviv, on May 19, 2026.
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