Pope Leo XIV on his first trip abroad as pontiff in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 26, 2025. The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV would make a 10-day trip to Africa in April, traveling to Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, less than a year after he was elected to the papacy. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times) By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV would make a 10-day trip to Africa in April, traveling to Algeria, An

Tuesday saw ⁠software ⁠stocks stage something of a rally, weirdly driven by the thing ⁠that’s beaten them down for the past month: a sweep of new plug-ins from AI lab Anthropic. This time around, the market focused more on ​the partnerships between some of these companies and Anthropic, rather than the existential threat AI could pose. I’ll get into that and more below. But first, check out my latest column on why AI isn’t the only thing driving the ‌global economy. And liste

LP cover for “Cosa Nuestra” by Willie Colón (1969) (Wikipedia) By SANDRA E. GARCÍA (An Appraisal) Every genre has its bad guy, villain, heel. In the world of salsa, that dark genius was Willie Colón, who died Saturday at the age of 75. His predilection for playing the antagonist came across in a variety of ways. The titles of his music albums: 1967’s “El Malo,” which translates to “The Bad Guy”; 1973’s “Lo Mato — Si No Compra Este LP,” or “I’ll Kill Him — If You Don’t Buy Thi

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La Junta de Gobierno de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados afirmó a principios de esta semana que el nombramiento del presidente ejecutivo, Luis González Delgado, es válido conforme a la Ley 40 de 1945, según enmendada. “Recientemente se han levantado cuestionamientos públicos sobre el nombramiento del ingeniero Luis Reinaldo González Delgado como presidente ejecutivo de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados”, indicó la Junta el marte

POR CYBERNEWS VILLALBA – El alcalde de Villalba, Dan Santiago Núñez, informó el miércoles que el municipio recibió el informe “Single Audit” correspondiente al año fiscal 2022, el cual refleja un déficit operacional de 1,590,448 dólares. “Contrario a lo que algunos quieren decir, la auditoría confirma que heredamos un déficit catastrófico. Sin embargo, desde el día uno de esta administración municipal, nuestro compromiso ha sido claro, cumplir con nuestra promesa de una gober

POR CYBERNEWS CATAÑO – Como parte de una iniciativa solidaria que se ha convertido en tradición en el municipio, el alcalde de Cataño, Julio Alicea Vasallo, junto a la primera dama, Bethzaida Rodríguez Torres, anunciaron el regreso de “Cataño te viste pa’ tu Prom”, un esfuerzo comunitario dirigido a apoyar a estudiantes graduandos para que puedan celebrar su Senior Prom con alegría y dignidad. La iniciativa busca asegurar que ningún joven del municipio tenga que renunciar a v

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission were designed to be independent stewards of the public interest — guardians against monopolies, fraud and the misuse of public airwaves. Congress created the agencies in the first half of the 20th century, and they are led by commissioners serving fixed terms to insulate them from the political whims of the White House. The Trump administration has ruined that independence. President

By APOORVA MANDAVILLI Aiming to reverse recent changes to federal vaccine recommendations, 15 states led by Democrats announced earlier this week that they were suing the Trump administration. The lawsuit, filed by a coalition of 14 attorneys general and the governor of Pennsylvania, asks the courts to nullify the administration’s decision in January to reduce the number of diseases children are routinely immunized against to 11 from 17. It also challenges “the unlawful repla