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Pope Francis announced Sunday that he has chosen 21 new cardinals, including prelates from Jerusalem and Hong Kong, places where Catholics are a small minority, as he continues to make his mark on the body of churchmen who will choose his successor.The pope announced his elections during his customary weekly public appearance in St. Peter's Square, saying the ceremony to formally install churchmen as cardinals will take place on Sept. 30.Among those selected are several prelates who occupy or are about to assume important positions in the Vatican, including the Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina, Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, 59,…

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has said he would vote for Donald Trump again for president, but refuses to do business with the man he is now running against for the Republican presidential nomination.Burgum, a former business owner who turned a small software company into a $1.1 billion deal with Microsoft, was asked by "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd in an interview that aired Sunday if he would business with Trump."I don't think so," Burgum replied. When asked why, he said: "I think it's important that you're judged by the company that you keep."One person Burgum said he would…

While Amazon Prime Day officially takes place on July 11-12 this year, the retailer is already offering notable discounts on products in categories like technology, home and kitchen, pets, fitness and more. And beyond the early deals that Prime members can add to their carts right now, shoppers can also preview a selection of items soon to be discounted on Prime Day. If you add these products to your watchlist, Amazon will notify you when the deals go live so you can shop before they're sold out or discounts run out.SKIP AHEAD The best early Prime Day deals | The…

After briefly flirting with the lightweight division, Alexander Volkanovsky he returned to featherweight and showed Saturday night why he's still the best at featherweight.Volkanovski reaffirmed himself as champion with a technical knockout over yair rodriguez at 4:19 of the third round at UFC 290.Rodriguez was the interim champion after Volkanovski was temporarily moved up to lightweight, but the Australian left little doubt as to who was the better fighter by taking his record to 26-2 in what was scheduled to be a five-round bout."There was a little bit of fear... knowing how dangerous it was," Volkanovski said. "That is the…