President Donald Trump concluded a two-day state visit to the UK on Sept. 18 that was signified by royal pageantry and record-setting business deals in artificial intelligence (AI) and nuclear power.

Trump arrived in London flanked by some of the United States’ most powerful tech leaders, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

During his meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sept. 18, Trump signed the Tech Prosperity Deal, aimed at boosting cooperation between the two countries in areas such as artificial intelligence and energy. (More)

In Pope Leo XIV’s first interview, he signaled a potential change to the Vatican’s China deal, saying he is listening to persecuted Catholics in China.

Pope Leo XIV gave the interview in Spanish to the Catholic publication Crux, which published it in installments this week, starting on Sept. 14.

The pope said he is in “ongoing dialogue with a number of people, Chinese, on both sides of some of the issues that are there.” (More)