Pope Leo's Brother Is 'Stunned,' and Bill Gates Speeds Up Giving

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<p>Plus, a Friday news quiz. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/who-is-robert-francis-prevost-pope-leo-xiv.html" target="_blank"><strong>Who Is Pope Leo XIV?</strong></a>, <i>by Elisabetta Povoledo, Jason Horowitz, Emma Bubola, Motoko Rich and Elizabeth Dias</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/world/africa/trump-afrikaner-refugees.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week</strong></a>, <i>by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and John Eligon</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/business/economy/trump-britain-trade-tariffs.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal to Build on Close Ties but Leave Some Tariffs in Place</strong></a>, <i>by Ana Swanson and Jonathan Swan</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/fema-cameron-hamilton.html" target="_blank"><strong>Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Agency</strong></a>, <i>by Christopher Flavelle</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/trump-librarian-congress-carla-hayden.html" target="_blank"><strong>Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress</strong></a>, <i>by Tim Balk</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/magazine/bill-gates-foundation-closing-2045.html" target="_blank"><strong>The $200 Billion Gamble: Bill Gates’s Plan to Wind Down His Foundation</strong></a>, <i>by David Wallace-Wells</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/business/media/netflix-new-home-screen.html" target="_blank"><strong>Netflix Overhauls Its Home Screen for the First Time in 12 Years</strong></a>, <i>by John Koblin</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>