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A teenage gunman killed 19 young children and 2 adults at an elementary school in Texas on May 24, prompting a furious President Joe Biden to denounce the US gun lobby and vow to end the nation's cycle of mass shootings.

The new Archbishop of America, Elpidophoros, was elected unanimously by the members of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Holy Synod, according to a press release from the Phanar on Saturday.

Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has sought to ease concerns over Turkey's democratic rule in the post-referendum era, claiming that the country "is not turning into an authoritarian regime" in a meeting with senior representatives from leading Western companies in Washington, D.C.