Pope Francis arrives at the end of the Mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, where he greeted more than 20,000 faithful, wishing them a “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week.” The Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tariff exemptions announced Friday on electronics like smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday.

White House officials, including President Donald Trump himself, spent Sunday downplaying the significance of exemptions that lessen but won’t eliminate the effect of U.S. tariffs on imports of popular consumer devices and their components.

New York

FAA: Helicopter firm ceasing operations

NEW YORK — The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday that the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in flight and crashed in New York, killing the pilot and a family of five visitors from Spain, is shutting down operations immediately.

The FAA, in a statement posted on X, also said it would launch an immediate review of New York Helicopter Tours’ operating license and safety record.

Idaho

Disabled teen shot by police dies

BOISE — An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain-link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, his family said.

Victor Perez, 17, who also had cerebral palsy, had been in a coma since the April 5 shooting, and tests Friday showed that he had no brain activity, his aunt, Ana Vazquez, said.

World

Ecuador

Voters re-elect conservative president

QUITO — Ecuadorian voters have re-elected President Daniel Noboa, a conservative young millionaire with a divisive no-holds-barred crimefighting record, but his opponent vowed to seek a recount over what she described as “grotesque” electoral fraud.

Figures released by Ecuador’s National Electoral Council show Noboa received 55.8% of the vote with more than 90% of ballots counted, while leftist lawyer Luisa González earned 44%.

Gabon

Coup leader elected in landslide

LIBREVILLE — Provisional results announced by the country’s interior ministry show that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup that ended a decadeslong political dynasty, has been elected president.

Oligui Nguema, 50, recorded a landslide victory with 90.35% of the votes cast, defeating seven other candidates, including immediate past Prime Minister Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze. It is the first election since the 2023 coup, which the country’s military rulers hope will legitimize their grip on power.

Germany

Would-be cathedral climbers detained

BERLIN — German police in Cologne have detained five Frenchmen and a Belgian woman who had tried to climb the city’s famous cathedral.

Police said Sunday they were informed by the church’s private security guards who spotted the young climbers with headlamps on their surveillance cameras in the middle of the night.