Pope says pension systems must not weigh on future generations
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Monday said future generations must not be overloaded with the cost of today’s pension systems, in apparent support for reform at a time when the issue is politically explosive in France. Pope Francis presides over the Palm Sunday mass on 2nd April, 2023 at St Peter’s Square in The […]
Trump arrives in New York for surrender, opposes TV court coverage
New York/Palm Beach, Florida, US Reuters Former US President Donald Trump flew into New York City on his private plane on Monday to face charges stemming from a probe into hush money paid to a porn star, while his lawyers argued against letting cameras in the courtroom. With New York taking security precautions and the […]
Ukraine mocks Russian claim to have taken Bakhmut, says attacks repelled
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Kyiv scorned Russian claims to have captured eastern Bakhmut on Monday, saying its foes had raised a victory flag over “some kind of toilet” and that Ukrainian forces had repelled nearly 20 attacks along the city’s front line in the last 24 hours. The battle for the mining city and logistics hub […]
Trump to fly to New York for court surrender amid tight security
New York/Palm Beach, Florida, US Reuters Former US President Donald Trump is set to fly from Florida to New York City on Monday, ahead of his scheduled arraignment related to hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, as security tightens in Manhattan. Trump, the first former US president to face criminal […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy thanks Bakhmut defenders as Wagner head says town has fallen
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut remained “particularly hot”, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, giving no indication the city had finally fallen to Russia as claimed by the founder of the Wagner mercenary force. Yevgeny Prigozhin said his troops, involved in a months-long effort to encircle and capture the bombed-out city, […]
“Extraordinary rollercoaster”, Good Friday talks remembered 25 years on
Belfast, UK Reuters On 7th April, 1998, the head of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party drafted a letter to the British Prime Minister announcing that he was leaving talks and that the latest attempt to end three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland was over. Three days later one of the most significant peace deals […]
Russia to place nuclear weapons near Belarus’ borders with NATO
Reuters Russia will move its tactical nuclear weapons close to the western borders of Belarus, the Russian envoy to Minsk said on Sunday, placing them at NATO’s threshold in a move likely to further escalate Moscow’s standoff with the West. In one of the Russia’s most pronounced nuclear signals since the beginning of its invasion […]
Russia says US behind Ukraine’s pressure on Moscow-linked Orthodox church
Reuters Russia’s Foreign Ministry said late on Sunday that the US was behind the pressure that Ukrainian authorities have been exerting on the Russian-aligned wing of the Orthodox Church in Kyiv. Believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, accused of being linked to Moscow, pray while they block an entrance to a church at a compound […]
Finland’s PM Marin concedes defeat as right-wing NCP wins election
Helsinki, Finland Reuters Finland’s left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin conceded defeat on Sunday in the Nordic country’s parliamentary election as the opposition right-wing National Coalition Party claimed victory in a tightly fought contest. The pro-business NCP was expected to win 48 of the 200 seats in parliament, narrowly ahead of the nationalist Finns Party with […]
The Long Read: Why the US Navy is deploying more chaplains for suicide prevention
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on moves to deploy chaplains as regular members of the crew on more ships…