Ukraine urges more world pressure, says it repels Russian attack on eastern city
Kyiv/Mariupol, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told global business leaders on Monday the world must increase sanctions against Russia to deter other countries from using “brute force” to achieve their aims. Zelenskiy spoke via video link to the World Economic Forum in Davos as the Ukrainian military claimed to have held off a Russian […]
Vatican preparing for possibility of women Swiss Guards
Vatican City Reuters The new barracks of the Vatican Swiss guards will be built to accommodate female members if Pope Francis or his successors allow women to join the elite and colourfully dressed force. Officials of the Swiss foundation that is raising the estimated 45 million Swiss francs ($US46 million) to replace the current 150-year-old […]
Vatican Swiss Guard’s new barracks designed to include women, newspaper says
Vienna, Austria Reuters The new barracks of the Vatican Swiss Guard, the elite and colourfully dressed corps that protects the pope, will be designed to accommodate female guards even though they are not yet allowed, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday. Nearly all of the guard are single men who live in a communal barracks […]