Pope Francis expands Catholic Church sexual abuse law to cover lay leaders
March 26, 2023 at 06:16
Rome, Italy CNN —Pope Francis has updated a 2019 church law governing clerical sexual abuse and extended it to include accountability for Catholic lay leaders of Vatican-approved religious organizations. Lay leaders are people other than clergy members who...
Daylight savings row leaves Lebanon on brink of two timezones
March 25, 2023 at 17:22
CNN —Already facing one of the world’s worst economic crises, the Lebanese people could soon face a new challenge – two different timezones. Lebanon’s government has decided to postpone winter clock changes. Daylight Saving will be introduced from midnight...
'I am not scared': Disqualified Gandhi will continue questioning Modi
March 25, 2023 at 17:05
CNN —Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday he had been disqualified from parliament because he has been asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi tough questions about his relationship with Gautam Adani, founder of the Adani conglomerate. Modi’s...
Sicilian island sees record-high migrant arrivals by boat
March 25, 2023 at 16:37
Rome CNN —A record of more than 2,000 migrants arrived on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa in the past day, an Italian official said on Saturday. Some 1,778 people arrived on Friday, with another 267 people landing on seven small boats overnight Saturday, t...
Suspect in Haitian president's assassination accepts plea deal in Florida
March 25, 2023 at 14:45
CNN —A suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was killed in his bedroom in July of 2021, accepted a plea agreement from US federal prosecutors on Friday. Rodolphe Jaar pleaded guilty in US federal court to three counts involvin...
Parthenon fragments returned by the Vatican go on display in Greece
March 25, 2023 at 13:45
One of the fragments depicts the head of a boy, another the head of a horse, and the third the head of a bearded man. The head of a bearded man pictured on display at the Acropolis Museum. Credit: Acropolis MuseumThey were unveiled at a ceremony at the Acro...
A threat to democracy or much-needed reform? Israel's judicial overhaul explained
March 25, 2023 at 13:12
At its core, the judicial overhaul would give the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and therefore the parties in power, more control over Israel’s judiciary. Israel has no written constitution, only a set of quasi-constitutional basic laws, making the Suprem...
The far out, far-right plot that Germany is still trying to unravel
March 25, 2023 at 07:58
Berlin CNN —An extremist and until recently almost unheard-of network in Germany is back in the spotlight after police carried out nationwide raids against it. The Reichsbürger movement – made up of small groups and individuals spread across the country – p...
Bayern Munich fires manager Julian Nagelsmann
March 25, 2023 at 01:28
CNN —Bayern Munich announced Friday it has fired club manager Julian Nagelsmann and will appoint Thomas Tuchel to the post, effective immediately. The leadership change comes as the team dropped in the Bundesliga league, while reports of Nagelsmann losing s...
Analysis: China thinks it's diplomatically isolating Taiwan. It isn't
March 25, 2023 at 01:12
China claims Taiwan as its territory, and has repeatedly refused to rule out taking the island by force, but the pressure it heaps on Taiwan is not limited to threats about invasion. Honduras President Xiomara Castro addresses the United Nations General Ass...
Why the Syrian drone strikes and US retaliation may yet be a big deal
March 24, 2023 at 18:54
CNN —The US has conducted an airstrike in Syria against what it said were Iranian-affiliated facilities after a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility housing US personnel in the country, killing an American contractor and wounding five US service member...
World Athletics regulations on transgender women athletes risk human rights violations, rights groups say
March 24, 2023 at 16:40
CNN —Trans rights advocates have warned sports governing bodies that “blanket bans” on transgender women from competing in women’s categories risk “violating fundamental human rights principles.”This follows World Athletics (WA) President Sebastian Coe’s an...
The French are up in arms over retiring at 64. How do other countries compare?
March 24, 2023 at 16:17
London CNN —A nationwide strike in France to protest a rise in the retirement age drew more than a million people onto the streets on Thursday before ending in violent clashes with police in Paris and other cities. The protest followed a strike of a similar...
Ukrainian orphanage tried to hide its kids when war began. Then the Russians came
March 24, 2023 at 16:00
Kherson, Ukraine CNN —A boom of artillery fire shook the ground as Olena opened the gate to the Kherson Children’s Home. Like many Ukrainians during this war, Olena prefers not to share her last name. But the 48 children who lived here are gone – seized by...
What the banking crisis means for mortgage rates
March 24, 2023 at 13:03
Washington CNN —Mortgage rates have taken would-be buyers on a ride this year — and it’s only March. Generally, home buyers can anticipate mortgage rates to move down through the rest of this year as the banking crisis drags on, which could cool down inflat...
Deutsche Bank, UBS stocks sink as European banking crisis fear returns
March 24, 2023 at 12:28
London CNN —Europe’s banking stocks tumbled Friday in a sign that investors are still nervous that the recent crises at some banks could spill over into the wider sector. Europe’s Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index, which tracks 42 big EU and UK banks, fell 5% by...
Netanyahu acted illegally by getting involved in judicial overhaul, says Israel's attorney general
March 24, 2023 at 11:52
Jerusalem CNN —Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acted illegally by announcing Thursday that he would involve himself directly in his government’s moves to change the country’s judicial system, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara told him in an ope...
Americans are going all-in on cash. That could spell more trouble
March 24, 2023 at 11:48
New York CNN —In the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse and subsequent banking meltdown, cash is king. The turmoil inflicted on financial markets has sent cautious investors running away from volatile markets and toward more liquid alternatives. Money m...
King Charles state visit to France postponed amid violent pension protests
March 24, 2023 at 11:40
CNN —King Charles’s state visit to France has been postponed in light of protests planned next week over the French government’s controversial pension reforms. The British monarch and Queen Consort were due to travel to France on Sunday for a trip that woul...
Huge French pension reform protests give way to fiery overnight clashes
March 24, 2023 at 03:01
Paris CNN —More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday with protests turning violent in some areas as demonstrators voiced their fury at proposed pension reforms. Clashes between groups of protesters and police broke out after w...