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Sat, May 30, 2020 | 06:19

Vatican: Pope has a cold, not coronavirus

Vatican: Pope has a cold, not coronavirus

Francis came down with the cold last week, skipped several official audiences and on Sunday announced he would stay home from a week-long spiritual retreat outside Rome to recover.

2020-03-04 12:24

Egypt's Mubarak, ousted by popular revolt in 2011, dies aged 91

Egypt's Mubarak, ousted by popular revolt in 2011, dies aged 91

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in a popular uprising against corruption and autocracy, died on Tuesday at the age of 91.

2020-02-26 15:47

Italy cancels Venice Carnival in bid to halt spread of virus

Italy cancels Venice Carnival in bid to halt spread of virus

Italy scrambled Sunday to check the spread of the new viral disease amid rapidly rising numbers of infections in the country and a third death, calling off the Venice Carnival attended by thousands of revelers, scrapping major league soccer matches in the stricken area and shuttering theaters, including Milan's legendary La Scala

2020-02-24 13:57

Pope avoids question of married priests in Amazon document

Pope avoids question of married priests in Amazon document

Pope Francis refused Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men or women as deacons to address a shortage of priests in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has divided the Catholic Church and emboldened his conservative critics

2020-02-13 17:57

Four rare mountain gorillas 'killed by lightning' in Uganda

Four rare mountain gorillas 'killed by lightning' in Uganda

Four endangered mountain gorillas, including three adult females, have been killed by an apparent lightning strike in a Ugandan national park, a conservation group has said. A post-mortem examination has been performed on the four, including a male infant, who died on February 3 in Mgahinga National Park in southwest Uganda.

2020-02-09 16:12

'We're definitely not prepared': Africa braces for new virus

'We're definitely not prepared': Africa braces for new virus

At a Chinese-run hospital in Zambia, some employees watched as people who recently returned from China showed up with coughs but were not placed in isolation. A doctor tending to those patients has stopped coming to work, and health workers have been ordered not to speak publicly about the new coronavirus that has killed hundreds in China.

2020-02-08 17:30

Brexit day: UK casts off from the European Union

Brexit day: UK casts off from the European Union

The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future, its most significant geopolitical move since the loss of empire and a blow to 70 years of efforts to forge European unity from the ruins of two world wars. The country will slip away an hour before midnight from the club it joined in 1973, moving into the no man's land of a transition perio...

2020-01-31 13:48

Tears and cheers as EU lawmakers give final nod to Brexit

Tears and cheers as EU lawmakers give final nod to Brexit

The European Parliament gave final approval to Britain's divorce from the European Union on Wednesday, paving the way for the country to quit the bloc on Friday after nearly half a century and delivering a major setback for European integration

2020-01-30 13:29

Three rockets hit US embassy in Iraqi capital

Three rockets hit US embassy in Iraqi capital

Three rockets slammed into the US embassy in Iraq's capital on Sunday in the first direct hit reported after months of close calls, as thousands of protesters kept up anti-government sit-ins across the country. The attack marked a dangerous escalation in the spree of rocket attacks in recent months that have targeted the embassy or Iraqi military bases where American troops a...

2020-01-27 10:10

France confirms 3 cases of virus from China, 1st in Europe

France on Friday announced the first cases outside Asia and the United States of the deadly new virus from China, and the country's health minister said Europe should brace for other new cases from the spreading epidemic that she said must be fought like a wildfire.

2020-01-25 10:54

China reports over 1,280 virus cases, death toll at 41

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