Category: World News
Missing Madeleine McCann’s parents ‘await a breakthrough’ in toddler’s kidnapping
Fox News The parents of Madeleine McCann, a British toddler who went missing from a family vacation 16 years ago Tuesday, released a statement 16 years after their daughter’s disappearance. Madeleine was abducted from the family’s ground-floor apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007, when she was 3 years old. “The police investigation…
Read MoreBelizeans question the role of the British monarchy ahead of coronation
Washington Post The Central American nation is a British commonwealth realm with King Charles III as its monarch and head of state. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/coronation-charles-belize-commonwealth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreFlooding in Italy leaves at least 2 dead
Fox News A day and a half of nonstop rain has caused flooding in Italy’s populous Emilia-Romagna region, leaving at least two people dead as riverbeds left dry by drought overflowed their banks. One person was swept away by flood waters while riding a bicycle in the Ravenna province, and another died near Imola when…
Read MoreUS military says it targeted senior al-Qaida leader in Syria
Washington Post The U.S. military says it has carried out a drone strike in northwestern Syria targeting a senior al-Qaida leader https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/syria-alqaida-idlib-centcom/9be18cdc-e9c2-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePope Francis greets Russian Orthodox leader amid secret Vatican ‘mission’ to end war in Ukraine
Fox News Pope Francis met with a high-ranking leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, raising questions on the status of a secret “mission” in Ukraine. The pontiff greeted Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk at the Vatican on Wednesday following his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. POPE FRANCIS CONFIRMS SECRET VATICAN MISSION IN…
Read MorePolice across Europe crackdown on Italian mob with raids, arrests
Fox News Police across Europe arrested dozens of people, raided homes and seized millions of euros in assets on Wednesday, in a coordinated crackdown on Italy’s ’ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, one of the world’s most powerful, extensive and wealthy drug-trafficking groups. The operation, coordinated by European Union judicial cooperation agency Eurojust, aimed to dismantle a…
Read MoreAncient Knights of Malta gets its first nonaristocratic head
Washington Post A Canadian lawyer who found his vocation caring for AIDS patients in Harlem has been elected the grand master of the Knights of Malta https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/vatican-pope-knights-of-malta-john-dunlap/a5f7b7c6-e9bf-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreDissident Belarusian journalist who was pulled off of commercial flight sentenced to 8 years in prison
Fox News A court in Belarus convicted a dissident journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country and sentenced him Wednesday to eight years in prison. Raman Pratasevich’s dramatic arrest in May 2021 elicited outrage in the West, with some leaders saying the plane’s diversion was…
Read MoreFossils or not? Nations split on how to meet climate goals
Washington Post Senior officials from dozens of nations meeting in Berlin remain divided on how to meet international climate goals https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/03/germany-climate-talks/626a94ee-e9b8-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreEuropean Union announces plans to ramp up production of ammunition to help Ukraine
Fox News The European Union announced fresh plans to ramp up the large-scale production of ammunition, seeking to both benefit Ukraine while the country is at war with Russia and to improve the bloc’s geopolitical credentials. Ukraine is poised to launch a planned spring counteroffensive to recover Russian-occupied territory, but the country has burned through…
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