- 'I wanted so much to come here': Pope Leo visits Marian shrine outside of Rome Catholic News Agency
- Pope Leo XIV prays at tomb of late Pope Francis at St. Mary Major Vatican News
- How Pope Leo became a beloved Peruvian figure NBC News
- Pope Leo visits Pope Francis' tomb and Marian shrine on first trip outside Vatican Reuters
- Pope prays at tomb of predecessor during first outing since election Sky News
4.1-magnitude earthquake rattles Tennessee and southern US
Meteorologists at television news stations serving Georgia and North Carolina reported feeling the tremors
A 4.1-magnitude earthquake in Tennessee woke up families and rattled homes as far away as Atlanta as it spread tremors across portions of the southern US on Saturday morning. No injuries or major damage were immediately reported.
The website for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake originated shortly after 9am EDT about 12 miles (20km) from Greenback, Tennessee, which is about 30 miles (48km) south of Knoxville.
Continue reading...Newark mayor denies trespassing at US immigration centre following arrest
Ras Baraka denies charge against him a day after he spent several hours in police custody.
Barcelona vs Real Madrid: Ancelotti coy on future as Alonso link grows
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti refuses to comment on job speculation before potential El Clasico LaLiga decider.
‘From all sides’: universities in red states face attacks from DC and at home
As universities begin to push back on Trump’s policies, those in Republican-led states face multiple threats
Days after the University of Michigan president, Santa Ono, announced that he was leaving his post to lead the University of Florida, his name was quietly removed on Wednesday from a letter signed by more than 600 university presidents denouncing the Trump administration’s “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” with academic institutions.
As Ono is set to become the highest-paid public university president in the country, in a state that has often been at the forefront of the rightwing battle against higher education, the reversal, first reported on by Talking Points Memo, underscored the challenges of standing up against the government’s sweeping attacks on education in solidly red states.
Continue reading...Explosions, violations reported after India and Pakistan agree ceasefire
The nations have agreed to an internationally mediated agreement prompting scenes of celebrations in Kashmir.
One Week Into Campaign, Party Votes on Replacing Nominee – Newser
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- South Korea's conservatives settle on Kim Moon-soo after nomination turmoil exposes rifts Reuters
- South Korean conservative party fails in a bid to switch presidential candidates AP News
- South Korean conservative party moves to switch presidential candidates as election turmoil deepens CNA
- PPP’s midnight coup leaves South Korea’s democracy on the brink Asia Times
Pope visits Marian sanctuary outside Rome – Vatican News
- Pope visits Marian sanctuary outside Rome Vatican News
- Pope Leo XIV prays at tomb of late Pope Francis at St. Mary Major Vatican News
- Pope Leo visits Pope Francis' tomb and Marian shrine on first trip outside Vatican Reuters
- Pope makes surprise outing to visit shrine dedicated to Saint Augustine Crux
- Pope Leo XIV live updates: Pope Leo makes 1st trip outside Rome as pontiff Good Morning America
Police given second week to question four Iranian men in custody
Reports suggest four detained under Terrorism Act were allegedly targeting Israeli embassy
Four Iranian men who were arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack in London can be detained and questioned in custody for another week, police said on Saturday.
Five men were arrested last week, with armed police and in at least one instance special forces soldiers sent in to detain them, with reports suggesting the alleged target was the Israeli embassy in Kensington.
Continue reading...House of Commons speaker has kept almost 300 gifts over past four years
Lindsay Hoyle’s freebies include champagne, whisky, food hampers, skincare sets and presents for his pets
Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, has kept almost 300 gifts over the last four years including dozens of bottles of alcohol, hampers, ties, cufflinks and chocolates, his declarations show.
The speaker received a large volume of presents from foreign dignitaries such as ambassadors, MPs and sometimes companies and chose to keep hundreds of them rather than donating them to Speaker’s House – his residence and office – or parliament.
Continue reading...Hampers, cufflinks … and a lot of alcohol: 20 gifts kept by Lindsay Hoyle
The wheels of diplomacy are oiled by the exchange of tokens – and plenty of booze, it seems
Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, has declared hundreds of gifts he received from foreign dignitaries and others since 2021. Here is a small selection of the items he kept.
1) Bottle of rum
Continue reading...‘WeightWatchers set me up to fail’ – Why diet industry is losing to jabs like Ozempic
As WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy, we examine the competition it faces from weight loss jabs.
Operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht suspended after diver dies
Work to raise the Bayesian is put on hold as investigators seek to establish the cause of the 39-year-old Dutchman’s death
Recovery operations to raise the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht Bayesian from the seabed off Sicily have been suspended after a diver died during underwater work.
Rob Cornelis Maria Huijben, a 39-year-old Dutch diver, died on Friday while doing preparation work to cut the ship’s mainmast. He was employed by the maritime company Hebo, whose barge arrived last week in Porticello, a fishing port near Palermo. The luxury vessel was anchored just off Porticello when it was struck shortly before dawn by a violent storm on 19 August 2024. It sank within seconds, killing seven people, including Lynch and his daughter Hannah.
Continue reading...Soviet-era spacecraft ‘likely’ to have re-entered Earth’s atmosphere
The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.
At least 33 people killed in suspected RSF attacks in Sudan
The paramilitary force has been blamed for attacks on a prison in el-Obeid and a displacement camp in Darfur.
India and Pakistan agree ceasefire: What does it mean?
Ceasefires between India and Pakistan have been successfully mediated by other countries in the past as well.
Iran’s FM visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar before nuclear talks with US in Oman
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has confirmed there will be a technical delegation at the Iran-US talks on Sunday.
Toxic chlorine cloud near Barcelona confines more than 160,000 indoors
Fire at warehouse storing pool cleaning products sends cloud over wide area around Vilanova i la Geltrú
Spanish authorities have told more than 160,000 people near Barcelona to stay indoors after a fire at an industrial warehouse released a toxic cloud of chlorine over a wide area.
The blaze, in the coastal city of Vilanova i la Geltrú, south of Barcelona, started at dawn on Saturday in a warehouse storing pool cleaning products, the regional fire service said.
Continue reading...European leaders tell Putin to agree to unconditional ceasefire by Monday or face ‘massive’ sanctions – as it happened
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It is the first time the leaders of the four European nations (France, the UK, Germany and Poland) have made a joint visit to Ukraine, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“We are clear the bloodshed must end. Russia must stop its illegal invasion,” the leaders said in a joint statement, adding:
Alongside the US, we call on Russia to agree a full and unconditional 30-day ceasefire to create the space for talks on a just and lasting peace.
We will continue to increase our support for Ukraine. Until Russia agrees to an enduring ceasefire, we will ratchet up pressure on Russia’s war machine.
Continue reading...Pope Leo identifies AI as main challenge in first meeting with cardinals
New pontiff sets out vision, pledging to continue ‘precious legacy' of predecessor Pope Francis.