Five conservative cardinals from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas have called on Pope Francis to reaffirm Catholic teaching on homosexuality and female ordination ahead of a major Vatican meeting to discuss such pressing issues. On Monday, the cardinals published five questions they asked Francis, known as “dubia,” as well as an open letter to…
Russia’s strategy to win the war in Ukraine is to outlast the West. But how does Vladimir Putin plan to do it? US officials have said they believe Mr Putin intends to try to end US and European support for Ukraine by using his spy agencies to push propaganda supporting pro-Russian political parties and fueling…
Comment on this storyComment A couple was attacked and killed by an “aggressive” grizzly bear in Canada’s Banff National Park, officials said Sunday. Officials were alerted to the bear attack in Alberta Park’s Red Deer River Valley at 8 p.m. Friday via satellite equipment. Since conditions did not allow the response team to reach the…
Investigators are baffled by the case of a woman who died after eating chocolates given to her by a palm reader who said she didn’t have long to live. “She was throwing up, her vision was a little blurry, her body was soft … it was a matter of hours,” said the victim’s distraught cousin…
For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our newsletter newsletter Sign up for our free email updates Ukraine’s parliament and its speaker mocked billionaire Elon Musk after he posted a meme on his social media mocking President Volodymyr Zelensky’s pleas for Western help against Vladimir Putin’s forces. Musk…
Half a million people live in the Maldives, spread over more than 1,000 islands. But last weekend, the picturesque archipelago delivered an election verdict that sent shockwaves around the world – and especially in the Indian Ocean region. Opposition candidate Mohamed Muizzu won Saturday’s presidential election with 54 percent of the vote, results published by…
Huge crowds marched through the Polish capital Warsaw on Sunday around a giant flag commemorating the 1944 uprising against Nazi Germany, as opponents of the ruling party sought to rally voters for a critical general election they see as the last chance to save the country’s hard-won democratic freedoms. Warsaw’s city government, which is controlled…
A couple was killed after a bear attack in Canada’s Banff National Park on Friday night. in the statement Parks Canada said she received an alert from a GPS device indicating a bear attack around 8:00 p.m. local time inside the park. The alert came from the Red Deer River Valley west of Ya Ha…
Warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet take part in Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023. STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images Russia is likely to move naval operations from Crimea amid Ukraine attacks, a British news outlet said. Ukrainian strikes on the port of Sevastopol increased the pressure on…
At the ADIPEC oil and gas conference, leaders representing global energy companies sought to strike a positive tone on the current state of the fossil fuel industry. Big Oil, on the back of record profits last year, has been accused in recent months of retracting its climate commitments. “I don’t see where we are today…
