Pope’s cancer operation already reshaping papacy
With Pope Leo XIV recovering in hospital on Thursday following his lung cancer operation, questions are swirling about how the illness could change his papacy, less than two years after his election.
German Chancellor, Merkel ‘heir’ gives up on role ―Party source
The woman widely seen as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chosen successor will not lead her crisis-racked CDU party into upcoming elections, a party source told AFP Monday. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, known as AKK, took over from Merkel as CDU chairwoman and presumed shoo-in for chancellor in 2018 but “has now said she will not be a […]
Soldiers, police enter El Salvador’s parliament
Soldiers entered El Salvador’s parliament Sunday as the president demanded lawmakers approve a $109 million loan to equip the military and police to fight against violent gangs. Nayib Bukele called an extraordinary weekend session of parliament to ask it approve a loan that has pitted the executive against lawmakers in a country with one of […]
Woman jailed for arranging fight-to-the-death duel for her lovers
A mum who arranged a ‘medieval duel’ to the death see which of her two admirers would win her hand has been jailed for life. Asta Juskauskiene, 35, left husband Giedruis Juskauskas for Mantas Kvedaras, after meeting the 25-year-old online following his release from a Lithuanian prison for rape. The care worker ended the relationship […]
Sixty more people confirmed with coronavirus on cruise ship in Japan — media
Testing aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has revealed 60 more confirmed cases of coronavirus, media said on Monday, as quarantined passengers took to social media to warn of depression setting in over their confinement. Monday’s figure takes to 130 the number of infections on the ship docked in Yokohama, domestic broadcasters TBS […]
China’s return to work lifts local stocks while rest of Asia trails
Asian shares fell on Monday as the death toll from a coronavirus outbreak exceeded the SARS epidemic of two decades ago, though Chinese shares gained as authorities lifted some work and travel restrictions, helping businesses to resume operations. In early European trades, the pan-region Euro Stoxx 50 futures, German DAX futures and FTSE futures all […]
