Pope Francis waves during his Angelus prayer in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican December 26, 2013. REUTERS/Tony Gentile VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Thursday denounced discrimination against Christians, including in countries where religious freedom is in […]
Pope Francis waves as he delivers his first “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and world) message from the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican December 25, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis, celebrating […]
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Let the holy war begin. The holy war of cricket, that is. The Church of England on Friday formally took up the Vatican’s challenge to settle scores on the cricket pitch nearly 500 […]
By Emma Pinedo and Sonya Dowsett MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s center-right government moved to make it harder for women to get an abortion on Friday, restricting a law that had allowed the procedure on request within
By Georgina Prodhan VIENNA (Reuters) – The famed Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has revoked awards it made during Hitler’s rule to six leading Nazis, as it quietly responds to criticism of the way it has dealt with its past. The symbolic […]
By Jennifer Saba (Reuters) – News Corp on Friday made its first acquisition as a stand-alone company with the $25 million purchase of social news tool Storyful. Founded in 2008 and based in
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook Inc, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and dozens of banks must face a lawsuit accusing the social media company of misleading investors about its health before its $16 billion initial public offering, a […]
By Louise Egan and Randall Palmer (Reuters) – Market volatility spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s plans to scale back its massive stimulus program is far less of a concern now than it was
By Aruna Viswanatha and Emily Flitter (Reuters) – The Justice Department is preparing to file civil fraud charges against Citigroup Inc and Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch unit over their sale of flawed mortgage securities ahead of the financial crisis, […]
BY CRISTIANO CORVINO FLORENCE, Italy Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:52am EST Amanda Knox looks on before speaking on NBC News’ ”Today” show in New York September 20, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/BRENDAN MCDERMID (Reuters) – U.S. student Amanda Knox pleaded her innocence in […]
SAO PAULO Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:30am EST Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden’s new refugee documents granted by Russia is seen during a news conference in Moscow August 1, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/MAXIM SHEMETOV (Reuters) – Former National Security […]
BY ED CROPLEY QUNU, South Africa Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:12am EST The coffin of former South African President Nelson Mandela is prepared to be buried during his funeral ceremony in Qunu, Eastern Cape in this December 15, 2013 handout picture […]
BY PETE SWEENEY SHANGHAI Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:47am EST A giant electronic screen displays the mission operation information of China’s Chang’e-3 lunar probe as researchers work at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, in Beijing, December 14, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/STRINGER (Reuters) […]
BY LESLEY WROUGHTON TEL AVIV, Israel Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:01pm EST U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dribbles a soccer ball on the tarmac at the airport in Aqaba, during a refueling stop, December 13, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/BRIAN SNYDER (Reuters) […]
By Elizabeth Dilts (Reuters) – Time magazine named Pope Francis its Person of the Year on Wednesday, crediting him with shifting
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