Pope Warns Against Power Struggles in Vatican Bureaucracy
Leo was speaking to leaders of the Roman Curia — the Catholic Church’s governing body — as he prepares for his first Christmas as pope.
Category: International
Lebanon State Media says 3 Killed in Israeli Strike on Vehicle Near Sidon
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Monday’s strike on a vehicle was carried out by an Israeli drone around 10 kilometres (six miles) from the southern coastal city of Sidon and “killed three people who were inside”.
Israel Demolishes East Jerusalem Building, Evicting Palestinians
Located in the Silwan neighbourhood near the Old City, the building comprised a dozen apartments housing approximately 100 people, many of them women, children and elderly residents.
Indonesia Bans British Porn Star Bonnie Blue for 10 Years
Billinger and an associate, 27-year-old Liam Andrew Jackson, were fined 200,000 rupiah (about $12) on December 12 for breaking traffic violations.
German Court Jails Man for Repeatedly Raping Sedated Wife
The 61-year-old, identified under German privacy rules only as Fernando P., was found guilty of aggravated rape, sexual coercion, dangerous bodily harm and other crimes.
Mercosur Trade Bloc Meets After EU Deal Delay
The deal would help the 27-nation European Union export more vehicles, machinery, wines and spirits to Latin America at a time of global trade tensions.
Brussels Farmer Protest Turns Ugly as EU-Mercosur Deal Teeters
At least 7,000 farmers staged a mostly peaceful march through the capital’s European quarter, where the Mercosur deal loomed large over an EU summit focused on funding Ukraine’s war effort.
France Exonerates Women Convicted Over Abortions Before Legalisation
France decriminalised the voluntary termination of a pregnancy with the 1975 Veil Law, named after women’s rights champion and health minister Simone Veil, who championed legalising abortion.
Canadian Researchers See Rare Polar Bear Adoption
The footage of a bear caring for an adopted cub was captured during the annual polar bear migration along the Western Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, widely known as the polar capital of the world.
French Court Jails Doctor for Life for Poisoning 30 Patients, Killing 12
Frederic Pechier, 53, worked as an anaesthetist in two clinics in the eastern city of Besancon, when patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017. Twelve could not be resuscitated.
