Story highlights Wesolowski is the highest-ranking former Vatican official arrested on sexual abuse allegations His trial had to be delayed last month when he fell ill CNN — Jozef Wesolowski, a papal ambassador and the highest-ranking Catholic official to be put on trial for child abuse charges, died in his room early Friday. “Vatican authorities […]
The Italian entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi on his private jet flying from Rome to Milan after a day’s work on March 1, 1987. Edoardo Fornaciari/Getty Images Before entering politics, Berlusconi made his name in Italy as a business tycoon and media mogul, at one point becoming the richest man in Italy. Berlusconi enjoyed his first real […]
Rome CNN — Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant billionaire and former Italian prime minister who once described himself as the “Jesus Christ of politics,” has died at a Milan hospital at the age of 86, his press office confirmed on Monday. Berlusconi, who had a recent history of health issues, had recently been diagnosed with leukemia, […]
CNN — Ukraine has lost 16 US-supplied armored vehicles in the past several days, according to open-source intelligence analysis, as the country’s military announced its forces had captured three villages from Russia in an offensive in the eastern Donetsk region. The 16 US Bradley infantry fighting vehicles either destroyed or damaged and abandoned in recent […]
A Ukrainian volunteer is seen treading the water while carrying a woman from an evacuation boat in Kherson city on June 9. Ashley Chan/SOPA Images/Sipa/AP At least 14 people have died and more than 2,700 have been evacuated from flooded areas in southern Ukraine after the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam, Ukrainian officials reported on Sunday. Some 190 children […]
CNN — A third of young men in Germany find it acceptable to use violence against women, according to a new survey which has caused outrage among gender equality campaigners. The survey was commissioned by children’s charity Plan International Germany. Its findings were published in regional newspaper Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. A group of 1,000 men […]
CNN — Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of the police investigation into the finances of the Scottish National Party (SNP), UK’s PA Media reported Sunday. This is a breaking story. More details soon… Source link
CNN — With a few words, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky gave his strongest signal yet that his forces have begun their much-anticipated campaign to regain swathes of territory taken by Russian forces. The president said “relevant counteroffensive defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine” but remained tight-lipped about the details. There has long been speculation […]
CNN — The suspect in the knife attack in the French alpine town of Annecy that left four children and two men injured is facing attempted murder charges, prosecutors say. If convicted he faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Investigators are still trying to determine why the suspect – who has been identified as […]
Paris CNN — The date is set, venues have been chosen, tickets are on sale. One hundred years after the Olympics last graced the streets of Paris, the city is braced for the return of the world’s largest sporting event next summer. While organizers and the French government claim that it’ll be the most inclusive […]
