The pontiff is responding to drug therapy and sepsis has not been detected. Pope Francis’s condition is not considered life-threatening, but he is not out of danger, his medical team has said, as the 88-year-old pontiff continued to receive treatment to fight pneumonia and a complex lung infection. On their first in-person update on the … Read more
Swedish police have been investigating the suspected sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, connecting Germany and Finland. A series of undersea cables and gas pipelines have been damaged in suspected attacks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, prompting Nato to launch a monitoring mission in the sea last month. The … Read more
Tens of thousands of people expected to attend rites at huge sports stadium on the outskirts of capital, Beirut. Lebanon is preparing for the burial of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli air strike. The country is expected to come to a halt for a few … Read more
Wang met his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Johannesburg on Thursday. Wang’s remarks come after American and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia this week, without Kyiv’s involvement, to discuss ending the conflict. The talks in Riyadh have raised fears that Washington and Moscow could broker a peace … Read more
Donald Trump launches tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The new US administration has revealed a stunning reversal of US policy on the war in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump accused his Ukrainian counterpart of misleading the US into spending billions of dollars on a war that could not be won. He also blamed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for … Read more
BERLIN (AP) — Birkenstocks: They are ubiquitous in summer, comfy and very German. Sometimes they look chic and sometimes shabby. But can these sandals be considered art? That’s the question Germany’s Federal Court of Justice wrestled with Thursday, and it ruled they’re just comfy footwear. Birkenstock, which is headquartered in Linz am Rhein, Germany, and … Read more
Pakistan’s Champions Trophy hopes hit by news that injured batter Fakhar Zaman will miss remainder of the tournament. Hosts Pakistan have suffered a serious blow to their Champions Trophy hopes with opener Fakhar Zaman being ruled out of the remainder of the tournament with an injury before their crunch clash with archrivals India. The 34-year-old … Read more
Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the migrants said. It is unclear how long the group, which was deported under the Trump … Read more
Prime Minister Georgia Meloni says pope was ‘alert and responsive’ and cracking jokes during hospital visit. Pope Francis’s blood tests have shown a “slight improvement” in his condition as he receives hospital treatment for pneumonia, the Vatican has said. The 88-year-old pontiff was now in stable condition, as he continues to battle an ongoing respiratory … Read more
Ukrainian and European Union leaders not invited to Russia-US talks in Riyadh. High-level US and Russian delegates have met in Saudi Arabia’s capital to discuss the war in Ukraine – the first meeting of its kind in three years. But Ukrainian and European Union leaders weren’t invited. President Vladimir Putin seems to have already divided … Read more