Pope updates canon law to address paedophilia by priests
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis updated the Catholic Church's criminal code Tuesday, reinforcing penalties for priests who sexually abuse minors, measures long sought by...
Vietnam blames ‘fear of responsibility’ for slow vaccine rollout
Vietnam, which has successfully contained the Covid-19 virus for more than a year, may lose its economic advantage if the country is unable to...
100 years after Tulsa race massacre, Black residents await Biden, and...
TULSA (UNITED STATES) - In Tulsa, the city that still bears the scars of a 1921 racial massacre, African-American residents are eagerly awaiting the...
Dissident Cuban artist to ‘continue the struggle’ after hospital release
HAVANA - Dissident Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara vowed Monday to "continue the struggle" after spending almost a month in hospital following a...
Brazil’s Helio Castroneves wins fourth career Indianapolis 500
WASHINGTON - Brazil's Helio Castroneves matched the all-time record by winning his fourth career Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, holding off Alex Palou over the...
West African leaders hold urgent summit on Mali coup
ACCRA - West African leaders met in Ghana on Sunday to discuss a response to Mali's second coup in nine months, which has sparked...
Biden says to push Putin at summit to protect human rights
WILMINGTON (UNITED STATES) - President Joe Biden pledged Sunday to tell Russian leader Vladimir Putin at their June summit that Washington will not let...
China cargo craft docks with space station module
BEIJING - A Chinese cargo spacecraft carrying equipment and supplies successfully docked with the core module of the country's future space station on Sunday,...
DR Congo president says situation ‘under control’ after volcano eruption
GOMA, DR Congo: The situation is "under control" following the eruption of a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi said...
Sri Lanka faces marine disaster
Sri Lanka faces an unprecedented pollution crisis as waves of plastic waste from a burning container ship hit the coast and threaten to devastate...
