Richard Williamson, Catholic bishop whose denial of Holocaust embarrassed Pope Benedict XVI, dies
Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his ...
Passengers on downed flight included American and Russian figure skaters
Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River included figure skaters returning ...
Families in India cremate loved ones killed in stampede at religious festival
Grieving families cremated their loved ones while others cared for their injured relatives in hospitals on Thursday, a day after a stampede killed at least 30 people and ...
A nurse in Uganda has died from the Ebola virus, in the first outbreak since 2022
A nurse in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, died after testing positive for Ebola, a health official said Thursday, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended ...
Justice Jackson punches out her frustrations with the conservative Supreme Court in the boxing ring
One of three liberals on a Supreme Court dominated by conservatives, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she has found an outlet for the frustration that can result from being in ...
US cyber agency’s future role in elections remains murky under the Trump administration
The nation’s cybersecurity agency has played a critical role in helping states shore up the defenses of their voting systems, ...
How did so many Thai farmers end up held hostage by Hamas?
Five Thai nationals held hostage by Hamas since its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel were released on Thursday. They were among 31 Thais taken by the militant group, of whom 23 have ...
Donald Trump talks so much that White House stenographers and everyone else is struggling to keep up
The White House stenographers have a problem. Donald Trump is talking so much, the people responsible for transcribing his public remarks are struggling to keep up with all the ...
Thousands of Albanians pay last respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios
Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the ...
Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband, imprisoned for raping and drugging her, now caught up in other cases
The convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his then wife, Gisèle Pélicot, so other men could rape her is now caught up in other cases. Dominique Pélicot is ...
Europe’s economy showed zero growth at end of 2024 as eurozone’s biggest economy Germany struggled
Europe’s economy stagnated at the end of last year as former growth engine Germany floundered to the end of a second straight year of shrinking output, officials said ...
Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s ...