Basta! Romans say enough to invasion of wild boars in city
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 07:18
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Rome has been invaded by Gauls, Visigoths and vandals over the centuries, but the Eternal City is now grappling with a rampaging force of an entirely different sort: rubbish-seeking wild...
Taliban hang body in public; signal return to past tactics
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 07:15
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane parked in a city square in Afghanistan on Saturday in a gruesome display that signaled the hard-line movement’s return to some of its brutal tactics...
Is it a bluff? Some in Hungary and Poland talk of EU pullout
Saturday, 25 September 2021, 11:33
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
When Hungary and Poland joined the European Union in 2004, after decades of Communist domination, their citizens thirsted for Western democratic standards and prosperity. Yet 17 years later, as...
Drive for Britain! UK scrambles for truckers amid supply woe
Friday, 24 September 2021, 12:06
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
British energy firms are rationing supplies of gasoline and closing some petrol pumps — the latest in a string of shortages that have seen McDonald’s take milkshakes off the menu, KFC run...
Tiny San Marino to vote in referendum on legalising abortion
Friday, 24 September 2021, 12:02
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Tiny San Marino is one of the last countries in Europe which forbids abortion in any circumstance — a ban that dates from 1865. On Sunday, its citizens can vote in a referendum calling for...
One to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones
Thursday, 23 September 2021, 14:39
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The European Union unveiled plans Thursday that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single charging method for mobile devices. The EU Commission proposed legislation Thursday that would...
Vaccine inequity comes into stark focus during UN gathering
Thursday, 23 September 2021, 06:41
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
The inequity of COVID-19 vaccine distribution will come into sharper focus Thursday as many of the African countries whose populations have little to no access to the life-saving shots step to the...
Racism, climate and divisions top UN agenda as leaders meet
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 07:32
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
Racism, the climate crisis and the world’s worsening divisions will take center stage at the United Nations on Wednesday, a day after the U.N. chief issued a grim warning that “we are on...
'Some wanted me dead... they were preparing conclave' - Pope
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 20:01
Last update: about 6 years ago
Associated Press
ope Francis has acknowledged his increasingly vocal conservative critics, saying their “nasty comments” were the work of the devil and adding that “some wanted me dead” after...