Germany, allies mark 30 years since Berlin Wall fell
Saturday, 9 November 2019, 13:11
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Germany marked the 30th anniversary Saturday of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe. Leaders from Germany,...
Global debate gets underway over married Catholic priests
Saturday, 9 November 2019, 10:37
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Germany's Catholics reacted enthusiastically when bishops from across the Amazon called for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in that region. Such reforms have...
'End of history'? 30 years on, does that idea still hold up?
Saturday, 9 November 2019, 09:15
Last update: about 7 years ago
The Conversation
Months before the Berlin Wall fell on Nov. 9, 1989, with the Soviet stranglehold over the Eastern Bloc crumbling, a young political scientist named Francis Fukuyama made a declaration that quickly...
French paper: French woman claims rape by Polanski in 1975
Saturday, 9 November 2019, 07:35
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
A French woman in her early 60s claims she was violently raped at age 18 by Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski, a fugitive from the U.S. for more than four decades since pleading guilty to a sex...
Boy whose mother joined IS in Syria returns to dad in Italy
Friday, 8 November 2019, 14:44
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
An 11-year-old Albanian boy whose mother took him to Syria five years ago when she joined the Islamic State group returned on Friday to Italy for a joyous reunion with his father and sisters. The...
Italian singer Fred Bongusto passes away
Friday, 8 November 2019, 09:30
Last update: about 7 years ago
Italian singer Fred Bongusto passed away today, Italian media report. He was 84. Bongusto was very popular in the 1960s and 1970s, with one of his more famous songs being “Una rotonda sul...