UK plans Brexit celebrations but warns businesses may suffer
Saturday, 18 January 2020, 12:07
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The British government has announced plans for special events on the night of Jan. 31 when the country officially leaves the European Union but the country's treasury chief has admitted that some U.K....
Panama: 7 killed, 14 tortured in exorcism terror rituals
Saturday, 18 January 2020, 07:48
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Seven people were killed in a bizarre religious ritual in a jungle community in Panama, in which indigenous residents were rounded up by about 10 lay preachers and tortured, beaten, burned and hacked...
Experts say Med Sea altered by Suez Canal's invasive species
Friday, 17 January 2020, 09:43
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway’s lesser known legacies — the invasion of hundreds of...
Fever chart: Earth had its hottest decade on record in 2010s
Thursday, 16 January 2020, 10:55
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday. And scientists said they see no end to...
Two popes - one retired, one reigning - cause a furore
Wednesday, 15 January 2020, 08:08
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Ever since Benedict XVI announced he would become the first pope in 600 years to resign, Catholic theologians, canon lawyers and others warned of the potential confusion in having two popes living...
Pope Benedict XVI breaks silence to reaffirm priest celibacy
Monday, 13 January 2020, 10:38
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to reaffirm the “necessity" of priestly celibacy, co-authoring a bombshell book at the precise moment that Pope Francis is weighing whether to...