Peru’s poverty rate ticks up for second straight year
LIMA – Peru’s poverty rate rose again last year, official data showed on Thursday, as South America’s fourth biggest nation struggles to emerge from a painful recession amid ongoing political…
US ‘deeply troubled’ by actions against protesters in Georgia
WASHINGTON – The United States is deeply troubled by actions taken against those protesting a draft law in Georgia and the government should change its course, U.S. State Department spokesperson…
Trump lawyer questions Stormy Daniels’ account of sex with Trump
NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s sought to catch inconsistencies in porn star Stormy Daniels’ various tellings of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, part of an effort on May…
Major Rafah operation will not defeat Hamas, White House says
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden believes that a major Rafah operation by Israel will not advance the country’s objective of defeating the Hamas Palestinian militant group in Gaza, the White…
What is a Roman Catholic Holy Year?
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis started the countdown on Thursday to the 2025 Holy Year, or Jubilee, which is one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most important events and is…
Rescuers save horse trapped on rooftop by floods in Brazil
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Rescuers saved a horse on Thursday that had been trapped precariously for two days on a rooftop in a severely flooded town in southern Brazil, television…
Panama Papers law firm co-founder Ramon Fonseca dies in hospital, lawyer says
PANAMA CITY – Ramon Fonseca, who co-founded the now defunct law firm linked to the Panama Papers scandal, died overnight in hospital, his lawyer told Reuters on Thursday morning. Read…
Abortion rights activists heckle Italy’s family minister at conference
ROME – Protesters on Thursday heckled Italy’s family minister over her critical position on abortion rights, forcing her to abandon a speech at a conference on reversing the country’s declining…
‘Eunuch Maker’ ringleader jailed for penis, testicles amputations
LONDON – The ringleader of an extreme body modification conspiracy who cut off men’s genitals and uploaded videos to his “Eunuch Maker” website was jailed for a minimum of 22…
Putin agrees to withdraw Russian forces from various Armenian regions, says Ifax
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin has agreed to withdraw Russian forces and border guards from various parts of Armenia at Yerevan’s request, Putin’s spokesman was cited as saying on Thursday…