By Amy Tennery (Reuters) – Megan Rapinoe did not get the Women’s World Cup farewell she wanted on Sunday, a penalty that sailed over the crossbar the last international play by one of the United States’ most decorated players. American soccer’s charismatic figurehead was sent on as a substitute in extra time but the last-16…
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Some Black worshippers feel under-represented in the Catholic Church and that it needs to do more to overcome its legacy of racism, they said, after Pope Francis spent recent days telling crowds in Lisbon the Church has room for everyone. Francis, who has been working to promote inclusivity since…
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Sunday marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima, where its mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the Group of Seven leaders’ notion of nuclear deterrence a “folly”. The day to commemorate the victims of the world’s first nuclear attack comes…
NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger’s ousted prime minister on Saturday clung to the dimming hope that last week’s military coup could be overturned by diplomacy, he told Reuters on the eve of a deadline set by regional powers to reinstate the elected government. Niger’s military takeover, the seventh in West and Central Africa in three years, has…
TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Libya’s High State Council (HSC) consultative body replaced its leader in a televised vote on Sunday, adding new uncertainty to a political standoff over control of government and the path to elections. The Tripoli-based HSC has a say in major political matters under the terms of a 2015 political agreement and has been…
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s telecoms ministry said it has blocked the Telegram messaging app over national security concerns and in order to preserve the integrity of users’ personal data, which it said the app had mishandled. The app is widely used in Iraq for messaging but also as a source of news and for sharing…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will drastically toughen penalties against promoters of dodgy tax schemes and beef up regulatory powers under reforms announced on Sunday in response to a scandal over the use of leaked fiscal plans by PwC Australia. The leak of the confidential government documents, by a former partner at the professional…
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🔎 Flashback: The U.S. Justice Department and Google are tangled in a legal battle since 2020. The reason? The government believes Google’s pulling some shady moves to keep its internet search crown. 🚀 Latest Update: Judge Amit Mehta, handling this heavyweight bout in Washington, gave a mixed verdict recently. While he greenlit some…
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Washington has condemned as terrorism the killing of a Palestinian by suspected Jewish settlers, in sharpened language that appeared to reflect U.S. frustration with surging violence in the occupied West Bank under Israel’s hard-right government. Israeli police detained two settlers in Friday’s incident near Burqa village. According to Palestinians,…
