VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A special purification rite was held at the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday after it was desecrated by a man who stood on it naked to protest against the war in Ukraine. The prayer service, known as a penitential rite and required by Canon law, was led by…
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most famous opposition leader, on Friday shared letters showing how he has poked fun at prison authorities for several months with a host of bizarre requests for a kimono, a balalaika, a beetle and even to keep a kangaroo. The requests were turned down by the…
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A man visiting St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday stripped off his clothes and stood naked on the church’s main altar in what appeared to be a protest against the war in Ukraine, a Vatican source said. The man had an inscription painted on his back calling for the children of Ukraine…
By Brendan O’Brien and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, nailing the word “psammophile,” meaning an organism that thrives in sandy soils, in the 15th round of the contest’s finals. He edged out fellow eighth-grader Charlotte Walsh, 14, from Arlington, Virginia,…
(Reuters) – After a career spent navigating the toughest opponents on the court, 20-times major winner Roger Federer will now help commuters navigate the open road, as the newest voice of driving app Waze. The retired, polyglottic tennis star can offer directions in English, French, or German, and is the first person to record custom…
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lillian Smith has spent about eight of the last 12 months traveling around the world, hitting France, Morocco, Japan and South Korea. Her cost for lodgings in that time? About one night in a hotel, along with the time she spent walking dogs, watering plants and changing litter…
BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters said he was opposing fascism and bigotry when he wore a Nazi-style uniform on stage at a concert in Berlin that led German police to launch an investigation into the British musician. The 79-year-old said aspects of his performance at Berlin’s Mercedes-Benz Arena that have been questioned…
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Cathay Pacific needs to address staff and resource shortages and raise pay to boost morale, its flight attendant union said, after three staff were fired for allegedly mocking passengers who could not speak English. A passenger on the CX987 flight from the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu to Hong…
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) – The family of a 95-year-old woman who died after being tasered by police in Australia paid tribute to her on Thursday, as the premier of the state where the incident occurred expressed confidence in its police force. Clare Nowland, who had dementia, died in hospital on Wednesday, police in…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police have launched an investigation after a 95-year-old woman was injured during an “interaction” with police at an old people’s home. Media said police had tazered the great-grandmother, who has dementia, on Wednesday at the care home in the town of Cooma, about 300 km southwest of Sydney. “A critical incident…