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Pope begs breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations

ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday begged a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its plan to consecrate new bishops without his consent, calling the move a schismatic act and a “sin of extreme gravity.” “I plead…

South African anti-migrant protests: Heavy security deployed to prevent xenophobic attacks

Police officers have been deployed across South Africa because of fears that anti-immigration protests could turn violent as President Cyril Ramaphosa urged demonstrators to refrain from “intimidation, threats or ultimatums”. The protests mark an unofficial deadline set by campaigners for…

Nursing gains ‘professional’ label for student loans after judge’s ruling, but theology now dropped

WASHINGTON — Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts – at least for now – after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump…

Why are South Korean fans so angry at their football coach?

Angry fans in Seoul waited for the arrival of the former head coach of South Korea’s men’s national football team after the country failed to advance to the World Cup knockout stages. Announcing his resignation at a news conference in…

New Mexico governor says state could seek billions after DEA let fentanyl hit streets

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s governor said Monday that state officials could pursue billions of dollars in civil damages after revelations that U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents repeatedly allowed shipments of fentanyl to flow into drug-plagued communities as investigators sought…

Monaco explosion injures three people, French media report

An explosion at a residential building in Monaco has injured three people, two of them critically. The blast occurred shortly before 21:00 local time (19:00 GMT) after a bag was left outside the building on Rue Révérend Père Louis Frolla,…

Venezuelans search more earthquake ruins as attention turns to humanitarian crisis

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful back-to-back earthquakes, and attention turned to the country’s humanitarian crisis that could persist for years….

What do we know about the shooting in Stade, Germany?

The BBC’s Jessica Parker reports from the scene of the shooting that killed six people in northern Germany. Source link

Trump nominates acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to be agency’s permanent chief

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he will nominate Keith Sonderling to be the secretary of labor, elevating him from the agency’s acting director two months after Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid abuse-of-power allegations. Sonderling, a lawyer who has held…

Lilo & Stitch star Daveigh Chase’s cause of death was Aids

Chase’s manager, John Ryan Jr, told the BBC last week she had died from sepsis after suffering from meningitis in an LA hospital. The former child star, who was also known as Daveigh Schwallier, began acting at four years old,…