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Month: June 2023

Pope Francis, back to Vatican routine post-surgery, says thanks to shouts of ‘Long live the pope!’

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two days after being discharged from the hospital, Pope Francis resumed his cherished Sunday custom of greeting the public in St. Peter’s Square, expressing thanks for the comfort he received after surgery and thanking the crowd shouting “Long live the pope!” Before launching into prepared remarks,

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Austrians say they foiled possible attack on Vienna’s Pride parade by alleged IS sympathizers

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austrian authorities say they have foiled a possible attack on Vienna’s Pride parade by three young men who had allegedly sympathized with the extremist Islamic State group. The head of Austria’s domestic intelligence service told reporters Sunday that the suspects, aged 14, 17 and 20, were arrested

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Netanyahu says Israel will move ahead on contentious judicial overhaul plan after talks crumble

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday his government intends to move ahead on contentious plans to change the country’s judicial system after talks aimed at finding a compromise solution appeared to be crumbling. The government’s plans to overhaul the judiciary plunged Israel into one

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Both sides suffer heavy casualties as Ukraine strikes back against Russia, UK assessment says

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are suffering high numbers of military casualties as Ukraine fights to dislodge the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas in the early stages of its counteroffensive, British officials said Sunday. Russian losses are probably at their highest level since the peak of the battle for Bakhmut in March, U.K.

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Putin advierte a la OTAN de que se verá arrastrada a la guerra de Ucrania y dice que Rusia tiene más armas nucleares

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, advirtió que existe un “grave peligro” de que la OTAN se vea arrastrada aún más a la guerra de Ucrania si los miembros de la alianza siguen suministrando armamento militar a Kyiv. “La OTAN, por supuesto, está siendo arrastrada a la guerra en Ucrania, ¿de

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Sudan’s warring sides begin cease-fire ahead of conference to raise funds for humanitarian aid

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s warring parties have begun another attempt at a cease-fire after more than two months of brutal fighting — and ahead of an international conference to raise funds for humanitarian assistance. Residents in the capital, Khartoum, and its neighboring city of Omdurman reported “relative calm” in the

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