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UK PM ‘losing control’ as rift with party core widens
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron is “losing control of his party”, Conservative Party grandee Geoffrey Howe said yesterday (May 19), as a row raged over whether a...
EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations
NEW YORK — Europe’s top trade official for the first time late on Friday (May 17) officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for...
Italy protest pressures new PM Letta
ROME — Thousands of people protested in Rome yesterday (May 18) against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating...
Taxes on some exceeded 100 per cent in France last year
PARIS — More than 8,000 French households’ tax bills topped 100 per cent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance...
Catholic Church must help poorest, says pope
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people yesterday (May 18), telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it...
French president signs gay marriage into law
PARIS - French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate.
Pope blasts “cult of money”
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the “cult of money” that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable...
Vatican Bank to publish its accounts, launch website
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican Bank, a centre of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, its new...
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