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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Left with few options as police tensions spiral, President Barack Obama is leading a national soul-searching on race that he once said would be unproductive for him to lead....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Emmy Awards nominations told us what is already evident - the power and reputation of streaming services Netflix and Amazon are on the rise, and broadcast networks and even longtime premium cable star HBO are paying the price....
DETROIT (AP) -- Consumer Reports said Thursday that Tesla Motors is misleading car owners by calling its semi-autonomous driving system "Autopilot," potentially giving them too much trust in their car's ability to drive itself....
MOSCOW (AP) -- The United States on Thursday offered Russia a broad new military partnership in Syria, hoping the attraction of a unified campaign against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida - and a Russian commitment to ground Syria's bombers - could end five years of civil war. If finalized, the deal could dramatically alter America's role in the conflict....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump abruptly postponed plans to announce his vice presidential pick following a day of rampant speculation, citing the "horrible attack" in Nice, France, that left scores dead....
NICE, France (AP) -- A truck drove on to the sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of Bastille Day revelers who'd gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday in what some officials and eyewitnesses described as a deliberate attack. The president of the Nice region said at least 60 people were killed....
NICE, France (AP) -- The Latest on a truck that drove into the crowd in Nice (all times local):...
(VATICAN RADIO) Save the Children has released a shocking report titled: “Unequal Portions. Ending Malnutrition for Every Last Child”.The report contains information about the 159 million children who are suffering from chronic malnutrition across the world. According to the report, despite a global commitment to eradicate malnutrition by 2030, current trends indicate that there will still be 129 million children under the age of five with stunted growth worldwide.Katie Ascough spoke with Simona Seravesi, consultant at Save the Children Italy, who first highlighted the main factors which influence child malnutrition.Listen: “In many countries, malnutrition is linked to poverty, to very low hygienic and health conditions, lack of access to education…even inequality due to the different ethnic groups,” said Ms. Seravesi. She also mentioned that sometimes gender, crises, migration, civil war, and natural disasters can contribute to the ...
(Vatican Radio) Romanian police have broken up a human trafficking gang in central Romania which misused children and other vulnerable people as slaves since at least 2008. The latest operation in which at least 40 people were rescued comes amid international pressure on the European Union member state to tackle organized crime. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Romanian police zoomed in on the mountain town of Berevoiesti. Special police forces made a horrific discovery in this area,some 150 kilometers northwest of the capital Bucharest: Video footage showed a man chained up at a home. And police found two other men and two boys aged between 10 and 12 in chains. They raided homes where they also discovered 50,000 euros and a kilo of gold. When the operation finished dozens of victims had been rescued. Organized-crime prosecutors believe some 90 suspects exploited and abused around 65 vulnerable people, some with physical and mental disa...
Vatican City, Jul 14, 2016 / 11:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Alongside other global institutions such as the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee, German-based insurance carrier Allianz has partnered with the Vatican for a sports conference aimed at exploring the benefits of faith and sport, and to put these into action.Announced in a July 14 press release from the Pontifical Council for Culture, the partnership between the Vatican and Allianz, a European financial service company with headquarters in Munich, centers on an Oct. 5-7 conference titled “Sport at the Service of Humanity.”Set to take place in the Vatican, the conference will draw 150 leaders from the world of sport, faith, business and civil society to establish the principles for “a new movement” in sports.Leaders, the press release states, will discuss “how sport and faith working together can improve and enhance the lives of those who most need it in many different walks of l...
