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NEW YORK (AP) -- McDonald's says it has been notified by Twitter that its account was "compromised" after it appeared to send a message calling Donald Trump "a disgusting excuse of a President."...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Should a chimpanzee be treated as a person with legal rights?...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The top prosecutor for metro Orlando said Thursday she is no longer going to seek the death penalty, igniting condemnation from some state officials and law enforcement leaders but also praise from some civil liberties groups....
PARIS (AP) -- A French high school principal and two others were shot Thursday at their school in southern France, and a 17-year-old student suspected of opening fire on them was arrested in a police raid, officials said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Budget Committee voted narrowly Thursday to advance the troubled Republican health care bill, with defections by three GOP conservatives underscoring the obstacles party leaders face in maneuvering to avoid a stinging setback to their showpiece legislation....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump unveiled a $1.15 trillion budget on Thursday, a far-reaching overhaul of federal government spending that slashes many domestic programs to finance a significant increase in the military and make a down payment on a U.S.-Mexico border wall....
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) -- Rejecting arguments from the government that President Donald Trump's revised travel ban was substantially different from the first one, judges in Hawaii and Maryland blocked the executive order from taking effect as scheduled on Thursday, using the president's own words as evidence that the order discriminates against Muslims....
(Vatican Radio) The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, is participating in the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Trafficking in persons in conflict situations: forced labour, slavery and other similar practices, which is taking place this week at UN Headquarters in New York.In remarks prepared for the occasion and dated March 15, Archbishop Auza calls on the Security Council to take a leading role in trafficking prevention, especially by recognizing the close connection between trafficking and the persistence of armed conflicts.“[T]he Holy See urges the Security Council to take a greater role in the fight against the scourge of trafficking in persons,” Archbishop Auza says, “primarily through its responsibility to prevent and end armed conflicts and to help in the consolidation of peace and development.”Below, please find the full text of Archbishop Auza’s prepared remarks****************...
(Vatican Radio) “[T]he Holy See urges the Security Council to take a greater role in the fight against the scourge of trafficking in persons.” That is the message of the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, who was invited this week to address the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Trafficking in persons in conflict situations: forced labour, slavery and other similar practices, at UN Headquarters in New York.The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, personally opened the debate, describing the issue as one of global scope and massive proportions.“Trafficking networks have gone global,” he said, citing statistics from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to say that victims can be found in 106 countries.The International Labour Organization, meanwhile, reports that 21 million people around the world are victims of forced labour and extreme exploitation, and that the t...
(Vatican Radio) It is now been six years since the start of a brutal civil war that has engulfed Syria. The ongoing conflict has forced thousands of people to flee and has left countless others who have remained trapped in besieged areas throughout the country.Within Syria the charity Christian Aid is supporting partners provide hot meals to people recently displaced by the bombing of towns north east of the capital Damascus.Máiréad Collins, Advocacy Officer for Syria with the organisation told Lydia O’Kane they are calling on world leaders to act now and bring to an end the suffering of the people there.Listen: “What are partners said to us the other day was that these people are no longer thinking in terms of politics and the outcome, all they want at this stage is the opportunity to live and not to die”, she said.Ms Collins added, “there is a constant humanitarian crisis ongoing and it is not being recognised for what it is and ...
