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NEW YORK (AP) -- In a defensive crouch, Donald Trump complained Monday about being "viciously attacked" by the father of a decorated Army captain killed in Iraq, persisting in an emotionally charged feud that has left him increasingly isolated among fellow Republicans....
In a stinging analysis, Zambia’s Diocese of Mongu Bishop, Evans Chinyemba has decried Zambia’s deteriorating media freedoms and said that the country would in two weeks’ time (11 August) conduct general elections under the climate of public service media that only speak for the party in power. He has since urged the Zambian government to stop abusing the public service media sector for its ends.“Zambia votes aware of how we, Zambians have allowed the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC); the Times of Zambia and the Zambia Daily Mail newspapers; the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) and the National Agricultural Information Services (NAIS) to destroy public service media ethics and allow them to only speak for the party in power,” Bishop Chinyemba said. He made the remarks in the latest Mongu Diocese bulletin, Drumbeat, addressed to parishioners.Bishop Chinyemba says in its current form and for lack of a better term, Zambia’...
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's one area where Donald Trump is guaranteed to beat Hillary Clinton this fall: He'll be the butt of the most jokes by late-night comics....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The picturesque Main Street of Ellicott City, Maryland, faces a months-long recovery that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars after devastating flooding that damaged nearly every home and business along the road, officials said....
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian transport helicopter was shot down in Syria on Monday and all five people onboard were killed, the Kremlin said, in the deadliest single incident for the Russian military since its involvement in Syria's civil war....
(Vatican Radio) Thanks to outgoing Director of the Press Office of the Holy See led Pope Francis' in-flight Q&A session with journalists en route to Rome from Krakow, Poland, followed by reflections on the World Youth Day gathering in the Polish city, the recent attempted coup in Turkey, the nature and causes of terrorism in the world, an ongoing investigation into the Church's handling of abuse cases in Australia, in which Cardinal George Pell is a principal witness, the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, and Panama – which has been chosen to host the next World Youth Day in 2019.Below, please find a transcript of the press conference prepared by journalists and translated by Catholic News Agency***********************************************************Fr. Lombardi SJ: Holy Father, thanks a lot for being here with us on the return from this trip. Despite the storm tonight it seems that everything went very well and we are all happy and content and we h...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis returned to decry terrorism as an inhuman evil on Sunday evening, even as he once again insisted that the real root cause of terrorism is the idolatry of wealth, and not true religion.Speaking to reporters during his in-flight press conference on return from Krakow, where he had traveled on Wednesday of last week to lead World Youth Day celebrations, the Holy Father said, “Terrorism grows when there is no other option, and to the extent the world economy has at its center the god of money and not the person.”“This,” the Pope stressed, “is fundamental terrorism, it is against all humanity.”Click below to hear our report Discussing his own experience with interreligious dialogue, the Holy Father said that Muslims seek “peace and encounter,” adding, “If I speak of Islamic violence, I should speak of Catholic violence. Not all Muslims are violent, not all Catholics are violent.”Pope Francis went o...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The rowdy revelry of the Teen Choice Awards momentarily took on a somber tone Sunday when Jessica Alba, Ne-Yo and a group of teenagers called for an end to gun violence....
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) -- One of the last people who would have predicted Jimmy Walker's win in the PGA Championship at Baltusrol was the man himself....
The Olympics spark hope in many a child of going for the gold. But in financially supporting those dreams, some parents are going for broke....
