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WASHINGTON (AP) -- After months of debate, the U.S. is close to a decision to expand the military's authority to conduct airstrikes against the Taliban as the violence in Afghanistan escalates, a senior U.S. defense official said Thursday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire Charles Koch, one of America's most influential conservative donors, said he is fed up with the vitriol of the presidential race and will air national TV ads that call on citizens to work together to fix a "rigged" economy that leaves behind the poor....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Testifying to Hillary Clinton's grit and experience, President Barack Obama endorsed his former secretary of state's bid to succeed him on Thursday and urged Democrats to line up behind her. It was all part of a carefully orchestrated pressure campaign aimed at easing Clinton rival Bernie Sanders toward the exit and turning fully to the fight against Republican Donald Trump....
(Vatican Radio) On Friday Pope Francis will meet with leaders of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, a group which comprises some 80 million Christians in countries right across the globe.The delegation, led by President Jerry Pillay and Secretary General Chris Ferguson will also hold talks with the Vatican’s Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Justice and Peace Council, since social justice is at the heart of the dialogue between these two global communities.Fr Avelino Gonzàlez-Ferrer heads the desk for dialogue with Reformed Churches at the Council for Christian Unity – just ahead of the papal audience, he talked to Philippa Hitchen about the meeting and about the focus of this long-standing ecumenical relationship….Listen: Fr Avelino notes that World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is a union of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC) which came together in 2010. Today the WCR...
(Vatican Radio) European Union ministers are looking into ways the coming days on how to stem the ongoing flow of people fleeing war and poverty. Their gathering comes amid fresh tensions within the EU over how to deal with migration at a time when an increasing of number of people set sail for Europe from Libya and elsewhere in north Africa after a controversial deal with Turkey cut arrivals via Greece.Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: The EU's Interior Ministers are meeting at a time when the 28-nation block fears the central Mediterranean route to Italy may become the main one as calmer seas encourage more people to try the dangerous and often deadly journey. EU officials estimate that already some 45,000 people reached this year alone, roughly at the same level as in 2015.Brussels is also worried about the long-term impact of massive migration from Africa. That's why it's considering linking development aid and trade ties with poor states to them keepi...
Madrid, Spain, Jun 9, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Known for kneeling to pray an 'Our Father' before his races, renowned motorcyclist Luis Salom died June 3 after an accident while practicing for Spain's Grand Prix. The 24-year-old once told the press that he prayed not to win but “because I really believe and it's my aim to ask that that everything goes well, that nothing happens, and so we can all finish the race.”“I do it because I want him to protect me, so that nothing happens to me and so that I will come back home safe and sound,” he told OK daily. Salom, nick-named locally as “the Mexican,” was Catholic and did not hesitate to publicly express his faith.During a practice session Friday at the Montmeló racetrack in Barcelona, Salom could not negotiate a turn and crashed straight into the air-fence barrier at around 90 miles per hour. His mother always attended his races, and was in the stands the day he die...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Thousands of fans, dignitaries and faithful from across the globe filled a Kentucky arena Thursday to honor Muhammad Ali at a traditional Muslim prayer service where he was remembered as a global icon who used his celebrity to promote unity among faiths, races and nations....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A growing number of travelers are signing up for the government's expedited airport screening programs, only to face another wait....
BALTIMORE (AP) -- The officer at the wheel when Freddie Gray suffered a fatal spinal injury in the back of a police van caused the young black man's death by deliberately giving him a "rough ride," prosecutors said for the first time Thursday as the driver went on trial on murder and manslaughter charges....
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- For the world, the photograph of a Syrian 3-year-old in a red T-shirt and black sneakers, his lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach, was a horrific symbol of the desperation of hundreds of thousands of refugees....
