Vatican says Pope ‘reacted well’ to intestinal surgery
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis “reacted well” to planned intestinal surgery Sunday evening at a Rome hospital, the Vatican announced. In a statement late Sunday, a Holy See spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said the 84-year-old Francis had general anesthesia during the surgery necessitated by a stenosis, or narrowing, of the sigmoid portion of the large intestine. He […]
Myanmar forces kill 25 in raid on town, residents and media say
Reuters Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people on Friday in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta at a town in the centre of the South-East Asian nation, two residents and Myanmar media said on Sunday. A spokesman for the military did not respond to calls requesting comment on the violence at […]
“What was the point?” Afghans rue decades of war as US quits Bagram
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters As American troops left their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, marking a symbolic end to the longest war in US history, locals living in the shadow of the base and in nearby Kabul were left ruing the past and bracing for what comes next. Violence has been raging throughout Afghanistan in […]
Vatican suppresses Italy group, determines revelations fake
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican has taken the unusual step of suppressing a small Italian lay movement after determining that the presumed “revelations” that were the basis of its 1979 foundation were fake. The dissolution of the Apostolic Movement, which is based in Catanzaro, Italy, and boasts a presence in several European and African countries, is […]
South Korea’s few surviving ‘comfort women’ face life’s end as political fight rages on
Seoul, South KoreaReuters Fighting disease, death and disillusionment, members of South Korea’s rapidly dwindling sisterhood of surviving “comfort women” say they are facing the twilight of their lives with diminished camaraderie and will to wage political battles. Only 14 of the 240 registered survivors of Japan’s wartime brothels are still alive in South Korea, nearly […]
Cardinal among 10 indicted by Vatican for financial crimes
VATICAN CITYReuters A prominent Italian cardinal was among 10 people sent to trial in the Vatican on Saturday charged with financial crimes including embezzlement, money laundering, fraud, extortion and abuse of office. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, formerly a senior official in the Vatican administration, as well as two top officials at the Vatican’s Financial Intelligence Unit […]
The Long Read: In a scarred Hong Kong, “beautiful things are gone”
YIK LAM and JESSIE PANG, of Reuters, report on the changing landscape in Hong Kong…