Ukraine says Russia plans to simulate accident at nuclear power plant; Kyiv says two killed as Dnipro clinic hit in missile attack
Reuters Ukraine’s defence ministry on Friday said Russia was planning to simulate a major accident at a nuclear power station controlled by pro-Moscow forces to try to thwart a long-planned Ukrainian counter-offensive to retake territory occupied by Russia. The Zaporizhzhia plant, which lies in an area of Russian-occupied southern Ukraine, is Europe’s biggest nuclear power […]
New free clinic for homeless opens in the Vatican
A new clinic where the homeless can get free medical help has opened in St Peter’s Square in what the Vatican has described as a “Christmas gift”. Pope Francis announced the opening of the ‘Mother of Mercy’ clinic, located under the colonade in the square, on Saturday. It will be open three days a weeks […]
France will soon have a new crime: online obstruction of abortion
RNS France will soon create a new crime that will make someone running an anti-abortion website as liable to a lawsuit as a protester blocking the door to an abortion clinic. The new crime, called the “online obstruction of abortion,” won’t be an outright ban, because that would amount to government censorship. But the law will be so […]