Pope Leo consults cardinals on governing church in January meet

12/21/2025

The Vatican said Saturday that Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church. …

Pope Leo criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ its alliance with Europe

12/10/2025

Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal, Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday as he criticized what he said was the Trump administration’s effort to “break apart” the long-standing U.S.-European alliance.…

‘Women may not be deacons,’ Vatican commission says

12/06/2025

A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to Catholic women who hope one day to be able to preside at weddings, baptisms and funerals.…

Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 128, 8 more arrested

11/29/2025

HONG KONG — Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday in an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise complex where a massive fire engulfed seven buildings, and authorities arrested another 8 people involved in the towers’…

NBA: Erik Spoelstra gets 800th win as Miami Heat edge Bucks

11/27/2025

MIAMI — Tyler Herro scored 29 points, Bam Adebayo finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds and the Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks 106-103 in an NBA Cup game on Wednesday night. The win was the…

Fire in Hong Kong high-rise residential complex kills 13

11/26/2025

HONG KONG — A fire spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing 13 people and leaving others still trapped, the city’s fire services said Wednesday, November 26, 2025. Nine people were…

Mavericks fire GM Nico Harrison 9 months after Luka Doncic trade

11/12/2025

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks fired general manager Nico Harrison on Tuesday, an admission nine months later that the widely criticized trade of Luka Doncic backfired on the franchise. The move came a day after Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont…

Typhoon Tino leaves 26 dead, people on roof and cars submerged

11/04/2025

MANILA, Philippines  — Typhoon Tino (International name: Kalmaegi)  has left at least 26 people dead, mostly in flooding set off by the storm, which barreled across the central part of the country on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. …

Sanae Takaichi is Japan’s first female prime minister

10/21/2025

TOKYO  — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the…

United Airline’s Cebu-bound flight forced to land in Osaka after suspected cargo fire

09/13/2025

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — A United Airlines passenger plane carrying 142 people and bound for the Philippine island of Cebu made an emergency landing in Osaka on Friday after an indicator showed a fire in the cargo…

Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. He may be the last

09/07/2025

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. Many people in Japan worry he could be the last. The elaborate palace rituals to formally recognize Hisahito as an…

Shark kills beachgoer near Sydney

09/06/2025

SYDNEY, Australia — A shark fatally mauled a man in his 50s at a beach near Sydney, Australia, and area beaches were closed on Saturday as drones searched for the predator, authorities said. Emergency crews were dispatched…

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