Inauguration22 hours agoWorld leaders react to Biden’s inauguration: 'A great day for democracy' Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday drew congratulations from many leaders around the world.
World5 days agoDutch government resigns over child welfare scandal Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire Cabinet resigned Friday to take political responsibility for a scandal involving investigations into child welfare payments that wrongly labeled thousands of parents as fraudsters.
ItalyJanuary 13Massive Italian mafia trial begins against ‘ndrangheta mob A maxi-trial opened Wednesday in southern Italy against the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world's richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power in Italy as the Sicilian Mafia lost its influence.
OPINIONDecember 25Newt Gingrich: COVID Christmas isn’t our first facing hard times. We recovered before, we’ll recover again When we look back years from now, we will all realize how much our lives have been defined in 2020, and probably the first half of 2021, by the pandemic.
Pope FrancisDecember 24Pope Francis celebrates low-key Christmas Eve Mass amid coronavirus restrictions Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday night amid coronavirus restrictions that reduced a normal crowd of as many as 10,000 congregants to a group of fewer than 100 people, according to reports.
WorldDecember 24Santa's 'grandchildren' bring Christmas cheer to Italian nursing home Emotions are running high this holiday season at the Martino Zanchi Foundation nursing home in northern Italy near Bergamo after months of near-total isolation for its residents.
EuropeDecember 20European nations ban flights from UK to prevent coronavirus mutation from spreading to continent Several European nations on Sunday banned flights from the United Kingdom to prevent a new strain of the coronavirus rapidly spreading across southern England from gaining traction on the continent.
Pope FrancisDecember 20Pope Francis snubs unorthodox nativity scene in Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square Pope Francis appeared to voice his displeasure with an unorthodox nativity scene in the center of St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
WorldDecember 13Leaked Chinese Communist Party records show CCP members employed in senior, specialist and advisory positions In a coordinated effort lasting more than a decade, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used a recruitment agency to infiltrate British, Australian, and U.S. consulates in Shanghai.
CrimeDecember 7'I wish he'd been fully held accountable': Amanda Knox Amanda Knox lashed out Monday at news of the release of the man convicted in the 2007 murder of her roommate in Italy while both women were studying aboard.