VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s “ trial of the century ” had it all: part Dan Brown thriller, part John Grisham legal drama, part low-brow Shakespeare tragicomedy. The financial whodunnit about the Holy See’s bungled 350 million euro investment in a London property was notable for its...
BOSTON (AP) — A team of researchers from Japan wondered if painting cows with zebra-like stripes would prevent flies from biting them. Another group from Africa and Europe pondered the types of pizza lizards preferred to eat. Those researchers were honored Thursday in Boston with an Ig Nobel,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to talk with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday in a push to finalize a deal to allow the popular social media app TikTok to keep operating in the United States. The call also may offer clues about whether the two leaders might meet in...
VIENNA (AP) — Iran decided at the last minute Thursday to withdraw a resolution prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities that it had put forward along with China, Russia and other countries for a vote before an annual gathering of the U.N. nuclear watchdog 's member nations. Western...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said in his first interview as history 's first American pope that he has no intention of getting involved in U.S. politics but will raise his voice on issues of concern to the Catholic Church, including on immigration. Leo spoke on a range of topics — from the...
China’s declaration of a nature reserve in the South China Sea is the latest twist in its years-long push to establish control over the strategically important waters and sea lane. The National Forestry and Grassland Administration said last week that the reserve would protect the coral reef...
LONDON (AP) — After the pomp, it’s time for the politics. President Donald Trump will meet Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, the final day of the U.S. leader 's state visit to Britain, with tech investment, steel tariffs and potentially tricky topics on the agenda. The president...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Thai security forces clashed with protesters from Cambodia on Wednesday in a disputed border area , threatening a fragile truce reached in July after five days of armed combat. Official statements from Cambodia said 28 people were injured over the course of several...
OREM, Utah (AP) — Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, was afraid of being shot by police and eventually agreed to surrender only if it was done peacefully, a sheriff involved with taking him into custody said Wednesday. Robinson appeared quiet and somber when he...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that regards any attack on either nation as an attack on both in the wake of Israel 's strike on Qatar. Saudi Arabia long has had close economic, religious and security ties to Pakistan, including...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leader of the Unification Church was questioned by investigators on Wednesday over allegations that the church bribed the wife of South Korea 's jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker close to him in an effort to secure business...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday praised the willingness to forgive after the mother of slain American journalist James Foley told a Vatican vigil about her process of healing following meetings with an Islamic State group fighter convicted in his beheading. Diane Foley was one of the featured...
