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Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the...

Jan 06, 2025

Austrian far right gets mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II

VIENNA (AP) - Austria's president on Monday tasked Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl with trying to form a new government, which would be the country's first led by the far right since World War II. ...

Jan 06, 2025

Pope names like-minded ally Cardinal McElroy as Washington archbishop

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic Church in t...

Jan 06, 2025

Shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank kills 3

JERUSALEM (AP) - A shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank has killed at least three people. Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service said at least six others were wounded...

Jan 06, 2025

Shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank kills 3

JERUSALEM (AP) - A shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank has killed at least three people. Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service said at least six others were wounded...

Jan 06, 2025

South Korea's military says North Korea fired mid-range missile into eastern sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Monday fired a suspected mid-range ballistic missile into its eastern seas, South Korea's military said, extending its heightened weapons testing activities in...

Jan 05, 2025

South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to take over efforts to detain impeached Yoon

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its investigators failed to bring him to cu...

Jan 05, 2025

South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to take over efforts to detain impeached Yoon

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its investigators failed to bring him to cu...

Jan 05, 2025

The FBI says the man responsible for New Year's truck attack visited New Orleans twice before

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day that killed 14 people visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-fre...

Jan 05, 2025

Austrian People’s Party nominates Christian Stocker as interim leader after Nehammer resigns

VIENNA (AP) - Austrian People's Party has nominated its General Secretary Christian Stocker as interim leader after the expected resignation of Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Austrian news agency APA repor...

Jan 05, 2025