Pope meets director Scorsese as pontiff resumes audiences after fever
Pope Francis has met film director Martin Scorsese as the pontiff resumed holding audiences after a bout of fever forced him to cancel engagements this week.
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Jazz Diplomacy Paradox: Jazz Within The Maelstrom of Cold War Politics
During the Cold War, the US promoted Jazz music as part of an international cultural campaign despite its racial segregation at home.
Russian forces intercept two British Storm Shadow missiles: Defence ministry
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Serbian president steps down as leader of party amid anti-government protests
Aleksandar Vucic was replaced as leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party by the country’s defence minister.
U.K. police free man involved in Downing Street collision — then arrest him on unrelated charge
A man who was taken into custody after his car crashed into the gates of the British prime minister’s residence in central London was released in that case, but then immediately rearrested on charges of making indecent images of children, police said S…
Supersonic B-1B bombers ‘met by Russian jet’ in tense mid-air standoff over Baltic Sea
US B-1B Lancers have an unplanned interaction with a Russian SU-27 during deployment.
Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights
The Taliban and Iran have exchanged heavy gunfire on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan.
Hong Kong’s prominent pro-democracy Civic party votes to disband
Group was among the last opposition parties, as political dissent has been banned since 2020’s security lawThe Civic party, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy groups, has voted to disband because of a leadership vacuum, after its members w…
French prosecutors charge ex-FIFA vice president with corruption in Qatar World Cup probe
FIFA’s disgraced former vice-president Reynald Temarii of Tahiti has been charged with corruption by French prosecutors probing Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid process.