Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cardinal Law was head of a major basilica in Rome until 2011 Cardinal Bernard Law, who was forced to resign as archbishop of Boston 15 years ago over a Church sex abuse scandal, has died aged 86 in Rome. Cardinal Law stepped down in 2002 after journalists reported he […]
Image copyright Getty Images The European Commission is to open an in-depth investigation into Ikea’s corporate tax structure. The Commission said Dutch-based Inter Ikea, one of the furniture giant’s two divisions, may have been given unfair tax advantages by the Netherlands. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said all firms “big or small, multinational or not, […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Trump has been critical of the investigation and denies any wrongdoing A lawyer for a group set up to help Donald Trump’s transition to the White House has accused special counsel Robert Mueller of unlawfully obtaining thousands of emails. Kory Langhofer made the comments in a letter to congressional […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The area in Chile’s lake district is sparsely populated A landslide caused by torrential rain has killed at least five people in southern Chile and has destroyed dozens of houses. Fifteen people are missing in the remote village of Villa Santa Lucía in the country’s lake region, popular with tourists. […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Hundreds of worshippers were reported to be inside at the time A suicide bomb and gun attack on a Methodist church in Pakistan has killed at least five people, reports say. The attack happened in the city of Quetta, some 65km (40 miles) from the border with Afghanistan. More than […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Ulyukayev denied the charges and alleged that he was framed A Moscow court has found Russia’s former Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev guilty of bribery. He is the first minister to stand trial in Russia’s recent history. Ulyukayev was arrested in 2016, accused of trying to extort $2m (£1.5m) from state […]
Image copyright Tom Uhlman Image caption Ipuh at the Cincinnati Zoo Scientists have decoded the genome of the Sumatran rhinoceros – one of the most threatened mammals on Earth. Its genetic blueprint shows that populations have been in decline for a very long time. The rhino’s troubles began during the last Ice Age, when its […]
Media captionSecurity forces in Lebanon use tear gas to try to disperse protesters at the US embassy There have been violent clashes near the US embassy in Lebanon, in the latest protest against President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon to force […]
Image copyright @zairawasim_/Instagram Image caption Ms Wasim shared her experience on her Instagram account, which has almost 400,000 followers An actress who starred in Bollywood’s biggest film says she was molested on a flight between Delhi and Mumbai. Zaira Wasim, 17, said a “middle-aged man” repeatedly moved his foot up and down her neck and […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Extra forces have been deployed at sensitive locations Israeli forces are on high alert for protests in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank against the US declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Hundreds of extra police have been deployed in Jerusalem’s Old City, and additional battalions sent to the West […]
