MEXICO CITY — The eldest son of Mexico’s president said Saturday that his telephone number was published on social media and that he has received threats. The incident comes a day after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador disclosed the phone number of a reporter for The New York Times, which published a story about a … Read more
ROME — Italy’s president on Friday denounced rising antisemitism and delivered a powerful speech in support of the Jewish people as he commemorated a Holocaust Remembrance Day overshadowed by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and a rise in anti-Israel acts here. In a ceremony at the Quirinale Palace attended by the premier and leaders of … Read more
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday blasted the weapons industry and its “instruments of death” that fuel wars as he made a Christmas Day appeal for peace in the world and in particular between Israel and the Palestinians. Speaking from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to the throngs of people below, Francis said he grieved the “abominable attack” … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounced the Hong Kong government for publishing what he called a “bounty list” of pro-democracy activists living overseas, including a U.S. citizen. “We reject this attempt to threaten and harass those advocating for freedom and democracy,” Blinken said Friday. The Hong … Read more
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine military has called out China to stop “unsafe actions” in the South China Sea, after a Chinese navy ship shadowed and attempted to cut off a Philippine navy vessel conducting a resupply mission late last week. A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessel came as close as 350 yards … Read more
October 12, 2023 at 3:20 a.m. EDT Russian President Vladimir Putin is greeted by Kyrgyz Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov early Thursday at the airport in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. (Ergesh Zhusubaliev/AFP/Getty Images) In his first known international trip this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on Thursday in Kyrgyzstan, where he will meet with … Read more