ROME – In the heart of Italy’s mob country, a new Catholic parish is being launched which is dedicated to the country’s premier patron saints of the anti-mafia effort, one a Catholic priest and the other a lay judge, both assassinated in the 1990s. Bishop Giuseppe Marciante of Cefalù, located on the island of Sicily…
London CNN — The UK economy grew in the three months to June 30, compared with the previous quarter, official data showed Friday. Gross domestic product increased 0.2%, the Office for National Statistics said, beating economists’ forecasts for zero growth. In the first quarter, GDP ticked up by 0.1%. — This is a developing story…
Hong Kong CNN — One of China’s biggest property developers says it has burned through up to $7.6 billion in the first half of the year, compounding the crisis coursing through the country’s embattled real estate sector. Country Garden warned investors in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing Thursday that it would likely record a…
CNN — New Zealand’s government plans to compel large businesses to report the state of their gender pay gaps in a bid to increase equity in the workplace, the country’s Minister for Women Jan Tinetti announced Friday as the ruling Labour party gears up for an election fight. Around 900 businesses with more than 250…
CNN — If special counsel Jack Smith has his way, Donald Trump will be spending his weekdays in January in a Washington, DC, courtroom rather than barnstorming ice-bound Iowa and New Hampshire with his closing arguments before the critical first 2024 nominating contests. Smith on Thursday proposed that a trial over Trump’s attempts to overturn…
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. CNN — Linda Yaccarino is living in a world of delusion. The Twitter/X figurehead on Thursday made a number of wild — and outright laughable — claims about the…
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CNN — The Mississippi Supreme Court said it will not dismiss former NFL quarterback Brett Favre from a civil lawsuit filed by the state seeking to recoup millions of dollars distributed as part of what the state calls a statewide welfare fraud scheme. The three-justice panel issued an order denying Favre’s appeal on Wednesday. CNN…
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have sent a team to investigate a fatal crash in Virginia involving a Tesla suspected of running on a partially automated driving system. The latest crash, which occurred in July, brings to 35 the number of Tesla crashes under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since…
CNN — Several civil and voting rights groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Republican Gov. Bill Lee and other state officials over Tennessee’s congressional and state Senate maps, which they allege are discriminatory and violate the constitutional rights of voters of color. The lawsuit alleges that the Republican-controlled state legislature particularly diluted the voting power…