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Ailing Pope Francis appears at a weekly audience but says he’s not well
VATICAN CITY — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican,…
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New Zealand plans to ban cellphone use in schools
New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the agenda for…
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Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia’s Jakarta
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village…
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Deadly rains batter Beijing as new storm approaches China – BBC News
At least 20 people have died in China as the country braces for its third typhoon in as many weeks.…
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Singer admits he lied when accusing hotel of antisemitism in a video that went viral
BERLIN — A German-Israeli singer who claimed he had been turned away from a hotel in the eastern German city…
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Ukraine is shipping more grain through the Black Sea despite threat from Russia
KYIV, Ukraine — Grain thunders into rail cars and trucks zip around a storage facility in central Ukraine, a place…
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What’s Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself
NEW YORK — In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into…
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