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Vatican reports first budget surplus after years of deficits

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican closed 2024 with a budget surplus of 1.6 million euros ($1.85 million), it said on Wednesday, signalling a turnaround after years of deficits that had frustrated Church leaders, including the late Pope Francis. In its first budget report ...
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France’s highest court upholds Sarkozy’s conviction in 2012 campaign financing case

PARIS (Reuters) -France's highest court on Wednesday upheld former President Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid, his latest legal setback after recently being jailed for nearly a month in another case. Sarkozy, 70, was convicted in 2021 and ...
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Ireland tightens immigration rules in bid to slow population growth

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland introduced measures to tighten its immigration rules on Wednesday that the justice minister said were aimed at slowing a "worryingly" high rate of population growth amid numbers seeking asylum that were too high. Dublin has been gradually reforming its procedures following a ...
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Italy’s Senate delays rape bill, exposing government rifts

ROME (Reuters) -Italy's Senate has postponed debate on a landmark bill that would stipulate for the first time that sex without consent constitutes rape, exposing tensions within Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's coalition. The measure, approved by the lower house earlier this month, stipulates that anyone ...
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Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a rights advocacy group on Wednesday challenging the world-first legislation in court. The Sydney-based Digital Freedom Project said it had filed a constitutional challenge ...
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A devastating fire destroys a crowded slum and leaves thousands homeless in Bangladesh capital

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A devastating fire in a crowded slum int the heart of Bangladesh's capital has destroyed 1,500 shanties, leaving thousands homeless, authorities said Wednesday. No casualties have been reported. The blaze, which began Tuesday evening at the massive Korail slum in Dhaka, was ...
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Families in southern Thailand perch on rooftops to escape flooding that has killed at least 33

BANGKOK (AP) - Severe flooding in southern Thailand has caused at least 33 deaths since the weekend, officials said, as dramatic video footage showed people whose homes were virtually engulfed by water awaiting help on rooftops. About 1 million households and more than 2.7 million ...
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Man pleads guilty to ramming crowd at Liverpool soccer parade

LONDON (AP) - A driver accused of injuring more than 100 people by ramming his car into a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Liverpool's Premier League championship dramatically changed his plea to guilty as his trial got underway on Wednesday. Paul Doyle, 54, sobbed as ...
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Lebanon and Cyprus finalize sea border agreement after an almost 20-year impasse

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon and Cyprus signed a long-delayed sea border agreement on Wednesday, ending an almost 20-year impasse that had stalled some oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean Sea, as Europe seeks alternatives to Russian fuel. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Cypriot counterpart ...
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Five killed in explosion in Syria’s Idlib, officials say

(Reuters) -Five civilians were killed and nine injured in an explosion in an arms depot in the town of Kafr Takharim in Syria's Idlib province, the media office of the internal security directorate in Idlib said on Wednesday. The victims were still under the rubble ...
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Poland to receive $51 billion from EU’s defence investment programme, PM says

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will receive 44 billion euros ($50.91 billion) from the European Union's SAFE programme to boost its armed forces, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday. The SAFE programme provides up to 150 billion euros in cheap loans to EU member ...
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Sustained gunfire near Guinea-Bissau election commission building, witnesses say

BISSAU (Reuters) -Sustained gunfire broke out on Wednesday near the headquarters of the national election commission in Guinea-Bissau's capital, a Reuters witness and two other residents said.(Reporting by Alberto Dabo; Writing by Robbie Corey-Boulet) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
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