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Pope again updates Vatican legal code amid scrutiny, probes

Pope reverts back to mask-less old ways at indoor audience

3:37 pm October 21, 2020

Rome: A day after donning a face mask for the first time during a liturgical service, Pope Francis was back to his mask-less old ways on Wednesday despite surging coronavirus infections across Europe. Francis shunned a face mask again during his Wednesday general audience in the Vatican auditorium, and didn’t wear one when he greeted […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN envoy hails early agreements in Libya talks

3:34 pm October 21, 2020

Geneva: The UN envoy for Libya said on Wednesday that the two warring factions have agreed on issues that “directly impact the lives and welfare of the Libyan people,” noting that the thorny work to cement a cease-fire in the restive North African country will continue. Stephanie Turco Williams, the UN envoy, cited agreements to open air and land routes […]

European Council President Charles Michel

EU to UK on Brexit talks: ‘You can’t have cake, eat it too’

3:14 pm October 21, 2020

Brussels: The European Union took a defiant tone on Wednesday as the standoff over resuming post-Brexit trade negotiations with the United Kingdom intensified, telling London that “you cannot have your cake and eat it too.” European Council President Charles Michel refused to bow to British insistence for the EU to fundamentally change its negotiating stance and cede more to U.K. demands. Michel said instead that […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Polish academics protest ‘fundamentalist’ education minister

2:39 pm October 21, 2020

Warsaw: Activists dressed as security guards hung a banner over a Polish Education Ministry building early Wednesday to protest the appointment of a new minister whom they consider to be a religious fundamentalist and a danger to the nation’s youth and universities. University academics in Poland are protesting the conservative government’s appointment of a new education minister […]

Pak PM Imran pitches for border markets with Afghanistan, Iran

Pakistan unlikely to exit FATF’s grey list: Report

12:35 pm October 21, 2020

Islamabad Pakistan might remain on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as it has been unable to comply with six of the 27 points in the global watchdog’s action plan, a media report said on Wednesday. The Paris-based global watchdog for curbing terror financing and money laundering will hold its virtual […]