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Doctor: Berlusconi in “delicate” phase of virus treatment

11:58 pm September 6, 2020

Rome: Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is responding “optimally” to COVID-19 treatment but is the most vulnerable type of patient and is in “the most delicate phase” of his infection, his personal doctor said Sunday. Dr Alberto Zangrillo repeated that he nevertheless remained “cautiously optimistic” about Berlusconi’s recovery. Berlusconi turns 84 in a few weeks and has had a history of […]

Navalny daughter accepts human rights award on his behalf

Germany raises pressure on Russia in Navalny poisoning probe

11:55 pm September 6, 2020

Berlin: Germany on Sunday increased the pressure on Russia over the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, warning that a lack of support by Moscow in the investigation could “force” Germany to rethink the fate of a German-Russian gas pipeline project. “I hope the Russians won’t force us to change our position regarding the Nord Stream 2″ pipeline being built under […]

Pope: Gossiping is “plague worse than COVID”

11:27 pm September 6, 2020

Vatican City: Pope Francis said Sunday that gossiping is a “plague worse than COVID” that is seeking to divide the Catholic Church. Francis strayed from his prepared text to double down on his frequent complaint about gossiping within church communities and even within the Vatican bureaucracy. Francis didn’t give specifics during his weekly blessing but went on at some length to say the […]

3 desperate migrants jump into sea from stranded Med tanker

7:59 pm September 6, 2020

Rome: Three migrants stranded aboard a tanker for over a month awaiting a port to disembark jumped into the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday in a sign of increasing despair on deck, the ship reported. Maersk Tankers A/S said the captain and crew of its chemical tanker Etienne quickly rescued the three migrants and brought them back aboard. But the […]

Pope again updates Vatican legal code amid scrutiny, probes

Pope set to make first trip since pandemic to saint’s town

6:49 pm September 5, 2020

Vatican: Pope Francis is next month set to make what would be his first visit outside Rome since Italy was put under lockdown in early March when it became the first country in Europe to feel the full brunt of the coronavirus pandemic. The pope is to journey to Assisi, the birthplace in the central Italian region of Umbria of his namesake saint, to […]