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Bezos, Sanchez say 'I do' in a divided Venice
AFP, Published on 28/06/2025
» VENICE - Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez tied the knot Friday at a sumptuous ceremony with the rich and famous on an island in Venice's lagoon, out of the sight and sound of protesters.
Pope Francis, in critical condition, had quiet night: Vatican
AFP, Published on 23/02/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis had a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican said Sunday, the morning after revealing the 88-year-old was in a "critical" condition.
Ruling due in historic Vatican fraud trial
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» VATICAN CITY - A Vatican court delivers its ruling on Saturday in a historic trial focused on an opaque London property deal, with a once-powerful cardinal among 10 defendants facing jail for alleged financial crimes.
Israel warns northern Gaza must be emptied within 24 hours
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israel on Friday gave Palestinians 24 hours to leave Gaza City ahead of an expected ground offensive in retaliation against Hamas for the deadliest attack in Israeli history.
Theranos founder testifies in risky gambit at US fraud trial
AFP, Published on 20/11/2021
» SAN JOSé (UNITED STATES) - Fallen biotech star Elizabeth Holmes testified at her US fraud trial Friday in a risky defense bid, depicting herself as a committed innovator who spent her savings and quit an elite college to pursue her vision.
Cardinal on trial as Vatican financial scandal case resumes
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» VATICAN CITY - The financial fraud trial of a once powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others resumed Tuesday at the Vatican, with allegations centring on a disastrous London property deal paid for with charity funds.
Cardinal on trial as Vatican financial scandal case resumes
AFP, Published on 05/10/2021
» VATICAN CITY - The trial of a once powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others resumes Tuesday at the Vatican over alleged financial fraud and a disastrous London property deal paid for with charity funds.
Trial begins in 'rotten' Vatican financial scandal
AFP, Published on 27/07/2021
» VATICAN CITY: A financial scandal involving an opaque, loss-making Vatican property deal paid for with charity funds goes to trial Tuesday after a two-year probe that has implicated a once-powerful cardinal.
Historic Vatican fraud trial to expose London secrets
AFP, Published on 25/07/2021
» VATICAN CITY: A once-powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others stand trial at the Vatican this week in an embezzlement scandal that allegedly saw charity funds used in a ruinous London property venture.
After Genoa disaster, locals look differently at city's bridges
AFP, Published on 18/08/2018
» GENOA (ITALY) - Jacopo Strumia never gave much thought to the giant suspension bridge that looms over the ground floor apartment he lives in with his wife and two young children in a sleepy suburb of Genoa.