Sistine Chapel Choir under financial investigation: Vatican
Pope Francis has authorized an investigation into possible financial irregularities in the world-renowned Sistine Chapel Choir, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
At least 20 killed in Mali after truck falls into river
At least 20 people were killed in central Mali when a truck fell into a river after a suspected brake failure, the Malian government said on Wednesday.
France to put 8 billion euros into fighting poverty: report
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government plans to spend 8 billion euros ($9.3 billion) to tackle poverty, its spokesman said in a newspaper interview released on Wednesday.
European NATO jets showcase unified Russian deterrence
(This story corrects paragraph 3 to show interceptions were for all NATO airspace in 2016, not just the Baltics)
NOC says Libyan oil output normal despite attack on its headquarters
Libya’s state oil firm NOC said on Wednesday that it continued to manage its operations normally throughout the country, without loss of production, after a shooting attack on its Tripoli headquarters.
France says talks with Britain over scallop fishing end in failure
Talks between French and British fisherman over rights to catch scallops have ended in failure, France’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday, raising the risk of further tensions at sea.
Zimbabwe police ban public gatherings in capital to contain cholera outbreak
Zimbabwe’s police on Wednesday issued a ban on all public gatherings and illegal food vending to control the spread of cholera, which has killed 21 people in the capital Harare.
EU stepping up efforts to reword Brexit Irish text to ‘de-dramatize’ talks
European Union officials are working on re-drafting a sensitive Irish protocol to the draft Brexit treaty with Britain, as part of what EU negotiator Michel Barnier has called efforts to “de-dramatize” the issue and get a deal, EU officials said on Wed…
Exclusive: Brazil prosecutors seek leniency talks with BRF in food fraud probe
Brazilian federal prosecutors probing whether chicken processor BRF SA and certain laboratories colluded to cheat on food safety tests are seeking cooperation from the firms in return for more lenient penalties, a federal prosecutor told Reuters in an …
Venezuela’s Maduro travels to China in search of fresh funds
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is traveling to China to discuss economic agreements, as the crisis-struck OPEC nation seeks to convince its key Asian financier to disburse fresh loans.
