Satterfield emerges as leading candidate for U.S. envoy to Egypt
David Satterfield, a veteran U.S. diplomat with deep experience in the Middle East, is the leading candidate to be nominated as U.S. ambassador to Egypt, two U.S. officials said on Thursday.
U.S. warns Russia against ‘harassment’ of ships headed to Ukraine
The U.S. State Department on Thursday called on Russia to cease what it called “harassment of international shipping” in the Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait, accusing Moscow of trying to destabilize Ukraine.
Trade worries drag on Wall Street; tech stocks keep Nasdaq afloat
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped on Thursday, after four sessions of gains, over concerns about the U.S.-China trade war, but gains in technology stocks helped lift the Nasdaq.
Conservative media move to front line of battle to undermine Pope Francis
Last March, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano dined on the outskirts of Rome at the home of a conservative Italian Catholic journalist. Over pasta, fish and white wine, the prelate poured out his concern for the future of the Roman Catholic Church.
Atlantia’s Autostrade unit presents options for rebuilding Genoa bridge
Autostrade per l’Italia, a unit of Italian infrastructure group Atlantia, on Thursday presented several options to local authorities for rebuilding the motorway the bridge that collapsed in Genoa this month, the group said in a statement.
Three members returning to scandal-ridden Swedish Academy
Three members of the Swedish Academy will return to the body which decides the Nobel Prize for Literature after withdrawing in protest over a sex scandal, the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper reported on its website on Thursday.
Egypt investigates hotel after death of British couple: minister
Egypt’s tourism minister said on Thursday authorities would test food and hygiene at a hotel where a British couple stayed before dying last week, and that a forensic team would complete their postmortem in the coming days.
U.N. calls on China to free Uighurs from alleged re-education camps
United Nations’ human rights experts voiced alarm on Thursday over alleged Chinese political re-education camps for Muslim Uighurs and they called for the immediate release of those detained on the “pretext of countering terrorism”.
Veteran UK Labour lawmaker brands party leadership a ‘force for anti-Semitism’
One of the longest-serving lawmakers in Britain’s opposition Labour Party has attacked its leadership for becoming “a force for anti-Semitism” and said he will no longer vote with the party in parliament.
Church roof in central Rome collapses, damages chapel underneath
The roof of a church built on top of an ancient prison that is said to have held St. Peter before his crucifixion collapsed on Thursday in Rome. No injuries were reported.
