One afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official agenda or otherwise recorded, that underscored the utter dysfunction of the Catholic Church’s response to the global clergy sex abuse scandal. In the main reception room of the
The United Nations fears that a U.S. decision to return Yemen’s Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups could harm the war-torn country’s economy, particularly commercial imports of essential items, a senior U.N. aid official said on Wednesday. The U.S. move,
Chelsea could be set to unleash a deadly strike partnership of Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku over the busy Christmas period. The latter finally made his competitive debut for the Blues in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night, and his first Premier
A group of parents could sue the Covid Inquiry after they claimed it did not put sufficient focus on the negative impacts of lockdown. The campaign group Us For Them wrote in a forceful legal letter that the inquiry had already decided
North Korea is warning that any interference with its military spy satellite will be considered a declaration of war. State media outlet Korean Central News Agency published a statement from the nation’s regime specifically threatening retaliation against the United States if the
Charles Leclerc’s driver parade vehicle suffered a fuel leak ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Sunday, spilling oil in Max Verstappen’s side of the grid, leaving him at risk of reduced grip at the race start. The Ferrari driver was
The remains of a young child dating back hundreds of years were found padlocked to a 17th-century grave, an act thought to be linked to ancient fears of supernatural beings. Archaeologists discovered the body of a child, believed to be aged six
Parents or caregivers who yell at their kids could be doing long-term harm to their kids’ psyches, new research suggests. Researchers from Wingate University in North Carolina and University College London found that “childhood verbal abuse” (CVA) — primarily identified as “yelling
Killer nurse Lucy Letby may have killed three more babies and put many more in harm’s way, a paediatrician at her trial has claimed. Dr Dewi Evans, who gave expert evidence against the neo-natal nurse, has scoured over the medical notes and
The medical expert who helped to prove Lucy Letby murdered babies in her care has said he would not be happy until all 257 cases she kept details on were fully investigated. Dr Dewi Evans, who said at the nurse’s trial that