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France’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric, the cardinal Philippe Barbarin, has been given a six-month suspended sentence for his role in covering up the sexual abuse of minors. Barbarin was found guilty of failing to report allegations of assaults by a priest in the 1980s and 1990s. He denied the …

French supercar maker Bugatti has unveiled the world’s most expensive new car, sold to an unnamed buyer for at least $11m (£9.5m) before tax. The exact price is not being revealed but is thought to have overtaken the previous new car record – about £8-9m for a Rolls-Royce Sweptail. With …

More than 150,000 people in the United States died in 2017 due to suicide, alcohol and drugs, an all-time high, according to a new analysis of government data. Nationwide, the number of deaths from alcohol, drugs, and suicide rose 6 percent between 2016 and 2017, according to an analysis of …

Google will modify its ad policies and systems to block advertisers from running ads that fall under the purview of a recent bill. Google will ban political advertising on its platform before the Canadian federal election, after the country introduced stringent transparency rules. Bill C-76, which was passed in December, …

Democrats are crafting a request to send to the IRS and say they will “take all necessary steps” to obtain the president’s returns. The top tax-writing committee in the House is readying a request for years of President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns that is expected to land at the …

A second high-profile minister has resigned from the cabinet of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, amid a corruption scandal that threatens to destabilize his government ahead of this year’s national election. Jane Philpott, who had held several portfolios in Trudeau’s cabinet before becoming treasury board president, announced her decision to …

It’s the most powerful street-legal car ever to come out of Italy. And when your competitors include Ferrari and Lamborghini, that’s some badge of honour. It may even be the most powerful road car ever, although when you’re dealing with hypercars (the noun supercar is no longer sufficient) it’s a …

The Syrian military has mounted air strikes against Islamic State militants and clashed with the ISIS in central Syria. The flare-up in the area of al-Sukhna, between Palymra and Deir al-Zor, on Monday points to the foothold the ultra hardline Islamist group still has west of the. The Syrian air …

Oil rose to around $66 a barrel on Tuesday as the market balanced OPEC-led efforts to tighten supply with the restart of Libya’s biggest oilfield and the prospect of weaker demand. Supply curbs by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies have helped to drive a 20 percent …

At least 23 people are known to have died in Lee County, some of them children, with the youngest believed to have been six years old. There are fears that the death toll will rise. Dozens of people were hurt. The sheriff of Lee County, Jay Jones, told local media …

Eight ISIS members were killed and captured as they were attempting infiltration from the Syria into Iraq, news reports said on Monday. In remarks, a security source was quoted as saying that Iraqi troops managed to kill three militants in al-Jazirah area, southwest of Mosul, while five others were arrested. …

Many Iraqi members are determined to summon some ministers in the government of Adil Abd al-Mahdi, with the aim of modifying the course of the work of some ministers who have failed to perform their duties, before further measures are carried out against them. Ministers who will be questioned include …

Iraqi President Barham Salih and Prime Minster Adil Abd al-Mahdi met on Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Baghdad, where they discussed the latest political developments in the Palestinian cause. The top officials decided issues including violations against Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque. Abbas reviewed the latest political developments in …

The horrid moment when a man was hit in the face during Yellow Vest rallies in Paris was caught on camera, with witnesses saying the projectile was fired from a riot gun – a controversial weapon used by the French police. WARNING! The video contains images that you may find …

Slightly over a year ago, Chinese archaeologists revealed that the first emperor of a unified China, Qin Shi Huang, was obsessed with finding the elixir of life by any means and even ordered a nationwide search for the miraculous potion. Archaeologists in central China’s Henan province have discovered an “elixir …

Having previously explored such mysteries as who invented writing and how sounds became shapes, it’s time to turn to something much less mysterious, a seemingly mundane yet enormously influential tool of human communication: the humble pencil. “Take a pencil to write with on airplanes. Pens leak,” states the first of …

Barcelona inflicted a second damaging El Clasico defeat in four days on arch-rival Real Madrid with a 1-0 victory in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium Saturday. Still smarting from the 3-0 reverse Wednesday in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal, Real was unable to salvage pride in the …

Three of the rarest known US paper bills in existence, dating back to the 19th century, are expected to fetch up to $8 million when they are auctioned in Baltimore next week. The remarkable set includes two $1,000 bills — one from 1869 and another from 1891 — and a …

SpaceX’s new Dragon capsule successfully docked on the International Space Station on Sunday, NASA and SpaceX confirmed during a live broadcast of the mission. “We can confirm hard capture is complete,” NASA said. The announcement was met with applause at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The docking began …

At his first rally for the US 2020 presidential bid, Senator Bernie Sanders promised to defeat Donald Trump, calling him “the most dangerous president in modern American history,” in New York City on Saturday, March 2. Back to his native neighborhood, Sanders was cheered by a crowd at Brooklyn College, …