Former pope Benedict XVI is "lucid and alert" and his condition remains serious but stable, the Vatican said Thursday, the day after revealing the 95-year-old's health had deteriorated.. "The Pope Emeritus was able to rest well last night, he is absolutely lucid and alert and today, although his condition remains serious, the situation at the moment is stable," the Vatican press office said Thursday.
Forty-six Ivorian troops whose detention by Mali triggered a bitter diplomatic row were brought in for trial at a court of appeal in Bamako on Thursday, an AFP reporter saw.. A Malian appeal court official said the soldiers would undergo a "special trial" on Thursday after the case was submitted by military investigators.
The fortunes of Silicon Valley billionaires took a beating in 2022 as share prices of the world's tech giants plummeted.. His fortune however remains heavily tied to the online retail giant's share price, which has fallen by more than 49 percent in 2022.
The death of a pope usually sets in motion time-honoured traditions, but with ex-pontiff Benedict XVI in failing health the Vatican is on unfamiliar ground.. Under rules set out in 1996, a pope must be buried between four and six days after his death.
The declining health of former pontiff Benedict XVI has sparked a wave of emotion in the region of Bavaria where he was born, while the controversies that marked his time in office remain vivid for many.. - Controversy - The sympathy felt for one of Bavaria's most famous sons does not however disguise the bitterness over the scandals which dogged Benedict's time in office, notably over paedophilia and the Catholic church.
The roadblock near the main border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia was removed Thursday, state-run TV said, announcing a move that paves the way to easing of tensions in the volatile region.. "Barricades will be removed, but the mistrust remains," Vucic was quoted as saying by the state-run RTS television late Wednesday during his meeting with Kosovo Serb representatives near the border.
G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to "urgently reverse" a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector.. "We call on the Taliban to urgently reverse this decision," they said in the statement issued by Britain’s foreign ministry.
A fresh barrage of Russian strikes battered Ukraine on Thursday, wounding at least three people including a teenager in Kyiv and cutting electricity in the west.. - Three people wounded in Kyiv - Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said that at least three people were in wounded in the strikes, including a 14-year-old girl.
After a stint in opposition, Benjamin Netanyahu will return to power in Israel on Thursday, leading what analysts describe as the most right-wing government in the country's history.. Analysts said Netanyahu offered the extreme-right vast concessions in the hope he might obtain judicial immunity or cancellation of his corruption trial.
On a visit to the Pele Museum in Brazil's seaside city of Santos, Sergio Murillo Junior says he's sad to see the football legend's health deteriorate, but adds "I am proud of the legacy he left us.". "Pele will always be our king, the great king of football," said Murillo Junior. str-mls-lg/pt/hpa/des/ec
