U.S. bishop-elect resigns over abuse allegation weeks before taking office - Reuters
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - An American bishop-elect has resigned just weeks before he was due to start the job, following an allegation that he had sexually abused a minor, Catholic Church officials said on Monday.
Father Michel Mulloy, 66, was appointed by Pope Francis on June 19 to be bishop of Duluth, Minnesota and was due to be formally installed in a ceremony on Oct. 1.
It is almost unheard of for a bishop-elect to resign between the time of his appointment and installation
Trump to hold Labor Day news conference at White House - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday said he will hold a news conference at the White House during the Labor Day holiday at 1 p.m. (1700 GMT).
“Will be having a Labor Day News Conference today
Philippine president pardons U.S. Marine jailed for transgender killing - Reuters
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday pardoned a United States Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the country nearly six years ago, sparking condemnation from activists who described the move as a “mockery of justice”.
Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was jailed
Amazon fined by UK regulator over tardy documents release in Deliveroo probe - Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s competition regulator on Monday fined Amazon ( AMZN.O ) 55,000 pounds ($72,364) after the U.S. online giant delayed an investigation into its purchase of a 16% stake in food platform Deliveroo by failing to provide documents on
India to maintain sugar export subsidies for third year in a row - sources - Reuters
* India could approve subsidies for 6 mln tonnes - source
* Sugar output expected to far outstrip domestic demand
* India’s carry forward stocks already at 11.5 mln tonnes
By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - India is set to maintain sugar export subsidies for a third year in a row in a bid to reduce surplus stocks and ensure domestic prices don’t fall below a government benchmark, three sources involved in policy making told Reuters.
The subsidies are designed
Ethiopia bars journalists from flying to Tigray regional vote, passengers say - Reuters
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - At least 12 people, including four journalists and a senior think tank analyst, were barred on Monday from flying to Tigray, four of the passengers said, after Ethiopian security officials said the region’s elections later this week were illegal.
Ethiopia’s upper house said on Saturday plans by the Tigray region to hold an election on Sept.9 for regional parliament and other positions were unconstitutional, setting up a potential clash between the central government and the powerful Tigray People’s Liberation
Germany says only a little time is left in Brexit divorce deal talks - Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is convinced that a divorce deal between Britain and the European Union can still be reached, but there is little time left and London must make concessions in the talks, a German government spokesman said on Monday.
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier earlier said that negotiations on future relations were difficult and declined to comment on a report Britain was planning legislation to override parts of the divorce deal.
Reporting by Thomas Seythal; Editing by Jon Boyle