Pope Francis congratulates Italy after tennis player Jannik Sinner wins the Australian Open
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis congratulated Italy on Monday after tennis player became the country’s first man to win a Grand Slam singles title in nearly a half century.
Sinner won the on Sunday and Francis made the acknowledgement during an audience with the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona.
“Today we have to congratulate the Italians because yesterday they won in Australia, so we congratulate them, too,” the pope said.
Francis noted that since tennis is an individual sport or played as doubles, “it would
Is Florida coming for Canada’s cheap drugs?
In today’s Big Story Podcast, the state recently asked the U.S. FDA for approval to purchase Canadian pharmaceuticals wholesale, and the U.S. regulator said, “sure.” And why not? As many Americans who live near the border know, it can be significantly cheaper to fill prescriptions in Canada. But while we may not mind doing it for a few folks making the trip, supplying a state of 21 million people, when we already have our own drug shortages, is pretty
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison.
Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work, for pennies an hour or sometimes nothing at all. After rumbling down a country road to an auction house, the cows are bought by a local rancher
Toyota chief apologizes for cheating on testing at group company – again
TOKYO (AP) — apologized Monday to customers, suppliers and dealers for flawed testing at a group company, following a series of similar problems in recent years.
The apology came a day before Chairman Akio Toyoda is to announce a “global vision” for the Toyota Motor Corp. group.
The latest woes at Japan’s top automaker involve testing required for Japanese government approval at Toyota Industries Corp., which makes diesel engines.
False results were found for certification testing and other sampling inspections for engines which claimed the products
Finland’s presidential election runoff to feature former prime minister and ex-top diplomat
HELSINKI (AP) — Finland faces a runoff presidential election in February between a former prime minister expected to have the advantage and a former foreign minister who negotiated the country’s recent and was the runner-up in .
With all ballots counted, ex-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, who led the government in 2014-2015 and represents the conservative National Coalition Party, won the first round as polls widely predicted, with 27.2% of votes.
Former Foreign Minister and green
Pedro Almodóvar has a book out this fall, a ‘fragmentary autobiography’ called ‘The Last Dream’
NEW YORK (AP) — has finally gotten around to that memoir admirers have wanted him to write.
Sort of.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker has a book out Sept. 24, “The Last Dream,” that publisher HarperVia is calling a “debut collection of short stories.” Almodóvar, who has made a career of out of defying boundaries, has a different definition— more like an anti-definition.
“I’ve been asked to write my autobiography more than once, and I
Why are EU leaders struggling to unlock a 50-billion-euro support package for Ukraine?
BRUSSELS (AP) — Almost two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war has ground to a virtual stalemate. Ukraine desperately needs support to keep its economy afloat, but political infighting in the European Union and the United States are depriving it of the financial lifeline it needs.
As Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban continues other EU leaders are losing patience.
Ahead of a crucial meeting for the future of the war-torn country later this week in Brussels, here is a look at the stalemate.
ANGER AT ORBAN IS GROWING
Kate, Princess of Wales, discharged from hospital after abdominal surgery
The Princess of Wales was released from a private London hospital and has returned to her home to continue recuperating from abdominal surgery. King Charles III remains hospitalized Monday following treatment for an enlarged prostate.
The princess, formerly Kate Middleton, is “making good progress” in her recovery, her office at Kensington Palace said Monday. The wife of Prince William underwent planned surgery on Jan. 16.
The palace did not provide further details but said her condition wasn’t cancerous. The 42-year-old princess
X pauses Taylor Swift searches as deepfake explicit images spread
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has blocked some searches for as pornographic have circulated online.
Attempts to search for her name without quote marks on the site Monday resulted in an error message and a prompt for users to retry their search, which added, “Don’t fret — it’s not your fault.”
However, putting quote marks around her name allowed posts to appear that mentioned her name.
of Swift began circulating widely last week on X, making her the most famous victim of a scourge
Document spells out allegations against 12 UN employees Israel says participated in Hamas attack
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli document obtained Monday spelled out allegations against a dozen U.N. employees the country says took part in — claiming seven stormed into Israeli territory, including one who participated in a kidnapping and another who helped to steal a soldier’s body.
The allegations against staffers with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees prompted the United States and several other countries to vital for the body, which is a lifeline for desperate Palestinians in Gaza. The White House indicated that