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Sex abuse claims brought against 700 Catholic clergy in Illinois

by Nova Safo Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) -- Almost 700 clergymen in Illinois have been accused of…

Spiegel star reporter ‘faked stories’ for years

  FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany's respected news weekly Der Spiegel stunned the media world on Wednesday by…

Brazil high court suspends order that could free Lula

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- The chief judge of Brazil's supreme court suspended Wednesday an order by another justice on the…

Lawsuit adds to Facebook woes on data protection

by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Facebook's woes mounted Wednesday as it faced a lawsuit…

George H.W. Bush secretly sponsored Filipino boy, letters reveal

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) -- To the boy in the Philippines, his American benefactor and source of kind letters and…

Trump orders full withdrawal of US troops from Syria

by Thomas WATKINS Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States will withdraw all of its troops…

US Federal Reserve raises lending rate; signals slower pace ahead

by Heather SCOTT Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate…

Catholic Church’s Pope Francis accepts US bishop’s resignation over misconduct with minor

  VATICAN CITY (AFP) -- Catholic Church's Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Alexander Salazar…

EU probes hack of ‘thousands’ of diplomatic cables

by Damon Wake Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- The EU announced an urgent investigation Wednesday after hackers with…

Migration row forces Belgian premier’s resignation

  by Matthieu DEMEESTERE Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- Nationalist anger over migration brought down the Belgian government…

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