Pietro Parolin: The soft-spoken, longtime Vatican diplomat could be the next pope
Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican’s secretary of state for the last 12 years and its top diplomat
Friedrich Merz loses parliament vote to be named next German chancellor — by six votes
Mr Merz needed a majority of 316 out of 630 votes in a secret ballot. He only received 310 votes,…
People with coeliac disease can kiss beer drinkers without health concerns, study says
The study found that there were only tiny traces of gluten transferred through kissing
Sainsbury’s to introduce ‘VAR-style’ cameras at self-checkouts in bid to deter shoplifters
The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police surpassed half a million in the past year for the first time…
Trump calls his AI pope image a ‘joke’. Experts say it’s anything but
The president is trying to convince viewers that he’s a ‘hero’, say critics
Complaint backfires for accountant who sued neighbour over fence that ‘interfered with picnic’
Helen Faber complained the fence stopped them carrying a ‘large picnic tray laden with food and drinks…without spilling the drinks’
Ukrainian men paid $15,000 to border guards to ‘dodge military draft’
Ukrainian officials say they are now facing widespread attempts to avoid the draft
What Zelensky hopes to achieve by targeting Moscow ahead of Putin’s victory parade
Ukraine’s drone onslaught on Russia in the run up Moscow’s victory parade is designed to make Putin look foolish on…
Musk promises DOGE has a ‘long-term’ future as steps back from White House having cut a fraction of what he promised
DOGE shows up in force on Fox as Musk vows its mission will continue even though he’s not longer at…
Grandmother fears becoming a ‘criminal’ and closing her shops under new law
Her shops have hundreds of regular customers who use the products to treat everything from aches and pains to anxiety…