With Ceremony At The Vatican, Wilton Gregory Becomes 1st Black American Cardinal
Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., is among 13 church leaders elevated to cardinal at a ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday.
Europe
French Police Officers In Custody After Video Emerges Of Brutal Beating Of Black Man
The officers were unaware they were being filmed by a surveillance camera in Paris as they beat the man. The incident comes as the government tries to pass controversial limits on images of police.
France Considers A Law To Curb What It Views As Islamist Extremism
To the dismay of many French Muslims, President Emmanuel Macron is pushing a law to tighten oversight of mosques, arguing that a phenomenon that he calls Islamist separatism is leading to terrorism.
BBC Launches Artificial Intelligence Tool To Read Its Articles To Listeners
The BBC is launching a new audio tool that uses artificial intelligence to read articles from its website aloud with a voice that speaks in a friendly, easy to understand northern British accent.
Scotland Becomes 1st Country To Make Period Products Free
"A proud day for Scotland and a signal to the world that free universal access to period products can be achieved," said Monica Lennon, who championed the bill in the Scottish Parliament.
'An Almost Unbearable Grief': Meghan, Duchess Of Sussex, Reveals She Had Miscarriage
In The New York Times, the former Meghan Markle said she was expecting a second child with Prince Harry when the miscarriage happened in July. She said she hopes to help others by sharing her story.
Can Biden's Appreciation Of NATO Turn Back The Clock To Pre-Trump Era?
After four years of constant criticism from President Trump, European Union and NATO leaders are expecting more support from President-elect Joe Biden.
Researchers Say 90% Of Recent Coronavirus Sequences In U.K. Came From Spain
The U.K is on its second lockdown, and scientists say most sequences of new cases are from a coronavirus strain that originated in Spain — which British tourists brought home from summer vacations.
Missing Ink: Darwin Notebooks, Long Unseen, Now Believed Stolen
Cambridge University Library said Tuesday that two of the naturalist's notebooks have been missing for nearly two decades. Now, the library has told local police that they "have likely been stolen."
Parents Of Man Killed In U.K. Crash Lose Their Challenge To U.S. Diplomatic Immunity
Harry Dunn's family argued the U.K. government had wrongly granted Anne Sacoolas diplomatic immunity. Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, is charged in his death but fled to the U.S.