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Monday, July 7, 2014

Pope cuts Vatican bank down to size

Pope cuts Vatican bank down to size


Pope cuts Vatican bank down to size

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 11:11 AM PDT

The Vatican Bank is set to be slimmed down as part of Pope Francis's mission to refocus the Catholic Church to supporting the poor and needy

China takes on ‘rat traders’ in probe

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 05:23 AM PDT

Beijing's anti-corruption campaign makes inroads into China's stock markets, with the securities regulator stepping up its probe into insider trading

Hamas vows revenge after Gaza air strike

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 10:31 AM PDT

Amid riots and air strikes both Israeli and Palestinian leadership are pushed into a broadening confrontation they would rather avoid

Ukrainian army tightens the noose in east

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 11:07 AM PDT

Onslaught against separatists being conducted by reorganised elite army soldiers and security forces equipped with basic battle gear

Ex-Georgia president Shevardnadze dies

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 08:24 AM PDT

In the west he will be remembered as a man who helped end the cold war, supported reform of the Soviet economy and changed how Russia was perceived

Hollande tackles French labour market

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 09:55 AM PDT

PM convenes conference of 'social partners' to add changes to his pro-business programme of more than €40bn in tax relief and €50bn of spending cuts

Child migrants to US likely to be deported

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 11:19 AM PDT

US government will seek $2bn in emergency relief funds from Congress to combat the human tide flooding across the country's southern border

Maliki benefits as Iraq delays change

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 11:22 AM PDT

General killed as fighting rages, with politicians unable to agree on new government despite pressure to avert slide towards civil war and partition

Afghan election dispute mounts

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 11:08 AM PDT

Abdullah denounces rival's lead in poll as fraudulent, deepening the political crisis that could pit the country's ethnic factions against each other

Thousands gather for Kenya opposition rally

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 11:32 AM PDT

Rally called by former prime minister Raila Odinga comes after more than 20 died in violence over the weekend, the third attack in as many weeks

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