Cardinal George Pell is the highest-ranking Vatican official to be charged with sexual abuse.
A video showing a Kurdish fighter nearly being shot by an ISIS sniper has emerged online. The unidentified woman can be seen taking an aim with her own sniper riffle through a window in Raqqa, Syria, before a bullet hits the wall behind her, right next to her head. Moments later she can be seen laughing and apparently joking about her near death experience. The video was uploaded to Twitter by journalist Hemze Hamza on 27 June.
Researchers from the BBC have found that the ice used by three major coffee chains in the UK — Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee—contains bacteria found in human faeces.
Britains Prime Minister Theresa May said on 28 June that 120 tower blocks had failed fire tests in the wake of a blaze that killed 79 people at Grenfell Tower in London.May said the test failures showed that there was a wider fire safety issue that was the result of failures over many decades.
Manny Pacquiao said on 28 June that he has trained hard and is ready to defend his WBO welterweight belt against former schoolteacher and outsider Jeff Horn in Brisbane on 2 July. Pacquiao is hoping to coax undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr into a fight after he was beaten by the American in a unanimous points decision in Las Vegas in 2015.
96 people were crushed and killed during an FA Cup football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at the Hillsborough stadium on 15 April, 1989, when the crowd surged forward with no means of escape. 28 years and many inquests and investigations later, the U.K. Crown Prosecution Service have decided to charge some of those involved.
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 after making a cross-country drive from New York to Seattle, writing up the business plan along the way. Since its creation the company has grown form a start-up online bookseller to a global corporation worth over $420bn (£327bn). Weve compiled some of his most inspirational quotes on innovation, success, e-commerce and more.
Leipzig Zoos two rare Amur leopard cubs greeted the public for the first time on 27 June, just over three months after they were born.
Six people have been charged with criminal offences relating to the Hillsborough disaster that claimed the lives of 96 people during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.Former Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield faces the charge of manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 fans, if the High Court lift an order imposed after he was prosecuted privately in 1999.
In a new fun advert for Jaguar, Andy Murrays Facebook account shared a video of the current Wimbledon champion putting his trophy into the new Jaguar XF Sportbrake so that his trophy could tour the UK. But current Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho recruits some children to steal the trophy for him.
Colombias Marxist FARC rebels have ended their role in a half-century war that killed more than 220,000 and displaced millions by concluding their disarmament, handing in all but a few of their individual weapons to the UN. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, turned in the remaining 40% of their firearms in Mesetas, a mountainous area in south-eastern Colombia. The roughly 7,000 former fighters have pledged to continue their struggle as a political movement and the 7,132 weapons will be stored in containers until they are moulded into a monument for peace. Explosives and bigger weapons are being cleared from caches nationwide. President Juan Manuel Santos, who took office in 2010, began secret talks with FARC commanders that led to negotiations in Cuba and a final peace accord late last year. He is trying for a similar accord with the National Liberation Army (ELN). Peace with the FARC, however, is unlikely to end violence in Colombia as the lucrative cocaine business has given rise to criminal gangs and traffickers.
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite captured the moment of a gigantic solar eruption on June 19. NOAA spokesman John Leslie said the footage showed NOAAs ability to track potentially dangerous space weather.
US President Donald Trump congratulated Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on 27 June for his great victory in recent elections, and whilst on the phone seemed to flirt with a reporter. Trump singled out one journalist, Caitriona Perry of RTE News, and asked her to come over before saying that She has a nice smile on her face. So, I bet she treats you well.
The U.S. president claimed that the GOP were getting very close to uniting Senate Republicans behind a replacement for the Affordable Care Act.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre says the 30 prosecutors will be assigned in two panels with 15 prosecutors each for the speedy resolution of the case.
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