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Teen coder made first millennial Catholic saint at youthful Vatican event

7 Sep 2025

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -A teenager who died of leukaemia in 2006 became the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday, in a Vatican ceremony led by Pope Leo and attended by an estimated 70,000 young worshippers from dozens of countries. Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who died aged 15, learned computer …

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Economic pressure could bring Russia to negotiating table, Bessent says

7 Sep 2025

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that additional economic pressure by the United States and Europe could prompt Russian President Vladimir Putin to enter peace talks with Ukraine. “If the U.S. and the (European Union) can come in, do more sanctions, secondary tariffs on the countries that buy …

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Former workers bid farewell to Giorgio Armani, who was ‘like a father’

7 Sep 2025

By Claudia Chieppa and Hanna Rantala MILAN (Reuters) – Former staff at Giorgio Armani’s fashion empire joined crowds gathering on Sunday to pay their final respects to the designer who kept Italy at the forefront of global fashion. The death of Armani at the age of 91 sparked an outpouring of international grief, with tributes …

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Ukraine says it attacked Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia’s Bryansk

7 Sep 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine attacked the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia’s Bryansk region, inflicting “comprehensive fire damage”, the commander of its drone forces, Robert Brovdi, said on messaging app Telegram on Sunday. Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Russia. The transit pipeline delivers Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, …

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Greek premier rules out snap election, says tax cuts will help families

7 Sep 2025

By Angeliki Koutantou and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ruled out a snap election on Sunday and said that a string of tax cuts planned for 2026 were aimed at boosting a tumbling birth rate and stemming a protracted cost of living crisis. Mitsotakis, who was re-elected in 2023 but whose …

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Russia says it struck Ukrainian military targets with drones, missiles and aircraft

7 Sep 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Sunday that it had used aircraft, drones, missiles and artillery to strike Ukrainian armaments factories, transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian army, airfields and arsenals. Ukrainian officials said that Russia’s largest overnight air attack of the war set the main building of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv on fire and …

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Five killed after migrant boat hits coast guard vessel off northwest Turkey

7 Sep 2025

ANKARA (Reuters) -Five people were killed and another severely wounded when a boat carrying migrants hit a Turkish coast guard vessel off northwest Turkey on Sunday, a local governor’s office said, adding a search operation was underway for a missing person. In a statement, the governor’s office said a high-speed boat carrying 34 migrants and …

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Germany to invest 10 billion euros in civil protection by 2029, minister tells Bild

7 Sep 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government wants to invest 10 billion euros ($12 billion) in civil protection and disaster management by 2029, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt told Bild newspaper in an interview published on Sunday. “We are upgrading our civil protection,” said Dobrindt, a member of the governing conservatives’ Bavarian sister party. The plans come against …

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Russian attack sparks fire at Ukraine’s government building in Kyiv

7 Sep 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -A fire broke out on the top of an administrative building in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district after a Russian attack on the city, Timur Tkachenko, the head of the military administration of the Ukrainian capital said on Sunday on social media. Reuters’ witnesses saw thick smoke rising from the main building of the Ukrainian …

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