28 arrested, 141 officers injured as cost-of-living protests turn violent in Italy

 Italian police arrested 28 people, including 12 minors, following clashes during cost-of-living protests in several cities on Saturday, while tensions continued in central Milan on Sunday, Sky TG24 reported.

France braces for mass protests and chaos amid cost-of-living fury

 Shop owners in Paris are putting up barricades ahead of another wave of expected protests ,  bracing for looting and arson.

Pope Leo urges ceasefire to deliver aid to town of Oleshky in call with Putin

 Pope Leo XIV expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, calling for a ceasefire to allow aid deliveries and the safe evacuation of civilians, the Vatican said.

Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores plead not guilty to new charges in the U.S.

Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared before U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in New York, entering the courtroom with shackles on their ankles. 

Cuba accuses Rubio of pressuring countries ahead of UN embargo vote

 Cuba accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of pressuring foreign leaders to change their positions ahead of a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution demanding an end to Washington's decades-long economic embargo against the island.