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Reactions to the birth of Meghan and Harry’s baby Lilibet Diana
British TV presenter Piers Morgan, who had clashed with the couple, declined to comment on Lilibeth ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor’s birth in California.
- by Frances Kerry
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Pope voices ‘pain’ over Canadian school deaths, doesn’t apologise
Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run residential schools and pressed religious and political authorities to shed light on “this sad affair.”
- by Frances D'Emilio
Meghan and Harry name new baby girl after the Queen and Princess Diana
The couple named the baby Lilibet ‘Lili’ as a tribute to her great-grandmother, the Queen.
- by Bevan Shields
‘Miracle’ microbes restore gleam to Michelangelo marbles in Florence
Scientists have employed microbes to remove grime that stained a number of Michelangelo masterpieces for 500 years.
- by Andrea Vogt
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UK politics
Brits show a strong taste for Australian beef, and other exports
The British public appears to have rejected a push by their farmers to paint Australian meat as substandard, as a new survey showed Australia was the first choice for Brits seeking to increase trade post-Brexit.
- by Latika Bourke
They may be Putin’s daughters, but no one will admit it out loud
The Russian leader has never publicly identified his daughters. That makes for an odd wink-and-nod scenario every time they appear.
- by Isabelle Khurshudyan and Mary Ilyushina
‘Catastrophe’: German cardinal offers to resign over culture of sex abuse
A church report estimated at least 3,677 people were abused by clergy in Germany between 1946 and 2014. More than half of the victims were 13 or under.
- by Kirsten Grieshaber and Nicole Winfield
UK approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds
Britain’s medicines regulator said on Friday it had approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for use on 12- to 15-year-olds.
Belarusian blogger’s supporters decry ‘hostage’ video confession
“I criticised Alexander Grigoryevich [Lukashenko] a lot, but...I began to understand that he was doing the right thing,” said Raman Pratasevich.
- by Matthias Williams
‘So embarrassed’: British tanks cannot be driven safely over 32 km/h, leaked report reveals
Trials of the vehicle had to be suspended from November 2020 to March of this year, after troops suffered swollen joints and tinnitus.
- by Danielle Sheridan
Tilda Swinton, Mick Jagger want Venice protected from cruises, Airbnb renters
Keep Venice afloat but don’t turn it into Disneyland, say a group of celebrities putting forward a 10-point plan to save the city.
- by Nick Squires