Pope Francis marks 12th anniversary in office from hospital as he recovers from double pneumonia

Pope Francis will on Thursday mark the 12th anniversary of his election as leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, but he will do so from Rome's Gemelli hospital where he has been treated for double pneumonia for almost a month. The latest bulletins from the Vatican on the 88-year-old pope's condition have said he is improving and is no longer in immediate danger. They have not said when he will be discharged from hospital.

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More than 100 passengers freed from Pakistani train hijacked by militants

Pakistani troops have rescued 104 passengers from a train that was ambushed by insurgents in the restive Balochistan province on Tuesday.

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East Yorkshire skipper describes ‘panic and worry&in area after North Sea collision

It is dubbed the &Lobster Capital of Europe&, with around 3,000 tonnes of the crustaceans landing there every year.

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US slashes estimate of Vietnam's rare earth reserves
HANOI — The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has significantly revised down its estimate of Vietnam's rare earth reserves to 3.5 million metric tonnes from 22 million tonnes, a change that if verified could affect the country's ambitions to be a rare earths powerhouse.
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A Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine: Reuters

It&s no secret that Donald Trump is obsessed with winning the Nobel Peace Prize, which is one reason why he&s pushing Ukraine and Russia so hard toward cease-fire negotiations. The way the US president is going about it won&t earn him any favour in Oslo, though, because so far he mainly seems to be coercing Ukraine to capitulate. But Trump has another path to the Nobel, and the whole world, including his haters, should root for him: He could win it by lowering the risk of nuclear Armageddon.

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Meet ‘Pink&, the new face of human evolution in Europe
PARIS - Western Europe has a new oldest face: the facial bones of an adult nicknamed &Pink& discovered in Spain are from a potential new member of the human family who lived more than 1.1 million years ago, scientists said on Wednesday.
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