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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lashed out at Germany's Catholic Church in published comments on Monday, perhaps signalling a new fight between the church's conservative and liberal wings. Benedict, who stepped down in 2013 and adheres closely to traditional Church philosophies, has been critical at times of the Church in his native Germany, which tends to take a more liberal line. For example, multiple German Catholic churches are breaking with Vatican guidelines by blessing gay marriages. That has made him a controversial figure in Germany. It also raises fears that, in retirement, Benedict is be......

Tensions spread on the streets and divisions dominated the political scene in Tunisia on Monday, after President Kais Saied's decision to sack the prime minister and suspended parliament. A day earlier, Saied announced he was assuming executive authority along with a new prime minister to replace Hichem Mechichi. The decisions come amid deepening political, health and economic crises in the country. Military forces were deployed around the government’s offices in Tunis in the morning. Employees were stopped from entering the building, a source at the Cabinet told dpa. Supporters of the Ennahda......

Thousands of people took to the streets throughout Brazil on Saturday to demonstrate against the government's policies during the pandemic, as the number of cases of the Delta variant continues to rise. Protesters called for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro, more vaccines against Covid-19 and for economic aid, according to G1 news portal. The demonstrations took place in at least 13 provincial capitals, including Rio de Janeiro, Recife and Salvador. Trade unions and left-wing groups organized the demonstrations. Attendees carried banners reading "Bolsonaro - corrupt genocide. Impeac......

Around 161,000 people protested in Paris and several other cities in France on Saturday, objecting to new regulations introduced to contain the coronavirus pandemic, even as case numbers rise. Some 11,000 people demonstrated in Paris, according to the Franceinfo television channel, citing the Interior Ministry. There were scuffles on the edges of the protest in Paris near the Champs-Elysees, which police quelled with tear gas and water cannons, images showed on television. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin criticized violence directed against the police and journalists in a tweet and said nine......

Japanese siblings Uta and Hifumi Abe made history on Sunday when they claimed double judo gold for the Olympic hosts at the Tokyo Games within one hour on Sunday. Uta Abe, 21, first beat French star Amandine Buchard by ippon in added time in the women's -52kg category at the iconic Budokan venue. The two-time world champion then watched in sheer joy when 23-year-old Hifumi Abe beat Georgia's Vazha Margvelashvili by waza-ari in the men's -66kg event. It is the first time at the Olympics that siblings have won gold on the same day in an individual sport. Japan now have three golds from the Tokyo......

Japanese tennis superstar Naomi Osaka has lit the Olympic cauldron for the Tokyo Games at the opening ceremony. Four-time grand slam champion and former world number one Osaka, 23, completed a 121-day torch relay across the country held rather low-key under coronavirus conditions. Japan-born Osaka has a Japanese mother and Haitian father. They moved to the United States when she was three years old. She is one of the big gold medal hopes for the hosts but has not played in two months since withdrawing from the French Open and then citing mental health problems....