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Cardinal in 'wear the cross' plea

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
The most senior cleric in the Roman Catholic Church in Britain says Christians should "proudly" wear a cross every day of their lives.
Categories: BBC, News

Hogue: Consumers say Coke, politics don't mix

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
Ilyse Hogue says a consumer campaign caused the soda corporation to back out of a group that has pushed controversial voter-ID and "stand your ground" laws. In a post-Citizens United world it's a preview
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

'I can show it's possible to be cured'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
Can they improve your health?
Categories: BBC, News

Mali coup leaders 'to stand down'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
Coup leaders in Mali agree to stand down in exchange for amnesty and the dropping of sanctions, in a deal with regional bloc Ecowas.
Categories: BBC, News

Home costs 'highest for 10 years'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
Rising utility bills push the annual cost of owning and running a home in Scotland to a 10-year high, new research suggests.
Categories: BBC, News

Mali coup leader agrees to cede power

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
Mali state television announced late Friday that the leader of Mali's coup, Captain Amadou Sanogo, and the Economic Community of West African States have agreed to a plan under which the coup leaders will hand over power to the civilian government in exchange for the end of trade and diplomatic sanctions.
Categories: CNN, News

ICC prosecutor: Kony will be arrested in 2012

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he has "no doubt" that fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony will be arrested this year because the international spotlight has helped boost the hunt for the Lord's Resistance Army leader....

ICC prosecutor: Kony will be arrested in 2012

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he has "no doubt" that fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony will be arrested this year because the international spotlight has helped boost the hunt for the Lord's Resistance Army leader....

Yemeni leader purges army of ex-regime loyalists

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemen's newly appointed president fired several old-regime figures and relatives of the former leader in a major shake-up of the country's military Friday, a move meant to show he was making good on promises of reforms in the wake of his predecessor's ouster....

Yemen battles kill 16 al-Qaida militants, 7 troops

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni warplanes pounded al-Qaida fighters on Monday, killing at least 16, while seven soldiers died in clashes with militants in the country's troubled south where the army is trying to uproot the terror group, military officials said....

Jenkins: Sliming Pink Slime

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
The media gin up another phony controversy. Product-defamation laws, anyone?


California nuclear plant shut indefinitely

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
A large Southern California nuclear plant is out of commission indefinitely, and will remain so until there is a clear understanding of the causes of problems at two of its generators as well as an effective plan to address them, the nation's top nuclear regulator said Friday.
Categories: CNN, News

Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
Henry George notes the similarity of protectionism to military blockades.


Academies 'damage schools system'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
Teachers' conferences are to hear claims that academies are a form of back-door privatisation.
Categories: BBC, News

Coase and Wang: How China Made Its Great Leap Forward

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
Some observers praise its 'state-led capitalism.' But the truth is that leaders, starting with Deng Xiaoping, loosened Beijing's control.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
Henry Hazlitt on the troubles of even a mild inflation.


Opinion: Consumers, Coke and politics

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
Ilyse Hogue says a consumer campaign caused the soda corporation to back out of a group that has pushed controversial voter-ID and "stand your ground" laws. In a post-Citizens United world it's a preview
Categories: CNN, News

Egypt votes for 2nd day to pick Mubarak successor

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptians voted for a second day Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister against a conservative Islamist, a contest overshadowed by questions of whether the ruling military will transfer power to civilian authority by July 1 as promised....

Islamist claims victory in Egypt president vote

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election, which would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the stunning wave of protests demanding democracy that swept the Middle East the past year. But the military handed itself the lion's share power over the new president, sharpening the possibility of confrontation....

Whose heroes? Obama constantly invokes GOP icons

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 19:55
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is embracing an unlikely group of political icons as he tries to paint Mitt Romney as extreme: He's praising Republican presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan....
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