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Worshiping in Hard Hats: Notre-Dame Offers First Mass Since Blaze

PARIS — Priests in robes and hard hats worshiped Saturday at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in the first Mass there since the French treasure was devastated by fire in April. The priests were joined by a handful of workers and other worshipers, also in hard hats. The group was limited to about 30 for security […]

No backstop ‘is effectively no deal’

The taoiseach (Irish prime minister) has said removing the backstop from the Withdrawal Agreement, would be “effectively the same as no deal”. Leo Varadkar was responding to comments from some candidates seeking to replace Theresa May as prime minister. Many contenders have proposed changes to the backstop, even though the EU says it is not […]

Knox feared being attacked on return to Italy

Amanda Knox has spoken of the pain of being tried by the media over the murder of her friend, British student Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007. The American told the Criminal Justice Festival in Modena that she feared being attacked and even charged again. It is Ms Knox’s first trip to Italy since being […]