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Former Australian PM hails George Pell as a ‘saint’ as funeral of controversial cardinal sparks protests

By Angus Watson, Teele Rebane and Sophie Tanno, CNN Cardinal George Pell remains a divisive figure even in death, with angry protests at his funeral in Sydney on Thursday and a former prime minister describing him as a “saint.” The Cardinal’s funeral took place at St. Mary’s Cathedral, with police forced to intervene as protesters

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fires Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi over tax scandal

By Peter Wilkinson, CNN UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak bowed to pressure on Sunday by firing the Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi for a “serious breach” of the Ministerial Code, following days of criticism over his personal tax arrangements. Sunak last week ordered his ethics adviser to investigate Zahawi following claims he had paid a

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British teenager who made far-right hate videos ‘influencing’ Buffalo shooter jailed for 11 years

By Allegra Goodwin A British teenager who made far-right extremist videos that “influenced” the mass shooter who killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket was jailed for 11 and a half years Friday, the UK’s PA Media news agency reported. Daniel Harris, 19, from Derbyshire in northern England, posted videos shared by

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US citizen investigated in the killing of 23-year-old DJ in Colombia

By CNNE’s Fernando Ramos Colombian authorities are investigating the death of 23-year-old Valentina Trespalacios, whose boyfriend, US citizen John Poulos, was detained in Panama earlier this week. He was arrested following an Interpol “alert given by the Republic of Colombia, for the homicide of DJ Valentina Trespalacios,” according to Panama’s National Police. In the early

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