Australian police have charged top Vatican official Cardinal George Pell with multiple historical sex offences on Thursday (29 June) after allegations were made by multiple complainants. He is Australias highest Catholic and chief financial adviser to Pope Francis. In the Catholic Churchs long running sex abuse scandal, Pell will be the highest Vatican official ever to be charged. Pell has denied the accusations made against him. He has faced a number of allegations that he mishandled cases of sexual abuse by clergy while he was Archbishop of Melbourne and then Sydney.Jun 29, 2017
A video showing a Kurdish fighter nearly being shot by an ISIS sniper has emerged online. The unidentified woman can be seen taking an aim with her own sniper riffle through a window in Raqqa, Syria, before a bullet hits the wall behind her, right next to her head. Moments later she can be seen laughing and apparently joking about her near death experience. The video was uploaded to Twitter by journalist Hemze Hamza on 27 June.Jun 29, 2017
Researchers from the BBC have found that the ice used by three major coffee chains in the UK — Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee—contains bacteria found in human faeces.Jun 28, 2017
Britains Prime Minister Theresa May said on 28 June that 120 tower blocks had failed fire tests in the wake of a blaze that killed 79 people at Grenfell Tower in London.May said the test failures showed that there was a wider fire safety issue that was the result of failures over many decades.Jun 28, 2017
Manny Pacquiao said on 28 June that he has trained hard and is ready to defend his WBO welterweight belt against former schoolteacher and outsider Jeff Horn in Brisbane on 2 July. Pacquiao is hoping to coax undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr into a fight after he was beaten by the American in a unanimous points decision in Las Vegas in 2015.Jun 28, 2017
96 people were crushed and killed during an FA Cup football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at the Hillsborough stadium on 15 April, 1989, when the crowd surged forward with no means of escape. 28 years and many inquests and investigations later, the U.K. Crown Prosecution Service have decided to charge some of those involved.Jun 28, 2017
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994 after making a cross-country drive from New York to Seattle, writing up the business plan along the way. Since its creation the company has grown form a start-up online bookseller to a global corporation worth over $420bn (£327bn). Weve compiled some of his most inspirational quotes on innovation, success, e-commerce and more.Jun 28, 2017
Six people have been charged with criminal offences relating to the Hillsborough disaster that claimed the lives of 96 people during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.Former Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield faces the charge of manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 fans, if the High Court lift an order imposed after he was prosecuted privately in 1999.Jun 28, 2017
In a new fun advert for Jaguar, Andy Murrays Facebook account shared a video of the current Wimbledon champion putting his trophy into the new Jaguar XF Sportbrake so that his trophy could tour the UK. But current Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho recruits some children to steal the trophy for him.Jun 28, 2017
Colombias Marxist FARC rebels have ended their role in a half-century war that killed more than 220,000 and displaced millions by concluding their disarmament, handing in all but a few of their individual weapons to the UN. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, turned in the remaining 40% of their firearms in Mesetas, a mountainous area in south-eastern Colombia. The roughly 7,000 former fighters have pledged to continue their struggle as a political movement and the 7,132 weapons will be stored in containers until they are moulded into a monument for peace. Explosives and bigger weapons are being cleared from caches nationwide. President Juan Manuel Santos, who took office in 2010, began secret talks with FARC commanders that led to negotiations in Cuba and a final peace accord late last year. He is trying for a similar accord with the National Liberation Army (ELN). Peace with the FARC, however, is unlikely to end violence in Colombia as the lucrative cocaine business has given rise to criminal gangs and traffickers.Jun 28, 2017
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite captured the moment of a gigantic solar eruption on June 19. NOAA spokesman John Leslie said the footage showed NOAAs ability to track potentially dangerous space weather.Jun 28, 2017
