Top Vatican cardinal says senior clergy lied about child sexual abuse

ROME/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Cardinal George Pell, the highest-ranking Vatican official to testify on systemic sexual abuse of children by clergy in the Roman Catholic Church, on Monday said senior clergy lied to him to cover up abuse in the 1970s.











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Asian shares inch up after China stimulus step

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Tuesday, bolstered by China's monetary easing and downbeat manufacturing and service surveys that raised hopes of additional measures, though lackluster U.S. and European data kept concerns about global growth momentum alive.











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North Carolina police officer kills suspect, sparks protest

(Reuters) - A Raleigh, North Carolina, police officer on Monday killed a man who was fleeing arrest, authorities said, and a local TV station reported protesters chanting "black lives matter" gathered at the scene.











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Hecklers disrupt Trump rally, photographer shoved to the ground

WASHINGTON - A Donald Trump rally in Virginia was repeatedly disrupted on Monday by protesters, including some from the Black Lives Matter movement, in a stark display of the divisions the Republican front-runner's presidential campaign has long been accused of sowing.











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Brooklyn judge denies government's request to unlock iPhone in drug case

(Reuters) - A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York denied the U.S. government's motion to compel Apple Inc. to provide access into an iPhone used in a drug case, according to court documents released on Monday.


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Google says it bears 'some responsibility' after self-driving car hit bus

(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday it bears "some responsibility" after one of its self-driving cars struck a municipal bus in a minor crash earlier this month.


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Suicide bombing kills 40 at Shi'ite funeral in eastern Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral for the relative of a Shi'ite Muslim militia commander in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala on Monday, killing at least 40 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State.











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U.S. shale's message for OPEC: above $40, we are coming back

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For leading U.S. shale oil producers, $40 is the new $70.


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News Corp faces U.S. trial over monopoly of in-store ads

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp went to trial on Monday in a class action lawsuit that accuses the company of monopolizing the market for in-store promotions at some 52,500 retail stores across the United States.


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Syrian opposition says government wrecking truce deal

BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - A senior official from Syria's main opposition group said on Monday that the first major attempt to halt the fighting after nearly five years of war was in danger of total collapse because of attacks by government forces.


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Macedonian police fire tear gas on migrants storming Greek border

IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) - Macedonian police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of migrants and refugees who stormed the border from Greece on Monday, tearing down a gate as frustrations boiled over at restrictions imposed on people moving through the Balkans.


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Super Tuesday showdown: How the U.S. South won the spotlight

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Things were not looking too good a year ago for Georgia's top elections officer as he tried to stitch together a mega-presidential primary in the U.S. South.











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Iran reformists cheer election gains, hardliners play down shift

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and his allies won big gains in elections that could deepen the country's engagement with the world after his government ended years of sanctions by agreeing to curb its nuclear program.











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Rouhani allies win most Tehran seats in clerical body: final results on IRNA

DUBAI (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani and his allies won 15 out of the 16 Tehran seats in the Assembly of Experts, final election results published on Monday showed, ousting two prominent hardliners including the speaker of the powerful clerical body.


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Insight: In slump, oil firms turn to labs, data centers for help

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Reuters) - In a basement lab of a North Dakota research center, Beth Kurz and an assistant are peering through a scanning electron microscope, studying samples from the state's vast Bakken shale oil formation.











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EU's Tower of Babel may fall while leaders distracted

PARIS (Reuters) - It's little wonder the European Union can't find common solutions to Europe's urgent problems when its main members are having such different national conversations.


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North Korea says detained U.S. student confesses to crimes against state

SEOUL (Reuters) - An American student held in North Korea since early January has confessed to "severe crimes" against the state, North Korean state media said on Monday.


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Tech CEO Whitman calls Trump 'unfit' to be U.S. president

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meg Whitman, the head of technology firm Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co , said on Sunday that Donald Trump was "unfit" for the U.S. presidency, and criticized New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, whose failed presidential bid she supported, for endorsing him.











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Clinton sets sights on Trump, general election after huge win in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) - Riding high after a landslide victory in Saturday's South Carolina primary, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has set sights on a possible face-off in the Nov. 8 presidential election with Donald Trump, the favorite for the Republican nomination.


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Twin suicide bombing kills 70 in Baghdad's deadliest attack this year

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A twin suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State killed 70 people in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad on Sunday in the deadliest attack inside the capital this year, as militants launched an assault on its western outskirts.


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Rookie police officer killed on first day, two others shot in Virginia

(Reuters) - Three Virginia police officers were shot, one of them fatally on her first day on the job, when they responded to a domestic incident on Saturday, authorities said.











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Up to 70,000 migrants may be trapped in Greece next month: migration minister

ATHENS (Reuters) - The number of refugees and migrants trapped in Greece may reach 70,000 in coming weeks, Greece's migration minister said on Sunday, adding that a NATO plan to crack down on smugglers could limit migrant flows significantly.


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Floor tiles, water fountains, clinic doors weigh on Texas abortion case

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A pivotal abortion case coming before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday forces the justices to ponder seemingly mundane matters such as corridor width, the swinging motion of doors, floor tiles and the angle that water flows from drinking fountains.











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Militiamen clash with guards at Yemen presidential palace: official

ADEN (Reuters) - Yemeni militiamen clashed with soldiers guarding the presidential palace in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, a local official and residents said, in a rare confrontation between the previously allied forces.


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Russia says registers nine truce violations in Syria in past 24 hours

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian coordination center in Syria has registered nine violations of a cessation of hostilities in Syria in the past 24 hours, Russian news agencies quoted the head of the center as saying on Sunday.











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Exclusive: Democratic Party slams GOP candidates on climate change

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Democratic Party released a video on Sunday slamming Republican presidential hopefuls for their opposition to action on climate change, suggesting the views clash with the reality of rising sea levels and shifting weather patterns.


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Iran's pragmatic Rouhani cheers election wins, says government stronger

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani won a strong vote of confidence and reformist partners secured surprise gains in parliament in early results from elections that could speed up the Islamic Republic's emergence from years of isolation.











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Afghan police suspected of aiding Taliban killed, detained by army

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A policeman was killed and a further 30 were detained in a joint operation between Afghan troops and U.S. forces last week against police suspected of supporting Taliban insurgents in embattled Helmand province, Afghan officials said on Sunday.


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DiCaprio is Oscar shoo-in, but host Chris Rock may shock

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Suspense and surprises mark the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday after a rollercoaster awards season dominated by the #OscarsSoWhite controversy and no clear front-runner for the top honor of best picture.











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