Author: The Gazette

By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -When Bari Weiss walks into CBS News as editor-in-chief, she’ll bring something the former home of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite has not seen in its nearly century-long history: a leader whose career has been built on challenging journalism’s most august institutions. The 41-year-old journalist’s ascent from opinion…

By Ammu Kannampilly NAIROBI (Reuters) -Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina led rallies championing reform when he came to power in a 2009 coup. Now, the former DJ and media mogul risks being toppled by student protesters frustrated by endemic corruption and a comatose economy. Although largely youth-led, the demonstrations have given voice to years of pent-up…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi (Reuters) -Khalil Al-Hayya, the senior Hamas official who survived an Israeli raid on Qatar last month, was heading back to indirect talks with Israeli counterparts on Monday over President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza War. Hayya, who lost a son in the current Gaza war and two sons in previous…

NIMES, France (Reuters) -Gisele Pelicot returned to court on Monday to face the only man, out of 51, who appealed his guilty verdict in a mass rape trial that shocked France and attracted worldwide attention last year. Pelicot, 72, has become a feminist hero both at home and abroad for waiving her right to anonymity…

By Emma Rumney -At least 15 million people aged 13 to 15 use e-cigarettes globally, with young people on average nine times more likely to vape than adults in countries with data, the World Health Organization said on Monday. In its first global estimate of e-cigarette use, the WHO said more than 100 million people worldwide…

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina named army General Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo as prime minister on Monday, a week after dissolving the government in response to ongoing protests over power and water shortages. Zafisambo replaced Prime Minister Christian Ntsay, who was dismissed as part of the president’s move. The general was the director of the…

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo cancelled the Vatican bank’s sole authority over investments held by the city-state on Monday, rolling back one of the financial reforms of his predecessor Francis. In a short decree, Leo said the Vatican bank, known officially as Institute for the Works of Religion, would no longer control…