Pope Francis set a 40-euro ($60) gift cap for all Vatican employees Thursday and issued a new law requiring Vatican cardinals and managers to periodically report on their compliance with clean financial practices in one of his biggest efforts yet to crack down on corruption in the Holy See.
Free beer, pot and doughnuts. Savings bonds. Money toward buying an all-terrain vehicle. Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to energize the nation's slowing vaccination drive and get Americans to roll up their sleeves.
A town in northern Portugal opened a 516-metre-long pedestrian suspension bridge on Thursday, an attraction that locals hope will help draw visitors to the region in the years to come.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars in the United States, a win for anti-tobacco and civil rights groups, and a move that could erase a huge chunk of sales for cigarette manufacturers.
Powered by consumers, the U.S. economy grew at a brisk 6.4 per cent annual rate last quarter — a show of strength fuelled by government aid and declining viral cases that could drive further gains as the country rebounds with unusual speed from the pandemic recession.
