Mes: septiembre 2019

(AP) VATICAN CITY – The pope has accepted the resignation of an Argentine bishop photographed frolicking on a Mexican beach with a woman, one of several personnel changes announced Tuesday by the Vatican before the pontiff heads off for summer vacation. Monsignor Fernando Maria Bargallo, bishop of Merlo-Moreno outside Buenos Aires, initially denied having had any improper relationship with the woman, 전주출장샵 whom he described as a childhood friend. But the 57-year-old Bargallo later decided to step down under the church rule that lets bishops retire before age 75 if they’re found to be unfit for office. Photographs of the encounter were broadcast on television last week and have been circulating on the Internet. Vatican hires Fox correspondent as media...

YANGON, Myanmar – The military-backed government of Myanmar has deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie, officials said Tuesday. The Malaysian actress arrived in the country’s main city, Yangon, on June 22 and was deported the same day because she was on a blacklist, 고흥출장업소 a government official said. The official, who declined to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the press, did not say why Yeoh was on the list. But Myanmar’s repressive government has routinely rejected visa requests of journalists and perceived critics for years. Suu Kyi spokesman Nyan Win confirmed Yeoh was deported but had no other details. The Luc Besson movie about Suu Kyi’s life, “The Lady,” is due out later this year, and Yeoh has said she hopes her portrayal of Suu Kyi will raise awareness about the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s story. Suu Kyi, 66, (pictured at left) spent most of the last two decades detained by the former military junta. She was released last year, just days after an election that her party boycotted and in which she was barred from being a candidate. The vote was the nation’s first in 20 years, and in March, the junta handed power to a civilian government. But critics say little has changed and the new government is merely a...

(AP) ISLAMABAD – Pakistani lawmakers elected a ruling party loyalist as the new prime minister Friday, despite corruption allegations and his failure to end the country’s energy crisis — setting in motion what is likely to be a short and turbulent premiership. The election of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is unlikely to reduce tensions among Pakistan’s jostling power centers that are destabilizing the nuclear-armed country, which is considered crucial to American hopes of winding down the war in neighboring Afghanistan. The latest round of turmoil was triggered earlier this week when judges at the activist Supreme Court disqualified former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for refusing to initiate a corruption investigation against his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari. U.S. Gen.: Afghan hotel attack likely Haqqani The court, considered by many to be hostile to Zardari, is likely to make the same demand of Ashraf, and many are predicting he will meet the same fate as Gilani within months. Ashraf, a minister in the ousted government, was originally put forward as a backup candidate but got the nod after the first choice was hit with an arrest warrant following his nomination on Thursday. The warrant was issued by an anti-narcotics force run by the military, which wields political power and has staged three coups in Pakistan’s short history. Ashraf was elected prime minister by Zardari’s Pakistan People’s Party and its coalition...

(CBS) Five years after the release of “Cars,” the warm and fuzzy fleet is back, but this time, with some notable high octane additions in “Cars 2.” Not only are the cars cooler, the story line is too. Conceptualized by John Lasseter (co-founder of Pixar) and directed by Brad Lewis and Dan Fogelman, the crew clearly made it their mission to switch this sequel to the 2006 original into high gear. What they’ve come up with is a new, upgraded model they are banking on to be a big winner. The story is actually quite complex for young kids, but allows for more action and hijinks among the automobiles we’ve come to love. Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) returns as the speedy dirt racer with a heart of gold and by his side is his faithful sidekick, Mater (Larry The Cable Guy), a beat-up old tow truck. Back home in Radiator Springs after the racing season is over Lightning is looking forward to some down time and being able to catch up with his “girlfriend,” a cute little Carrera named Sally (Bonnie Hunt). Things take a turn at the drive-in, when he is egged into competing in the World Grand Prix by slick, open-wheeled racer Francesco Bernoulli (John Turturro). With Mater and his pit crew in tow, Lightning races to the finish, traversing the globe as he does so, with...