Hundreds of internal emails show executives of the New Orleans Saints were far more involved than previously known in providing public relations help to Catholic church leaders as they confronted a clergy sex abuse crisis.
apnews.comAs New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city’s NFL franchise. What followed was a months-long, crisis-communications blitz orchestrated by the New Orleans Saints’ president and other top team officials, according to hundreds of internal emails obtained by The Associated Press. The records, which the Saints and church had long sought to keep out of public view, reveal team executives played a more extensive role than previously known in a public relations campaign to mitigate fallout from the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
yahoo.comRubio demands 'immediate changes' to waterway where Hong Kong titan runs ports
asia.nikkei.comThe 17-year-old was attacked around 100m from shore of Woormin Beach, Australian media reports.
bbc.comPresident Trump's tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China are set to hurt US households. Christopher Smart, Managing Partner and Founder at Arbroath Group, speaks with Bloomberg TV’s anchor Joumanna Bercetche on Horizons Middle East and Africa about the domestic and geopolitical ramifications the levies will have the US economy and its trading partners. (Source: Bloomberg)
bloomberg.comAnalysts say Beijing hopes to seize moral high ground with referral of tariffs to World Trade Organization.
aljazeera.comFlood waters are rising in the Australian state of Queensland after heavy rainfall. The area between Townsville and Cairns in the north-east is particularly badly affected - a region that is also very popular with tourists. The coastal towns are considered the gateway to the world's largest coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef. In Townsville, it rained as much in three days as it normally does in six months, public broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) quoted the weather author
yahoo.comQueensland authorities said major flooding was underway in coastal Hinchinbrook Shire, a locality of around 11,000 people located about 310 miles north of the state capital, Brisbane.
nbcnews.comJust about everyone thought it was a bluff. Top analysts from the biggest banks on Wall Street said it was highly unlikely. Stocks were trading like it wouldn’t happen. Some companies built contingency plans but they weren’t exactly rushing to make changes.
cnn.comGlobal stocks tumbled and the US Dollar surged as President Trump threatens the start of US tariffs on global trades, beginning with Canada, Mexico and China. He warns the EU is next, calling the bloc an “atrocity” on trade. Trump’s move is the most extensive act of protectionism taken by a US president in almost a century, with knock-on effect on everything from inflation to geopolitics and economic growth. EU leaders are meeting for a retreat to discuss defense spending in the context of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine and Trump’s demands that the bloc spend more. On Monday, EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said, “If the US and Europe start a trade war, the one laughing on the side is China. (Source: Bloomberg)
bloomberg.comSens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden called on the HHS nominee to vow to recuse himself from certain decisions and promise not to profit from health litigation after leaving the post.
nbcnews.comExperts have said that the seismic activity on the island, some of whose most populated areas are perched on steep cliffs, will continue for weeks.
nbcnews.comDow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures are also falling in premarket trading Monday as the stock market digests Donald Trump's latest tariffs moves.
barrons.comPresident Trump has stopped short of saying the U.S. Agency for International Development should be closed. Elon Musk’s comments added to the questions surrounding its future.
nytimes.comMore than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military bases along its northern border.
newsweek.comShares of auto giants fell sharply on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump imposed long-threatened tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China.
cnbc.comStaffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency.
apnews.comIn a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions of dollars of transactions.
nytimes.comA new superintendent is trying to improve Houston’s public schools through strictly structured teaching. The district says it’s working. Many educators and parents hate it.
nytimes.comCrews will begin removing the wreckage of the passenger jet from the Potomac River at first light Monday morning as search efforts continue for the remains of victims from last week's crash.
wxii12.comPresident Trump said late Sunday that European nations would “definitely” be hit with tariffs. His moves against Canada and Mexico have European officials on alert.
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