After about five years of investigation and trial, a cardinal and nine other defendants will hear their verdicts on Saturday in a case that revolved mostly around the Vatican's investment in a luxury building in London.

The Vatican formally repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery, which legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Indigenous lands, on Thursday after decades of demands from Indigenous people. Community leaders said the announcement, while welcome, is largely symbolic.

An author of a withdrawn World Health Organization report into Italy's coronavirus response warned his bosses in May that people could die and the UNagency could suffer "catastrophic" reputational damage if it allowed political concerns to suppress the document, according to emails seen by The Associated Press.