A Vatican appeals court has ordered a retrial for Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, the highest-ranking Catholic official ever convicted in the Vatican’s criminal court, citing serious procedural errors in the original case. Becciu had been sentenced in 2023 to five and a half years in prison for financial crimes, but judges ruled that prosecutors improperly withheld evidence during the proceedings. The case, often referred to as the “trial of the century,” has been closely w

The Trump administration is proposing a new, more structured approach to managing trade with China, aiming to rebalance what U.S. officials have long described as an unfair economic relationship. Following recent talks in Paris, officials announced discussions around creating a “U.S.-China Board of Trade,” a mechanism designed to better coordinate imports, exports, and overall trade strategy between the two countries. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the goal is