Former Pope Benedict’s body lays in state

The 93-year-old Josef Ratzinger, formerly Pope Benedict XVI, unexpectedly flew to his native Bavaria to visit his older brother Georg Ratzinger. The older sibling had been linked with abuse in the Regensburg boys' choir.

A criminal investigation has been opened into attempts by the opposition to "seize power" following disputed elections. The Coordination Council was set up by allies of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Police body cam video shows offices arresting Daniel Prude and placing a 'spit hood' on his head on March 23, 2020. Prude lost consciousness during the police encounter and was taken to hospital where he died after being removed from life support, seven days after his detention. Local media said an autopsy ruled the death a homicide caused by "complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint." The report also listed a low level of the drug PCP in Prude's blood. Prude's brother told journalists he had called police March 23 as Daniel suffered a mental health episode.

The Federal Government has approved the establishment of a new anti-corruption agency that will have the responsibility of properly managing and coordinating all assets seized domestically or returned from abroad, following anti-corruption probes.

Dozens of people have been killed in "gruesome attack" in western Ethiopia, the national human rights body said. The area has seen a spate of deadly assaults on civilians along with a worsening conflict in the north.

Khawaja Asif, former foreign minister and a prominent opposition figure, has been arrested by anti-corruption authorities in a disproportionate assets case. The opposition has criticized the arrest.

From Eve and her apple to Madame Bovary or the Scarlet Letter, stories of adulterous women have long fascinated and scandalised readers, with most heroines meeting a tragic end. Yet author Gina Frangello wanted to avoid telling a cautionary tale with a neat and happy ending, as she recounted the events that shook up her marriage and her sense of self in her unflinching memoir “Blow Down Your House”.

Polish scientists says they have discovered the world's first pregnant Egyptian mummy while carrying out scans on the 2,000-year-old remains kept at the National Museum in Warsaw. The mummy was brought to Poland in the 19th century and became part of the antiquities collection at the University of Warsaw. It has been kept at the National Museum since 1917, where it is on show to the public alongside the sarcophagus.

Germany's Federal Cartel Office is probing tech giant Google under amended competition laws. The antitrust authority now has powers to prohibit major digital corporations from engaging in anti-competitive practices.

The World Health Organization has said it will rename COVID-19 variants to avoid stigmatization of countries where new strains of the virus are first reported.

The risk of suffering a blood clot from taking the contraceptive pill is significantly higher than it is from taking the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The author of a new book says this simple fact exemplifies the longstanding failures of healthcare for women. Elinor Cleghorn's book "Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World" highlights the issue as just one way in which the male-dominated medical world has in the past failed to recognise female health problems. She joined us for Perspective.

The expert body, which advises the German government on vaccines, has so far not endorsed inoculating teens with the COVID vaccine. The announcement places it at loggerheads with German politicians.