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Historic Vatican fraud trial to deliver its verdict
Historic Vatican fraud trial to deliver its verdict
Economy
by  AFP

A Vatican court delivers its verdict on Saturday in a historic trial focused on an opaque London property deal, with a once-powerful cardinal among 10 defendants facing jail for alleged financial crimes. Just weeks before the trial, Francis gave the Vatican's civilian courts the power to try cardinals and bishops, where previously they were judged by a court presided over by cardinals.

Inflation forces Turkey's central bank chief to move in with parents
Inflation forces Turkey's central bank chief to move in with parents
Economy
by  AFP

The new head of Turkey's central bank said she has been priced out of Istanbul's property market by rampant inflation, leaving no choice for the former finance executive but to move back in with her parents. The central bank last month pushed up benchmark lending rates to 40 percent in a bid to get inflation under control.