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1 year agoPope Prays For Ailing Ex-Pontiff Benedict
Pope Francis said Wednesday that former pontiff Benedict XVI, 95, whose health has steadily been deteriorating, is “very ill” and he is praying for him. “I would l...
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1 year agoPakistan Court Frees Rapist After Deal To Marry Victim
A Pakistan court freed a rapist after he married his victim in a settlement brokered by a council of elders in the northwest of the country, his lawyer said Wednesd...
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1 year agoChina Approves First Foreign Video Games Since Crackdown
Chinese regulators approved 44 new foreign video game titles Wednesday, the first to be allowed to hit the market since an industry crackdown to rein in minors’...
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1 year agoThree Peru Police Generals, Others Arrested In Alleged Graft Plot
Authorities in Peru arrested three police generals and three other people on Monday for alleged involvement in the corruption case against ousted preside...
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1 year agoMore NGOs Halt Afghan Work After Taliban Ban On Women Staff
Christian Aid and ActionAid on Monday became the latest foreign aid groups to suspend operations in Afghanistan after the country’s Taliban rulers ordered al...
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1 year agoChina To End Quarantine On Arrival In Fresh COVID-19 Rule Relaxation
China said Monday it would scrap mandatory quarantine on arrival, further unwinding years of strict virus controls as the country battles a surge in c...
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1 year agoTen Dead After Bus Hit Mine In Burkina Faso
Ten passengers riding a bus died when their vehicle struck a mine in eastern Burkina Faso, the regional governor said on Monday The mini-bus hit a mine on a road near t...
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1 year agoBelarus Activist Athlete Sentenced To Prison In Absentia
A Belarusian court on Monday sentenced the country’s former champion swimmer and government critic Aliaksandra Herasimenia to 12 years in prison in absentia...
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1 year agoEthiopia Govt Team In Rebel Tigray After Nov 2 Peace Deal
A high-level Ethiopian government delegation on Monday made the first visit to the capital of rebel-held Tigray since the signing of a peace deal last month aime...
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1 year agoSeventh Body Found After Deadly Spain Bus Crash
Emergency services members stand on a bridge after a bus pl...
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1 year agoDR Congo President Under Attack Over Regional Security Force
Three prominent Congolese figures, including Nobel winner Denis Mukwege, on Monday accused President Felix Tshisekedi of pushing the country towards breakup b...
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1 year agoPutin Says West Wants To ‘Tear Apart’ Russia
President Vladimir Putin blasted the West for trying to “tear apart” Russia and said his offensive in Ukraine aimed to “unite the Russian people” Meanwhi...
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1 year agoAt Christmas, Pope Urges End To ‘Senseless’ Ukraine War
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for an end to the “senseless” war in Ukraine, in his traditional Christmas Day message broadcast around the world. T...
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1 year ago53 People Hospitalised In Canada Bus Accident
More than 50 people have been hospitalised in western Canada after a passenger bus crashed on a highway, provincial authorities said, IgbereTV reports The cause of ...
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1 year agoPele’s Family Gather At His Hospital Bedside On Christmas Eve
Family members visited the legendary Pele on Saturday at the Sao Paulo hospital where he is suffering from worsening cancer as well as kidney and heart pro...
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1 year agoTaliban Ban Women From Working In National, International NGOs
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after “serious complaints” about t...
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1 year agoIran To Retry Rapper Reportedly On Death Row
Iran’s supreme court has ordered the retrial of a Kurdish rapper who was reportedly sentenced to death over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, the judiciary said Sa...
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1 year agoHow Donald Trump’s 2016 malpractice may cost Meta $725M legal fine
Meta, a Mark Zuckerberg company, has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of allowing millions of its users’ personal informat...
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1 year agoHoliday Flights Scrapped As Massive Winter Storm Sweeps US
More than 1,500 flights were canceled across the United States by Thursday morning as a massive winter storm upended holiday travel plans with a triple threat o...
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1 year agoUS Third Quarter GDP Revised Up To 3.2% With Help From Spending
The US economy expanded 3.2 percent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday, in a further upward revision of data reflecting stronger c...
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