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Pope Leo puts the brake on Church reforms
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» LIMA - Pope Leo XIV sought to reassure Catholics in his first interview published Thursday that he would not change key doctrine on gay marriage and women deacons, after his predecessor's divisive papacy.
Historic Swedish church on the move in logistical feat
AFP, Published on 20/08/2025
» KIRUNA — With great fanfare, a historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings began its slow move from its home in the Arctic town of Kiruna on Tuesday to allow the expansion of Europe's biggest underground mine.
The long slow death of Norway's wild salmon
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» HEGRA, Norway - Waist-deep in a rain-swollen river, Christer Kristoffersen cast his line, landed it gently on the water, and caught ... nothing. Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change.
Nine killed as driver plows into Filipino festival in Canada
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» VANCOUVER - Canada said Sunday that a man staged a deliberate attack by driving his car into a crowd at a Filipino street festival and killing nine people, but the assault was not considered to be terrorism.
Nine killed as driver ploughs into Vancouver festival crowd
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» VANCOUVER - A driver killed at least nine people when he ploughed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino cultural celebration in Vancouver, police in the Canadian city said Sunday.
Multiple dead, injured in Vancouver after vehicle ploughs into street festival
Reuters, Published on 27/04/2025
» A number of people were killed and multiple others were injured in Vancouver after a driver drove into a crowd at a Filipino street festival in the western Canadian city, police said on Saturday. Vancouver police later said at least nine people were killed.
'Hands Off!' Anti-Trump Americans flood Washington
AFP, Published on 06/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - When Liz Gabbitas joined thousands of fellow protesters Saturday in the US capital, she thought her message to the Trump administration would be best delivered through her homemade sign: a cardboard guillotine.
Three cities honoured for public health achievements at Paris summit
Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 20/03/2025
» PARIS: Three cities were recognised for their achievements in preventing noncommunicable diseases and injuries on Thursday during the annual Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in the French capital.
Duterte case seen as a 'gift' for embattled ICC
AFP, Published on 14/03/2025
» THE HAGUE - The high-profile case of former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court comes at a welcome time for the institution, which faces unprecedented attacks from all sides and even US sanctions, experts say.
In a political year, some deaths spoke to the struggles for democracy
The New York TImes, Published on 01/01/2025
» In a year saturated with politics in an ever more polarised world, where the obituary many feared they’d be reading would be that of democracy itself, one death seemed to encapsulate the historical moment we’re in: that of Alexei Navalny.