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Pilgrims in Italy flock to tomb of first millennial saint
AFP, Published on 10/04/2025
» ASSISI, Italy - Assisi has long been a place of pilgrimage, but these days the faithful come not for Saint Francis but for a tech-savvy teen soon to become the first millennial saint.
Russian President Putin arrives in Vietnam for state visit
Reuters, Published on 20/06/2024
» HANOI: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Vietnam early on Thursday for talks with the country's Communist leaders on the final stop of his two-nation tour of Asia after concluding a defence pact with North Korea.
'Surprising' ancient Egyptian mummy ingredients discovered
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» PARIS - The discovery of dozens of beakers and bowls in a mummification workshop has helped reveal how ancient Egyptians embalmed their dead, with some "surprising" ingredients imported from as far as Southeast Asia, a study said Wednesday.
Bolsonaro fetes Emperor Pedro I's heart
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» BRASíLIA - With full regalia, military honors and a skywriting squad, President Jair Bolsonaro presided over a lavish gala Tuesday for the embalmed heart of Emperor Pedro I, who declared Brazil's independence from Portugal 200 years ago.
Dressing the dead: Indonesian villagers clean corpses in afterlife ritual
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» TIKALA (INDONESIA) - A family on an Indonesian island poses for a photo with an elderly relative no longer able to smile, while another clan tries to dress one of their eldest forebears in khakis and a shirt.
Uncle Ho's minders, protectors of Vietnam's embalmed leader
AFP, Published on 01/09/2019
» HANOI: The task of safeguarding the embalmed corpse of Vietnam's revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh is gruelling: carefully-selected riflemen work around the clock, watching over the communist nation's founding father who died 50 years ago Monday.
Kim pays tribute to Ho Chi Minh during visit
AFP, Published on 02/03/2019
» HANOI - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid tribute to Vietnam's embalmed revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh on Saturday as he wrapped up a whirlwind week in Hanoi, where his summit with US President Donald Trump ended without a nuclear deal.
Journey to the afterlife: Indonesia's Toraja live among the dead
AFP, Published on 09/11/2018
» LA'BO, Indonesia: Martha Kande's family lived with her greying, shrivelled corpse at their home in Indonesia for seven months, as they prepared an elaborate funeral that is central to the Toraja people's centuries-old death rituals.
Xi's rise crushes political reform predictions
AFP, Published on 12/03/2018
» BEIJING - China's Xi Jinping strode onto the leadership stage in 2012 to sunny predictions that he would usher in a new era of political reform. But after a stunning power grab, all bets are off.