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Pope Francis approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican

Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican.

Pope Francis approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican

Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M

Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M

By AP 1 year ago

Facebook has 3 billion users; many of them are old

Facebook has 3 billion users; many of them are old

By AP 1 year ago

Victory Day: War shadows Russia's integral holiday

Victory Day: War shadows Russia's integral holiday

By AP 1 year ago

Congo floods: Death toll approaches 400 as search continues

The death toll from floods in eastern Congo has almost doubled, reaching close to 400 people as of Sunday, according to a local official.

By AP 1 year ago

Congo floods: Death toll approaches 400 as search continues

Peru gold mine fire kills 27 workers

A fire broke out deep in a gold mine in southern Peru and killed at least 27 workers during an overnight shift, Peruvian authorities reported.

By AP 1 year ago

Peru gold mine fire kills 27 workers

Tourist boat capsizes in southern India, at least 22 dead

A double-decker boat carrying more than 30 passengers capsized Sunday night off a beach in southern India, and more than 22 people including children died, officials said.

By AP 1 year ago

Tourist boat capsizes in southern India, at least 22 dead

Serbia's education minister resigns following mass shootings

Education Minister Branko Ruzic was the first Serbian official to resign over the shootings despite widespread calls for more senior officials to step down in the wake of the back-to-back bloodshed.

By AP 1 year ago

Serbia's education minister resigns following mass shootings

Police: 8 killed in Texas mall shooting, gunman also dead

Gunman stepped out of a silver sedan, starts shooting people at a Dallas-area outlet mall Saturday, killing eight and wounding seven others, before being killed by a police officer.

By AP 1 year ago

Police: 8 killed in Texas mall shooting, gunman also dead

Prince Harry an odd man out at father's coronation spectacle

On his father's biggest day, Prince Harry arrived at Westminster Abbey alone and he left alone. The disgruntled Duke of Sussex was assigned to sit two rows behind his brother.

By AP 1 year ago

Prince Harry an odd man out at father's coronation spectacle

Nigerian senator, wife jailed in UK for organ-harvest plot

Politician Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice were handed prison sentences for conspiring to transport a street trader to the U.K. as part of an organ-harvesting plot.

By AP 1 year ago

Nigerian senator, wife jailed in UK for organ-harvest plot

Queen or queen consort? What to know about Camilla's title

Queen consorts do not formally share the sovereign's powers, and dropping the "consort" part of the title does not change that.

By AP 1 year ago

Queen or queen consort? What to know about Camilla's title

Iran hangs Iranian-Swedish man over 2018 attack killing 25

Iran executed an Iranian-Swedish dual national Saturday accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed at least 25 people, one of several enemies of Tehran seized abroad

By AP 1 year ago

Iran hangs Iranian-Swedish man over 2018 attack killing 25

Sudan migrants in Israel worry over future, fighting at home

Backers of migrants like Easa say their rights will likely come under greater threat if Israel's government, its most right-wing ever, moves ahead on a contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary.

By AP 1 year ago

Sudan migrants in Israel worry over future, fighting at home

First lunar eclipse of 2023 dims full moon ever so slightly

The four-hour eclipse got underway late Friday or early Saturday, depending on the location, as the moon slipped into the fringes of Earth's shadow.

By AP 1 year ago

First lunar eclipse of 2023 dims full moon ever so slightly

Five things to look for during King Charles III's coronation

This coronation will be shorter and more inclusive than his mother's in 1953.

By AP 1 year ago

Five things to look for during King Charles III's coronation

UK King's coronation draws apathy, criticism in former colonies

For some, the King's coronation will affirm the ties that bind Britain and its former colonies. But for many others, Charles' coronation is seen with apathy at best.

By AP 1 year ago

UK King's coronation draws apathy, criticism in former colonies

Sex offender fatally shot 6, then killed self, official says

Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice said that the victims had each been shot in the head one to three times with a 9 mm pistol.

By AP 1 year ago

Sex offender fatally shot 6, then killed self, official says

UN says over 330,000 people internally displaced in Sudan

The United Nations migration agency says at least 334,000 people have been internally displaced in Sudan.

By AP, VOA 1 year ago

UN says over 330,000 people internally displaced in Sudan

Uganda Labour minister shot dead by bodyguard

Uganda's Minister of State for Labour, Charles Engola, shot dead by his bodyguard.

By AP 1 year ago

Uganda Labour minister shot dead by bodyguard

Zimbabwe plans to launch digital currency backed by gold

Zimbabwe once removed 12 zeros from its currency at the height of hyper-inflation in 2009.

By AP 1 year ago

Zimbabwe plans to launch digital currency backed by gold

Russian official: Drone causes fire at Crimea oil reservoir

A massive fire erupted at an oil reservoir in Crimea after it was hit by a drone, a Russia-appointed official there reported Saturday.

By AP 1 year ago

Russian official: Drone causes fire at Crimea oil reservoir

BBC chief quits amid furor over role in Boris Johnson loan

The chairman of the BBC quit Friday after a report found that he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest over his role in arranging a loan more than two years ago for Boris Johnson

By AP 1 year ago

BBC chief quits amid furor over role in Boris Johnson loan

Dutch court bans serial sperm donor who fathered over 550

A Dutch court on Friday banned a man from donating any more of his sperm after he fathered at least 550 children and misled parents about the number of offspring he helped to conceive.

By AP 1 year ago

Dutch court bans serial sperm donor who fathered over 550

Foreign companies in China face growing scrutiny, pressure

Foreign companies are under growing pressure in China from anti-corruption, national security and other investigations as President Xi Jinping's government tightens control over business.

By AP 1 year ago

Foreign companies in China face growing scrutiny, pressure

Royal Drama: King's fractious family on stage at coronation

The King is one of the richest men in Britain, lives in a palace, travels in a chauffeur-driven Bentley, but his family life is complicated - very complicated.

By AP 1 year ago

$Royal Drama: King's fractious family on stage at coronation$

Scientists: Climate change worsened Eastern Africa drought

The ongoing drought in Eastern Africa has been made worse by human-induced climate change.

By AP 1 year ago

Scientists: Climate change worsened Eastern Africa drought

Deadly fast: Kenya's case sparks memories of worst cult-related mass deaths

At least 90 bodies have been found at the ranch of a pastor in Kenya who is accused of telling his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus.

By AP 1 year ago

Deadly fast: Kenya's case sparks memories of worst cult-related mass deaths

Belarusians wary of being drawn into war with Ukraine

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has welcomed thousands of Russian troops to his country, allowed the Kremlin to use it to launch the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

By AP 1 year ago

Belarusians wary of being drawn into war with Ukraine

Sudan fighting eclipses new truce as aid groups raise alarm

Sudanese and foreigners streamed out of the capital of Khartoum and other battle zones, as fighting Tuesday shook a new three-day truce brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia.

By AP 1 year ago

Sudan fighting eclipses new truce as aid groups raise alarm

Ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard

Ardern, a global icon of the left and an inspiration to women around the world, has been appointed to dual fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School.

By AP 1 year ago

Ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard

France under pressure over disabled rights as Olympics loom

The 2024 Olympics risk highlighting the country's failings unless there's quick action to make the Paris Games and the host country more mindful of the needs and rights of people with disabilities.

By AP 1 year ago

France under pressure over disabled rights as Olympics loom

Family: Chinese journalist faces espionage charges

A veteran Chinese journalist who worked at a ruling Communist Party-affiliated newspaper and was a Harvard University fellow faces espionage charges after being detained.

By AP 1 year ago

Family: Chinese journalist faces espionage charges

Hundreds gather in Turkey to remember WWI dead on Anzac Day

Hundreds of people gathered by a beach near the former World War I battlefields on Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula to pay homage to soldiers from Australia and New Zealand who lost their lives

By AP 1 year ago

Hundreds gather in Turkey to remember WWI dead on Anzac Day

Hong Kong plans electoral overhaul for district councils

The move ensures the municipal-level organization will be run by Beijing loyalists, quashing any future challenges.

By AP 1 year ago

Hong Kong plans electoral overhaul for district councils

Fox News ousts Tucker Carlson, its most popular host

Fox said that the network and Carlson had "agreed to part ways," but offered no explanation for the stunning move.

By AP 1 year ago

Fox News ousts Tucker Carlson, its most popular host

Mob kills 13 suspected Haiti gangsters with gas-soaked tires

A mob in the Haitian capital beat and burned 13 suspected gang members to death with gasoline-soaked tires Monday after pulling the men from police custody at a traffic stop.

By AP 1 year ago

Mob kills 13 suspected Haiti gangsters with gas-soaked tires

Foreigners airlifted out; Sudanese seek refuge from fighting

In dramatic evacuation operations, convoys of foreign diplomats, teachers, students, workers and families from dozens of countries wound past combatants at tense front lines in the capital of Khartoum

By AP 1 year ago

Foreigners airlifted out; Sudanese seek refuge from fighting

The man in a hurry: King Charles III rushes to make a mark

King Charles III in a hurry to make a mark opened the royal archives to researchers investigating the crown's links to slavery.

By AP 1 year ago

The man in a hurry: King Charles III rushes to make a mark

Don Lemon fired from CNN after divisive morning show run

CNN offered no public explanation for Lemon's dismissal.

By AP 1 year ago

Don Lemon fired from CNN after divisive morning show run

Diplomats flee Sudan fighting as citizens struggle to escape

Egypt, which said it had over 10,000 citizens in Sudan, urged those in cities other than Khartoum to head to consular offices in Port Sudan and Wadi Halfa in the north.

By AP 1 year ago

Diplomats flee Sudan fighting as citizens struggle to escape

Sudan rivals pledge evacuation help, US diplomats airlifted

American embassy staffers were airlifted from Sudan early Sunday, as forces loyal to rival generals battled for control of Africa's third-largest nation for a ninth day.

By AP 1 year ago

Sudan rivals pledge evacuation help, US diplomats airlifted

Sudan's army says evacuations of diplomats expected to begin

The military said that army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan had spoken to leaders of various countries requesting safe evacuations of their citizens and diplomats from Sudan.

By AP 1 year ago

Sudan's army says evacuations of diplomats expected to begin

China FM: Taiwan, foreign supporters 'playing with fire'

China's foreign minister warned Taiwan and its supporters on Friday that they are "playing with fire" if they go against Beijing's demand to exert control over the self-governing island democracy.

By AP 1 year ago

China FM: Taiwan, foreign supporters 'playing with fire'

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