Pope Francis renewed his call for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine as he pray for peace in Palestine and Israel on Sunday. “I renew my appeal not to give in to the logic of claiming war,” Francis told a gathered audience in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican …
Read More »BRICS film festival kicks off in Moscow
The BRICS Film Festival, now in its eighth year, kicked off in Russia on Friday as part of the Moscow International Film Festival. It is an annual event organized by the rotating presidency of the BRICS countries. The Moscow program features eight films from Russia, India, China, Brazil, Iran, South …
Read More »World’s oldest conjoined twins die aged 62
The world’s oldest conjoined twins died at the age of 62 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Lori and George Schappell, born as twin girls, they also became the first same-sex conjoined twins to identify as different genders when George announced he was transgender in 2007. Despite …
Read More »Nun captured on CCTV dumping suitcase with dead friend’s bones
An 80-year-old nun left a suitcase on a Santiago street containing the remains of a friend who had died a year earlier, according to a police investigation. The nun was later identified from video footage of her, wearing a habit, at the scene. According to her,” she and her friend, …
Read More »A Vietnamese real estate queen sentenced to death
The director of a Vietnamese real estate giant was sentenced to the death penalty in a fraud case whose damages were estimated by the prosecution at 25 billion euros in total. It is the biggest financial scandal Vietnam has ever known. The actions of Truong My Lan, boss of the …
Read More »Why has the green onion become a symbol of political protest in South Korea?
While the legislative elections will be held this Wednesday, April 10 in South Korea, voters in the “Land of Fresh Mornings” should have been concerned about foreign policy, the economy or the nuclear-warhead missiles that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un points in their direction. However, for several weeks now, …
Read More »Sextortion: two arrests in Nigeria after the suicide of a teenager in Australia
Two people were recently arrested in Nigeria, after being suspected of having blackmailed a young Australian with sexual photos (also called sextortion) who subsequently committed suicide, the BBC reported. The tragedy occurred at the end of 2023, in the south-east of Australia. The victim, whose identity or age has not …
Read More »Facebook removes group of 300,000 Pakistani women
Meta has deleted a Facebook group which offered Pakistani women a space to discuss taboo subjects in a conservative country where they speak their voices often muzzled, online or in public space, its founder told AFP on Friday. The Soul Sisters group, created in 2013, had more than 300,000 members …
Read More »Why the Japanese could all be named Sato by 2531
Will all Japanese people have the same last name? At least that’s what predicts a study by economist Hiroshi Yoshida, professor of economics at the Center for Research on Aging, published in the daily Asahi Shimbun. This study was carried out as part of a campaign to obtain reform of …
Read More »American tourist killed by elephant during safari in Zambia
On Saturday March 30, around 9:30 a.m. (local time), an 80-year-old American woman was killed by an elephant during a safari in Kafue National Park in Zambia, Sky News indicates. The woman was accompanied by a guide and five other tourists when a male elephant suddenly attacked their vehicle. The …
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