Sudan clashes kill at least 25 in power struggle between army, paramilitaries
Khartoum, Sudan/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Clashes between Sudan’s main paramilitary group and the armed forces on Saturday killed at least 25 people, a doctors’ group said, in an apparent struggle for control amid the country’s halting moves toward elections after a military coup. The Sudanese Doctors’ Union said 183 people were wounded in fighting between the military […]
Christian faithful celebrate ‘Holy Fire’ under restrictions
Jerusalem AP Christian worshippers thronged the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Saturday to celebrate the ceremony of the “Holy Fire”, an ancient ritual that sparked tensions this year with the Israeli police. In the annual ceremony that has been observed for over a millennium, a flame taken from Jesus’ tomb is used […]
Frontline cemeteries shut to Ukrainians for Easter over dangerous war debris
Kobzartsi, Ukraine Reuters Hundreds of cemeteries near front lines will be closed to Ukrainians wanting to pay their respects at graves of their relatives for Orthodox Easter this weekend, as officials fear the danger of land mines and unexploded ordnance. But in the formerly Russian-occupied village of Kobzartsi in the south-west Mykolaiv region, residents say they […]
Airman suspected of leaking secret US documents hit with federal charges
Boston, US Reuters A 21-year-old member of the US Air National Guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records online was charged on Friday with unlawfully copying and transmitting classified material. Jack Douglas Teixeira of North Dighton, Massachusetts, who was arrested by heavily armed FBI agents at his home on Thursday, made his initial […]
On the Screen: Damon and Affleck show how to create a legend
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“Zero capacity to save”: Argentines buckle as inflation tops 104 per cent
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s annual inflation rate soared to 104.3 per cent in March, the official statistics agency said on Friday, one of the highest rates in the world, straining people’s wallets and stoking a cost-of-living crisis that has pushed up poverty. The inflation reading for the month came in at 7.7 per cent, […]
At least 30 civilians killed in eastern Congo village attack
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Suspected militants killed at least 30 civilians on Friday in a village raid in Democratic Republic of Congo’s north-eastern Ituri province, the head of a civil society group and a local resident said. Army spokesperson Jules Ngongo Tshikudi confirmed the morning attack in Banyali Kilo, a district in conflict-riven […]
“A model for reparations”: How historic Pittsburgh Black church and hockey team reached an historic land-use accord
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, reports on the agreement between Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins…
Fire in a children’s shelter in Brazil leaves at least four dead, 13 injured
Reuters At least four people died and 13 were injured in a fire at a shelter for children and adolescents in north-eastern Brazil on Friday, the local fire department said. Firemen were called to fight a fire at the Lar Paulo de Tarso charity institution in Recife, capital of the Pernambuco state, at around 4:20am. […]
Papal official rejects new claims in ‘Vatican Girl’ mystery
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican pushed back hard Friday at “slanderous” insinuations against St John Paul II that were aired following the reopening of an investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the teenage daughter of a Vatican employee. The kerfuffle erupted after Emanuela Orlandi’s brother, Pietro, spent eight hours meeting Tuesday with Vatican prosecutors, who earlier this […]