TASITOLU, East Timor (AP) — The estimated crowd of 600,000 people Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor is nearly half of the small Southeast Asian country’s population. The event was held Tuesday on the same field where St. John Paul II prayed during the nation’s fight for independence from Indonesia. Other papal Masses have drawn
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — The United States and Britain have formally accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine and will take measures to punish those involved. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Russia “has now received shipments of these ballistic missiles and will likely use them
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military says an American activist killed in the West Bank last week was likely shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by its soldiers, drawing a strong rebuke from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the activist’s family. Israel said Tuesday a criminal investigation has been launched into
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Southwest Airlines will revamp its board and the chairman will retire next year, but it intends to stick with CEO Robert Jordan. The moves were announced Tuesday after Southwest met with representatives from hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which is pushing for changes including a leadership shakeup at the airline. Southwest says
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick will be a story of familiar faces — in more ways than one. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she had chosen “Tell Me Everything,” the new novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. It’s the second time Winfrey has cited a book by
Continue ReadingCNN By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Kareem Khadder and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — An overnight Israeli airstrike on an area that Israel itself had designated as a humanitarian zone for displaced people in southern Gaza killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, according to local officials in the besieged enclave. Israel said the operation targeted Hamas fighters
Continue ReadingIvonne Valdés (CNN Español) — En medio de la emergencia nacional declarada en Bolivia por los incendios forestales que han afectado más de 3 millones de hectáreas, el ministro de Educación, Omar Veliz Ramos, instruyó a los directores departamentales de Educación de Santa Cruz, Beni y Pando cambiar de modalidad o suspender las clases a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — A hedge fund investor has bought political magazine The Spectator for 100 million pounds or $131 million. The sale announced on Tuesday came after a months-long search for a new owner for the publication. Millionaire Paul Marshall is already the co-owner of U.K. channel GB News. His takeover of The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Three men in South Africa are accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs on their farm in a case that has outraged the public. The men appeared in court Tuesday in the northern province of Limpopo. The state wants them to remain behind bars until their
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Australian breaker Rachael Gunn, the Olympian widely known as B-Girl Raygun who went viral after her performance at the Paris Games, is now ranked the No. 1 breaker in the world. The 37-year-old claimed the top spot in the latest women’s rankings released by the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF)
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — British actress Gemma Arterton has revealed that a director once tried to put pressure on her to film a sex scene, despite the fact that it wasn’t included in the script. In an interview with British publication the Radio Times, released Tuesday, Arterton said that, whilst on set, the
Continue ReadingGUWAHATI, India (AP) — Indian authorities have imposed an indefinite curfew and shut down the internet in some parts of the northeastern state of Manipur following protests from students against a fresh wave of ethnic violence. At least nine people have been killed and several injured in the last 10 days as armed groups launched
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — When a star bursts into light, it is more often than not part of a multiple star system, gravitationally bound to its other counterparts, orbiting around the center of gravity between them, each one’s cosmic position utterly dependent on the other. For more than 20 years, men’s tennis has
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Voters in Delaware are deciding the nominees for several political contests, including a closely watched campaign for governor and a potentially historic race for U.S. House. The chief executive of Delaware’s most populous county Matt Meyer has won the Democratic primary for governor, taking advantage of a campaign finance
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed sympathy for victims of Covid-19 while defending his administration and casting blame toward former President Donald Trump’s pandemic response on Tuesday as he testified publicly before a GOP-led House panel and faced questions over the Covid-era nursing home policy in the state. Cuomo called
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The former leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and other sexual offenses. Ex-Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson faces one count of rape, four counts of gross indecency and 13 indecent assault charges involving two alleged victims between 1985 and 2008. His wife,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll from Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent rain that triggered floods and landslides has climbed to 87 as 70 others remain missing and hundreds were injured, state media said. Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades. It made landfall Saturday with
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Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kamala Harris pressed a forceful case against Donald Trump on Tuesday in their first and perhaps only debate before the presidential election, repeatedly goading him in an event that showcased their starkly different visions for the country on abortion, immigration and American democracy. The Democratic vice president provoked Trump with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — A city councilor in Switzerland has apologized and reportedly sought police protection against threats after she fired a sport pistol at an auction poster of a 14th-century Madonna and child painting and posted images of their bullet-ridden faces on social media. Green-Liberal party official Sanija Ameti, 32, put the images
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