Continuing a decades-old tradition of paying homage to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome, Pope Leo prays at the foot of the 12-meter column on top of which the figure of the Virgin Mary is placed, and lays a wreath at the base.
Category: 4. World
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Police raid UNRWA offices in East Jerusalem, raise Israeli flag over compound
Police raided the offices of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, in East Jerusalem Monday morning, according to the organization’s chief, amid an ongoing Israeli crackdown on the organization’s…
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Protesting Greek farmers force their way onto Crete airport tarmac, causing flight suspensions
Farmers protesting delays in subsidy payments forced their way onto the airfield of the international airport on the southern Greek island of Crete on Monday, evading riot police who used tear gas and stun grenades to keep them back.
Images from local media showed dozens of farmers standing…
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Louvre workers plan to strike over work conditions after Crown Jewels heist
PARIS (AP) — Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors and security weaknesses that a brazen daylight theft of…
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A year on from the ousting of Assad, Syrians remember the pain but rejoice at their freedom
Damascus, Syria
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“Raise your head up high, you’re a free Syrian” goes the chorus of the Arabic song that has become the unofficial anthem of the new Syria. It’s…
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Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off Japan’s northern coast and triggers tsunami alert
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A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s northern coast on Monday, triggering a tsunami alert, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.
The agency said…
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Ukraine seeks ‘dignified peace’ as Russian strikes kill one and injure 15
At least one person was killed and more than 15 others injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight on Monday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a week of high-level diplomatic talks aimed at finding a way to a “dignified peace” in the nearly four-year war.
One person was…
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