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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met Pope Francis on Monday, says the pontiff “in great spirits and in great form”. Kerry is the first official to have a private audience with the pontiff since his discharge from hospital. Francis, 86, left Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Friday, nine days after surgery...

Brazilian football star, Dani Alves is facing up to 12 years in prison for an alleged sexual assault at a Barcelona nightclub, with his trial set between October and November this year. Alves, 40, has been in custody at Brians 2 since January 20 after a 23-year-old woman alleged he...

According to a report by the Daily Mail UK, certain lesson plans in schools across the United Kingdom have raised concerns as they involve inappropriate content being taught to schoolchildren. These materials include information about anal sex, orgasms, and masturbation, which are introduced to children before they have reached puberty....

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing, capital of China, June 19, 2023. /Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. President Xi pointed out...

“Be a good servant of the people.” This is the promise Xi Zhongxun,  the father of Chinese President Xi Jinping, once made.  Xi Zhongxun always had the people in his heart, which also deeply influences Xi Jinping.  The father once told his son, “No matter what your job title is,...

Militants linked to the Islamic State group massacred at least 41 people, mostly students, in western Uganda, in the country’s deadliest such attack in over a decade, officials said Saturday. The military said it was pursuing the attackers from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), who also abducted six people during...

A man confessed to the killing of his wife who has been missing for two and a half months in western France and has led investigators to her body, police said on Friday. Karine Esquivillon, 54, a mother-of-five, disappeared on March 27 without a trace from her home in the...

The UN Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) has expressed shock over the killing of the Governor of West Darfur, calling for a halt to the spiralling violence and for those responsible to be brought to justice. UNITAMS , in a statement on Thursday, condemned the killing of Khamis Abbaker who...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres gave countries around the world a strongly-worded reality check regarding their climate ambitions on Thursday. “I am very worried where the world stands on climate. Countries are far off track emitting climate promises and commitments,” Guterres said in New York. “I see a lack of ambition,...

American couple, John Heathco, 41; and Abby Lutz, 22; have been found dead inside their luxury Hyatt Mexican hotel room, amid fears that they were poisoned by a gas leak in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Police and paramedics arrived at the Hotel Rancho Pescadero around 9 pm on Tuesday to...