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Pope Francis discusses Ukraine with Hungary’s nationalist leader Viktor Orban
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Vatican on Wednesday and discussed with him the war in Ukraine, focusing on the humanitarian...
Chinese coastguard uses water cannon, blocks Philippine vessels near Scarborough Shoal
China has blocked four Philippine vessels that attempted to "intrude into the territorial waters" of the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday, the country's coastguard said. "On December 4, four...
Clip shows worshippers in East Timor after pope’s mass, not opposition rally in Pakistan
As authorities in Pakistan tightened security ahead of a planned protest march by jailed former premier Imran Khan's party, a video was shared in social media posts that falsely...
Australian detectives find Putin photos on drugs stashed in car
Australian organized crime detectives charged a man they said was trying to smuggle $18 million Australian ($11.6 million US) worth of methamphetamine and cocaine, some of which featured a...
Dangerous wind chills and snow showers
Tracking the arctic cold front that brings dangerous wind chills and snow showers to parts of the areaThe Arctic cold front arrives by sunset Wednesday afternoonSnow showers hit parts...
Vietnam pushes electric motorbikes as pollution becomes ‘unbearable’
In Vietnam's heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike through streets jammed with two-wheelers belching toxic fumes.Trung, 19, is one of a...
Supermarkets ‘putting profits above human rights’, MP says
Supermarkets in the UK that appear to be selling products linked to slave labour in China may be “complicit in putting profits above human rights”, a Labour MP has...
Hong Kong mega development plan to devour villages, wetlands
For almost half a century, Kwok Hoi-yin's humble cottage on Hong Kong's border with mainland China was surrounded by leagues of fishponds and green fields, buffering the modern highrises...
Old video falsely portrayed as showing deadly India mosque survey clashes in 2024
Deadly clashes erupted in November 2024 in India's Sambhal city in northern Uttar Pradesh state, sparked by a survey into whether a centuries-old mosque was built on a Hindu...
Double spacecraft mission will create solar eclipses on demand to study the Sun
Europe's two eclipse-creating spacecraft are set to launch from India on Wednesday, beginning a mission that will require precision spaceflight down to the millimeter.The European Space Agency Proba-3 mission...
