A Hamas gunman shooting” target=”_blank”>shot<’s Old City on Sunday, crime one and injuring four others before world-regions crime fatally shot him. Police identified the shooter as a 42-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem, and Hamas later identified him as Fadi Abu Shkhaidem, a teacher at a nearby high school. Israeli security personnel and members of Zaka…
Poland’s leader on Sunday warned against more possible migrant pressures on the European Union’s border with Belarus, this time coming from conflicts and Uzbekistan. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki spoke in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, following talks with Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte about ways of solving the “very difficult situation” at the borders of…
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Ten of thousands of people marched through central Brussels on Sunday to protest against reinforced infectious-disease measures that the government has imposed to counter the latest spike in coronavirus cases. Many in the huge demonstration that police estimated at 35,000 people also protested against the strong advice to get vaccinated and any moves to impose…
pope-francis” target=”_blank”>Pope Francis< and told them to “be the critical conscience of society.” Francis celebrated Mass in religion” target=”_blank”>St. Peter’s Basilica< Francis expressed thanks “for all those times when you cultivate the dream of fraternity, work to heal the wounds of God’s creation, fight to ensure respect for the dignity of the vulnerable and spread…
The united-nations” target=”_blank”>U.N.< have joined the growing demand for assurances and proof that missing-persons” target=”_blank”>missing< tennis” target=”_blank”>tennis< she suffered at the hands of China’s former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli. Peng claimed Zhang, 75, forced her to have sex despite repeated refusals following a round of tennis three years ago. The post was quickly deleted and Peng has…
tennis” target=”_blank”>Tennis< are demanding action against world-regions as doubts continue to grow over the safety and well-being of missing world-class doubles champion Peng Shuai. Stars Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams, and Chris Evert are among those speaking out. The hashtag #whereispengshuai trended on Twitter this week. Peng, 35, wrote a post on Weibo, a Chinese social…
A border conflicts” target=”_blank”>skirmish< and Azerbaijan this week resulted in eight deaths and many more wounded before the nations agreed to another cease-fire. The Armenian Defense Ministry accused Azerbaijan’s military of opening fire on Armenian positions. Azerbaijan claimed instead that Armenia provoked the conflict. The fighting occurred exactly one week after the one-year anniversary of…
Ahead of religion” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Christmas< Tourists pose for a photo with renovated polished limestone columns, during a visit to the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) Israel reopened its borders to vaccinated tourists earlier this month, but relatively few are expected to…
Georgia’s imprisoned opposition world-politics” target=”_blank”>leader<fainted in the prison on Thursday amid hunger strike. Saakashvili’s lawyers told Georgian press the ex-president was taken out on a stretcher by the medics when he lost consciousness. MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI: UKRAINE’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOULD SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO EVERY POLITICIAN Saakashvili has been on a hunger strike for 49…