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Pope Francis to leave hospital on Sunday, needs two months rest: Doctors | Religion News

Francis was admitted to Rome hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection.Pope Francis will be discharged from hospital on Sunday and will need two months of rest at the Vatican, one of the doctors treating him says. Francis, 88, was admitted to...

Lebanon warns of ‘new war’ as Israel launches fresh deadly strikes | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam says his country is at risk of being drawn into a “new war” as dozens of new Israeli air strikes against the Hezbollah armed group have killed at least two people. Salam issued the warning on Saturday, saying Israel’s...

World heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman dies at 76 | Boxing News

Foreman took on Muhammad Ali in 1974 in one of boxing’s most famous match-ups, the Rumble in the Jungle.Former world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman has died at age 76 after a decorated career as an athlete, a pastor and a businessman. In a...

India’s ‘political iftars’ once stopped riots. Are they corrupt stunts now? | Politics

New Delhi, India – It was the month of Ramadan in 1974, and the northern city of Lucknow, a hub of India’s Shia community, was on the boil. Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, a stalwart of India’s then-ruling Indian National Congress party, had taken over as...

What challenges lie ahead for the new IOC president? | Olympics

Zimbabwean lands top job in world sport.Kirsty Coventry becomes the first woman and first African to lead the International Olympic Committee, the world’s largest sports body. Bans on Russia but not Israel and the role of money in the Olympic Games are two challenges...

Trying to heal the trauma of Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Jenin and Tulkarem, occupied West Bank – Omaima Faraj bows her head in silence for a moment – she’s tired, but the work does not stop. She arrives at a school-turned-shelter near Tulkarem where her first patient, an elderly displaced woman who greets her...
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