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Black Smoke Billows From Sistine Chapel Chimney As Conclave Enters Day Two
Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared to retreat behind the heavy doors of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel for their second day of voting.
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Explained: The 'Highly Secretive Process' To Elect New Pope
During the forthcoming conclave, cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis in a highly secretive process that could take several days, potentially longer.
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Sex Workers, Drug Addicts, HIV Patients: An Outcast Haven On Ukraine Front
Whenever warm days come to Kramatorsk, near the eastern Ukrainian front, the Svitanok organisation leaves its door wide open, offering advice or a cup of tea to the city's social outcasts.
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Crypto Industry Descends on Dubai as Trump Euphoria Recedes
Crypto enthusiasts descended on Dubai on Wednesday for the TOKEN2049 conference, which is expected to attract around 15,000 people. Speakers at the two-day event in the desert city include chief executives at some of the world's major crypto firms, the head of digital assets at BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, as well as the US president's son, Eric Tr...
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New York City Declares April 14 As Dr BR Ambedkar Day
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has proclaimed April 14, 2025 as Dr B R Ambedkar Day in New York City, with its 8.5 million residents celebrating the day, a top official in the mayor's office said here.
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Yoga Session At World Trade Centre Begins 75-Day Countdown To International Yoga Day
Yoga mats were rolled out in the iconic New York city landmark World Trade Centre as a special event at the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere kickstarted the 75-day countdown to the 11th International Day of Yoga.
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"Living In Hell": Monks Clear Rubble From Quake-Hit Myanmar Monastery
Bare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of the deadly earthquake that rocked the city five days ago.
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"Extreme Day Trips": This UK Woman Takes International Flights And Returns Home By Bedtime
Monica Stott has mastered the art of one-day international trips, visiting cities like Milan, Bergamo, Lisbon and Amsterdam all within just a few hours.
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"Difficult Day For Us": John Hopkins University Fires Over 2,000 Employees
John Hopkins, in Maryland's largest city an hour's drive north of the US capital, is eliminating more than 2,000 positions.
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"Houses With 4-5 Bodies In Them": Terrified Alawites In Syria Flee Attacks
For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, pursuing members of Syria's Alawite minority.
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Why Washington DC Residents Are Leaving The City Ahead Of Trump's Inauguration
Speaking about the re-election of Trump, she said it "represents the ugly side of America that people don't want to acknowledge".
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Buried Alive? The Surreal Story Of How Covid Took Over A City In The Amazon
Juan Pablo Vaquero was pronounced dead in the Peruvian Amazonian city of Iquitos in the first wave of COVID-19 in April 2020. His sister wasn't allowed to see his body. Three days later came home after waking up in a pile of corpses in the jungle.
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Blog | 'I Sleep With One Eye Open': LA Residents On Life In A City On Fire
In the residential areas of Pasadena and Altadena, where I walked alone, on the deserted streets, the fires had consigned what were people's homes, as of the previous day, to the forever past.
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How To Spot A Lone Wolf Attacker: Big Challenge For Anti-Terror Agencies
In the early hours of New Year's Day, an attack in the US city of New Orleans left at least 15 dead and dozens injured. The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US Army veteran, drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd.
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Anti-Israel Protesters Call For "Intifada Revolution" at New York's Times Square
Hundreds of anti-Israel demonstrators gathered at New York City's Times Square on New Year's Day on Wednesday, calling for an "intifada revolution".
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Black Smoke Billows From Sistine Chapel Chimney As Conclave Enters Day Two
Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared to retreat behind the heavy doors of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel for their second day of voting.
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Explained: The 'Highly Secretive Process' To Elect New Pope
During the forthcoming conclave, cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis in a highly secretive process that could take several days, potentially longer.
-
Sex Workers, Drug Addicts, HIV Patients: An Outcast Haven On Ukraine Front
Whenever warm days come to Kramatorsk, near the eastern Ukrainian front, the Svitanok organisation leaves its door wide open, offering advice or a cup of tea to the city's social outcasts.
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Crypto Industry Descends on Dubai as Trump Euphoria Recedes
Crypto enthusiasts descended on Dubai on Wednesday for the TOKEN2049 conference, which is expected to attract around 15,000 people. Speakers at the two-day event in the desert city include chief executives at some of the world's major crypto firms, the head of digital assets at BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, as well as the US president's son, Eric Tr...
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New York City Declares April 14 As Dr BR Ambedkar Day
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has proclaimed April 14, 2025 as Dr B R Ambedkar Day in New York City, with its 8.5 million residents celebrating the day, a top official in the mayor's office said here.
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Yoga Session At World Trade Centre Begins 75-Day Countdown To International Yoga Day
Yoga mats were rolled out in the iconic New York city landmark World Trade Centre as a special event at the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere kickstarted the 75-day countdown to the 11th International Day of Yoga.
-
"Living In Hell": Monks Clear Rubble From Quake-Hit Myanmar Monastery
Bare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of the deadly earthquake that rocked the city five days ago.
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"Extreme Day Trips": This UK Woman Takes International Flights And Returns Home By Bedtime
Monica Stott has mastered the art of one-day international trips, visiting cities like Milan, Bergamo, Lisbon and Amsterdam all within just a few hours.
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"Difficult Day For Us": John Hopkins University Fires Over 2,000 Employees
John Hopkins, in Maryland's largest city an hour's drive north of the US capital, is eliminating more than 2,000 positions.
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"Houses With 4-5 Bodies In Them": Terrified Alawites In Syria Flee Attacks
For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, pursuing members of Syria's Alawite minority.
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Why Washington DC Residents Are Leaving The City Ahead Of Trump's Inauguration
Speaking about the re-election of Trump, she said it "represents the ugly side of America that people don't want to acknowledge".
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Buried Alive? The Surreal Story Of How Covid Took Over A City In The Amazon
Juan Pablo Vaquero was pronounced dead in the Peruvian Amazonian city of Iquitos in the first wave of COVID-19 in April 2020. His sister wasn't allowed to see his body. Three days later came home after waking up in a pile of corpses in the jungle.
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Blog | 'I Sleep With One Eye Open': LA Residents On Life In A City On Fire
In the residential areas of Pasadena and Altadena, where I walked alone, on the deserted streets, the fires had consigned what were people's homes, as of the previous day, to the forever past.
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How To Spot A Lone Wolf Attacker: Big Challenge For Anti-Terror Agencies
In the early hours of New Year's Day, an attack in the US city of New Orleans left at least 15 dead and dozens injured. The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US Army veteran, drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd.
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Anti-Israel Protesters Call For "Intifada Revolution" at New York's Times Square
Hundreds of anti-Israel demonstrators gathered at New York City's Times Square on New Year's Day on Wednesday, calling for an "intifada revolution".
