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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- He's been stigmatized internationally, a contentious figure presiding over a ruinous civil war that seems to slip into further depravity every day. But in his power base in the Syrian capital, President Bashar Assad projected confidence - conceding nothing to his critics, and accusing the U.S. of derailing a cease-fire and lacking the "will" to fight extremists in his country....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo said hackers stole personal information from 500 million of its user accounts, a massive security breakdown it attributed to a "state sponsored actor." The breach disclosed Thursday, the latest setback for the beleaguered internet company, dates back to late 2014....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):...
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Stepping deeper into America's race debate, Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that drugs played "a very, very big factor" in violent protests that erupted in North Carolina overnight. He warned African-American protesters that their outrage was creating suffering in their own communities....
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, released dashcam and aerial footage, 911 calls and police radio traffic with unusual swiftness following the Sept. 16 shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white officer....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Charlotte police refused under mounting pressure Thursday to release video that could resolve wildly different accounts of the shooting of a black man, as the National Guard arrived to try to head off a third night of violence in this city on edge....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The Latest on protests in Charlotte, North Carolina over the fatal police shooting of a black man. (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) The Statute for the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications was published on Thursday, saying its aim was "to respond to the current media reality, characterized by the presence and development of digital media and their increasing social interaction." It said this evolving situation called for a reorganization of the Apostolic See’s various media outlets in order to proceed towards a merger of them under a united management. The Statute has been approved on “an experimental basis” for three years and is part of a wider ongoing reform of the Roman Curia and the Holy See's institutions. Listen to this report by Susy Hodges: RoleThe Statute confirms that the Secretariat for Communications was established by Pope Francis in his Motu Proprio, issued on 27th June 2015, with the aim of uniting all those entities within the Apostolic See which are involved in communications, in order to respond ever better to the needs of ...
Pope Francis and leaders and representatives of 450 representatives of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism and other religions of the world said "No to War!" on Sept. 20, vowing to oppose terrorism in God's name and appealing to politicians to listen to "the anguished cry of so many innocents". They made the appeal at the end an international interreligious prayer meeting in the central Italian town of Assisi, that was home to St. Francis, the popular 13th century saint revered by many religions as a patron of peace and nature and a defender of the poor. Many of those who joined Pope Francis in appealing for peace were from Asia. Listen to a programme on the Assisi peace meeting:
Johannesburg, South Africa, Sep 22, 2016 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The unexplained deaths of three dozen mentally ill patients in a South African province show the need for action to help this vunerable population, the country’s bishops have said.“As a society, we should never forget that the lives of the mentally ill are precious before God. The lives of the mentally ill should therefore be considered to be more important than the dictates of fiscal efficiency and profit making,” the Justice and Peace Commission of the South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said Sept. 19.“The families and the whole country need answers. We send our heartfelt condolences to all affected families.”Earlier this year, 36 psychiatric patients died within months of being removed from the Life Healthcare Esidimeni Centre to local NGOs and other facilities in Gauteng province.About 2,000 patients were transferred to over 120 other facilities after the contract was...
