Philippines’ Black Nazarene procession draws hundreds of thousands of devotees
Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ…
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Missing hiker thanks rescuers after surviving 13 days on two granola bars in Australian national park
A 23-year-old hiker who survived 13 days lost in the Australian wilderness after randomly finding two granola bars has thanked…
Keyboard jackets and garden ornament bags: Welcome to the new maximalism movement
Coco Chanel, possibly apocryphally, once said: “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off,”…
Thirteen Cuban soldiers missing after explosions rock ammo depot
Thirteen Cuban soldiers are missing after explosions rocked an arms and ammunition depot in the eastern province of Holguin, Cuba’s…
One body recovered from flooded Indian mine as rescuers search for trapped men
The body of a miner was recovered from a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India’s northeastern state…
Missing hiker found alive after 13-day search of Australian national park
A 23-year-old hiker whose disappearance sparked a nearly two-week-long land and air search of dense Australian wilderness has been found…
Pope appoints Trump critic to be archbishop of Washington, DC, and appoints first female leader of a Vatican department
Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first administration, as…
Powerful earthquake rocks remote region of Tibet and parts of Nepal, killing at least 95
At least 95 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning,…
Imprisoned Egyptian-British activist’s mother marks 100 days of hunger strike, says family
Tuesday marks 100 days since 68-year-old Laila Soueif started a hunger strike in a plea to the UK government to…
Spanish woman killed by elephant in Thailand while bathing animal, police say
A Spanish woman was gored to death by an elephant while bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand…