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More than 2,000 people have been killed and thousands injured by a huge earthquake which struck south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, in the early hours of Monday morning. The earthquake, which hit near the town of Gaziantep, was closely followed by numerous aftershocks – including one which was almost …

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake left more than 500 people dead and many trapped as it toppled buildings in southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. More casualties were feared in the aftermath of the early morning temblor. At a news conference, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay confirmed at least 284 had been killed in the country. The …

  Pope Francis waves to the crowds from his popemobile at the John Garang mausoleum in Juba before delivering an open-air mass. By Simon MAINA (AFP) Pope Francis flew home Sunday with the leaders of the Anglican and Scottish churches after a joint trip to violence-plagued South Sudan, where he …

Bishop Xavier Novell of Spain has reportedly left the Catholic Church after falling in love with an author of demonic erotic novels. The 52-year-old priest, who became Spain’s youngest bishop in 2010, submitted his resignation at the end of last month, citing “personal reasons”. According to the Catholic website Religión …

It took years for Marie Louise Wambale to re-establish her life after fighting between M23 rebels and the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the country’s eastern region forced her to flee with almost nothing about a decade ago. Like most Catholics in the eastern DRC, …

The UK economy will shrink and perform worse than other advanced economies as the cost of living continues to hit households, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. The IMF said the economy will contract by 0.6% in 2023, rather than grow slightly as previously predicted. However, the IMF also …

There are many strange cultures in the world that are hard to understand but still interesting enough to get people talking about them. In South America, the Yanomami people are also called Yanam or Senema. They live in Venezuela and parts of Brazil. This tribe is not interested in modernization …

  Facebook-parent company, Meta has said that it will restore former President Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram in the coming weeks, just over two years after suspending him in the wake of the January 6 Capitol attack.   Meta made the landmark decision to bar Trump from posting …

The US state of California is reeling from its third mass shooting in eight days after a man shot dead seven former co-workers south of San Francisco. The attacks took place in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay. Some of the victims were Chinese-American. Suspect Chunli Zhao, 66, was …

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, and allow other countries to do the same, reports in Germany say. Leopard 2s are made in Germany and Berlin needs to approve their export. Germany has been hesitant to send its own – or allow other …