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Release of encyclical reveals pope’s deep dive into climate science

YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 2023

by YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 202300

VATICAN CITY — He warns of synthetic agrotoxins harming birds and insects and bioaccumulation from industrial waste. He calls for renewable fuel subsidies and maximum...

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Top two FIFA officials hire lawyers as Swiss probe bank transactions

YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 2023

by YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 202308

FIFA’s embattled president, Sepp Blatter, and his second-in-command have hired high-powered lawyers to represent them, two sources said as a corruption probe engulfs soccer’s global...

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S. Africa: Actress Angelina Jolie joins African Union summit

YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 2023

by YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 202303

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Appearing at an African Union summit in South Africa on Friday, actress Angelina Jolie, who is also a United Nations special envoy...

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World Muslim body lends support to Qatar over 2022 World Cup

YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 2023

by YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 202302

The world’s largest Muslim organization has thrown its weight behind Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 World Cup, hitting back at Western criticism of the Gulf...

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As Vladimir Putin Talks More Missiles and Might, Cost Tells Another Story

YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 2023

by YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 2, 202307

KUBINKA, Russia — They call it Russia’s military Disneyland, and the underlying idea that Russia will soon field a high-tech, modernized army was indeed part...

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Obama v. LBJ on display at congressional picnic

YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJune 18, 2015July 1, 202302

As President Barack Obama struggled with his own party over trade — and failed — Washington kicked off a new round of a favorite game,...

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Egypt’s Morsy: Death sentence upheld; life term in second case

YoopyaJune 17, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJune 17, 2015July 1, 202307

Cairo (CNN)A court in Egypt upheld a death sentence Tuesday against former President Mohamed Morsy. Morsy, 63, was sentenced to death last month for his...

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AU head Mugabe says international court unwelcome in Africa

YoopyaJune 16, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJune 16, 2015July 1, 202302

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Zimbabwean leader and African Union chairman Robert Mugabe on Tuesday harshly criticized the International Criminal Court after Sudan’s president dodged an international...

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Egypt court confirms ousted President Morsi’s death sentence

YoopyaJune 16, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJune 16, 2015July 1, 202302

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi over the mass 2011 prison break that...

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Whodunit playing out as Vatican reels from encyclical leak

YoopyaJune 16, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJune 16, 2015July 1, 202300

VATICAN CITY (AP) — There’s something of a whodunit going on in the Vatican to discover who leaked Pope Francis environment encyclical to an Italian newsweekly,...