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... Francis’ usual tendency to spare Moscow direct, public blame for the invasion when expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people. Francis was more balanced in his lament of Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, condemning Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel “and every instance of terrorism and extremism.” At the ...
... treat an apparent opioid drug overdose, but prosecutors say he faked his condition to further stall his sentencing. Worrell suffers from a rare form of lymphoma and said he was afraid the cancer treatment he'd get during a long prison sentence could allow the disease to kill him. He ...
... is in the best interests of Harvard for me to resign so that our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge.” Supporters of Gay lamented her resignation. “Racist mobs won’t stop until they topple all Black people from positions of power and influence who are not reinforcing the ...
... to what they were 30 years ago when the Zapatistas appeared, according to government data. Support for the movement has eroded with time and Ruiz lamented that younger generations have not carried the same convictions to maintain the struggle. Gerardo Alberto González, a professor in the Department of Public Health ...
... The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who awed critics and readers with his singular art of lyricism and economy, tragic insight and disruptive humor. Jan. 9. Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway, 51. An ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump and one half of the conservative political commentary duo Diamond and Silk. Jan ...
... as EU Commission president but that he overreached at the end, alienating some European leaders who became “fed up with this guy who hogged the limelight.” A German businessman once likened Delors to the autocratic King Louis XIV of France. In 1992, the Maastricht Treaty that founded the EU clipped ...
... Bethlehem “is a place of sorrow and silence” this year. Francis’ annual “Urbi et Orbi” ("To the City and the World") speech typically offers a lament of all the misery facing the world, and this year’s edition was no different. From Armenia and Azerbaijan to Syria and Yemen, Ukraine ...
... given to prosecutors, which he said resulted in an investigation and trial that were “well distant from those adopted in a state of law.” He lamented that the defense wasn't allowed to call the pope or the Vatican secretary of state as witnesses, even though other testimony and documentation ...
Martin Griffiths, the U.N. humanitarian affairs chief, lamented the world’s inaction. “That such a brutal conflict has been allowed to continue and for this long — despite the widespread condemnation, the physical and mental toll and the massive destruction — is an indelible stain on our collective conscience,” he wrote ...
... signed by several Christian pastoral leaders in Bethlehem. Addressed to President Joe Biden, it asked him to help stop the war. The signatories said they lamented all deaths, Palestinian and Israeli. “We want a constant and comprehensive ceasefire. Enough death. Enough destruction. ... This is our call and prayer this Christmas ...
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