Pope Francis autographed bottles raised tens of thousands of dollars to help poor and sick people, as well as homeless cats and dogs. The plan was concocted by the Rev. Jim Sichko, a Kentucky-based Roman Catholic priest. He saw an opportunity to turn a signature Kentucky product, and his access to Pope Francis as a papal missionary of mercy, into a way to help those in need by auctioning off bourbon bottles signed by the pope. “I understand that at times people say, ‘What is this priest doing?’ I get it,” Sichko said in a recent interview. “I think outside...
Activists, Campaigners Renew Calls To Criminalise Marital Rape In India As Judge Frees Man Accused Of Raping Wife
An Indian court’s ruling that a man’s forced “unnatural sex” with his wife is not an offence has led to huge outrage and sparked renewed calls for better protections for married women. The controversial order has also brought back into the spotlight the issue of marital rape in a country which has stubbornly refused to criminalise it. Earlier this week, a high court judge in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh set free a 40-year-old man who was convicted by a trial court in 2019 of rape and unnatural sex with his wife, who died within hours of the alleged...
Fiji Court Sentences Tennessee Man To Life In Prison For Murdering His Wife During Their Honeymoon
A man from Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their honeymoon in Fiji in 2022, a court official said Friday. Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, will have to serve at least 18 years in prison before he can be considered for release, a Fiji High Court registry official in Lautoka said. Dawson was convicted in December of murdering his wife, Christe Chen, who was then 36, at the exclusive Turtle Island resort in the Yasawa archipelago two days after the newlyweds arrived in the South Pacific nation. He then fled by kayak to a nearby island. He was sentenced...
“We Will Have Low Chance, Low Chance, To Survive Without Support Of The United States. I Think It’s Very Important, Critical.” Ukrainian President
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that it would be “very, very, very difficult” for Ukraine to survive without U.S. military support, both now as it tries to repel Russia’s invasion and in the future after the war ends. “Probably it will be very, very, very difficult. And of course, in all the difficult situations, you have a chance,” Zelenskyy told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “But we will have low chance, low chance, to survive without support of the United States. I think it’s very important, critical.” “I don’t want to...
Movie Guide: QUEEN OF KATWE
This is the true story of a young girl, Phiona (Madina Nalwanga) from the slum of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda, who lives in constant struggle with her family, however her world changes on the day she meets Robert Katende (David Oyelowo), a missionary who teaches children how to play chess. The 10-year-old become fascinated with the game, became a prodigy of chess while her coach afford her the opportunity to quench her thirst for education, but got lost in between the world chess opened up for her and the slum she came from when the grip of poverty wouldn’t let...
Hamas Releases Three Names Of Hostages Due For Saturday Release
Hamas has released the names of three hostages due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel. They are 29-year-old Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov, 46-year-old Argentine-Israeli Yair Horn, and 36-year-old US-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, whom were all seized from Kibbutz Nir Oz on the edge of Gaza. Israel has threatened to resume bombing if the three are not released on time, this came after Hamas said it was postponing the releases in response to alleged Israeli violations of the ceasefire Pitching his support for Israel, the United States President Donald Trump opined the ceasefire should be scrapped if...
The Untold Story Of Gaza’s Children Surviving The War
Zakaria is 11 years old and lives in Gaza. He reckons he has seen thousands of bodies since the war started. But at an age when children are typically found in a classroom, Zakaria is volunteering at one of Gaza’s few functioning hospitals – al-Aqsa. As a succession of ambulances ferrying victims of the war between Israel and Hamas pull up outside the facility in the central town of Deir al-Balah, Zakaria clears a way through the crowds to retrieve newly arrived patients and rush them inside for treatment. Moments later he is running through the corridors of the hospital...
Police In Lagos Arrests Suspected Cultists Returning From Conference
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspected cultists while they were returning from their confraternity’s annual conference. The suspects, identified as 21-year-old Okey Bright, popularly known as “B in Fine Boy,” and 22-year-old Daniel Prince, alias “Rugged Promotion,” were apprehended around 4:00 a.m. on Monday. They were reportedly returning from the conference, which was held at an undisclosed hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos. According to an RRS statement released on Thursday, preliminary investigations revealed that Bright, a resident of Ikoyi, is a university student who joined the confraternity...
“Happy Valentine’s Day” From Tesla Optimus
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