Vatican says Pope Francis is improving

Pope Francis continues to improve, still receiving high-flow oxygen, but the Vatican no longer uses the term "critical" in its statement. The Vatican provided an update on Pope Francis' health late Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, saying his condition had been improving over the past 24 hours. The Pope is receiving alternating high-flow oxygen and a Ven

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Indian lawyer wins lawsuit against cinema

An Indian lawyer has been awarded damages in a lawsuit he filed against the country's largest cinema chain after he complained that it ran advertisements too long before a film's release. Abhishek M.R., a 31-year-old lawyer from Bangalore, southern India, decided to take legal action against PVR INOX after he was forced to cancel a work conferen

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Indonesia canes gay couple in city hall plaza

Indonesia canes two men found guilty of sodomy by a Sharia court, a violation of Islamic law, in public as punishment On February 27, 2015, a Sharia court official in Aceh province, Indonesia, caned two young men, aged 18 and 24, who were found guilty under Islamic law of having same-sex relations, as dozens of people watched the punishments in

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Police reveal the body of Gene Hackman's

US police are working to solve the mystery surrounding the deaths of 95-year-old Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, his 64-year-old wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog, after finding parts of his wife's body mummified. After the mysterious deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, 95, his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, and their dog, who were found dead in

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