Dozens Drown as Large Ferry Sinks Off Philippines
Loading the Audio Player... A passenger ship carrying 359 people sank just off the coast of Baluk-Baluk Island in the southern Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard. Rescuers pulled...
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Iraq blames Iran for attack on prime minister
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Poland deploys troops to Belarus border
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At least some of 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti still alive, US official says
At least some of the 17 missionaries kidnapped by the 400 Mawozo gang in Haiti, whose leader Wilson Joseph has threatened to kill them if he is not paid a $17 million in ransom, have been confirmed alive, a senior official in the Biden administration says.
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Bus set on fire in Northern Ireland amid post Brexit tension | Crux
Crux,A bus has been hijacked and set on fire in Northern Ireland, amid discontent over the trade deal struck as part of the U.K.’s departure from the European Union.
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CELAM looks to explain ‘politics is a way of living the Christian faith’ | Crux
Crux,As the Latin American bishops’ council, or CELAM, meets in Mexico Nov. 21-28, an important part of its agenda is how to confront a decline in democracy, a process pushed by parties and leaders on the left and right.
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Mexico’s army stands between gangs, enforcing turf divisions | Crux
Crux,Mexicans angry as army refuses to combat cartels.
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People fleeing Ethiopia allege attacks, forced conscription | Crux
Crux,An Ethiopian Orthodox Church official in Addis Ababa said dozens of priests, monks, deacons and others had been detained in the capital because of their ethnicity.
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‘History is going to hold us to account,’ says marcher at climate protest | Crux
Crux,Thousands of Catholics took to the streets of the United Kingdom to show their support for action to halt climate change and reverse ecological degradation.
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China increases surveillance of pastors, tests loyalty to communist party
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has voiced concern about measures adopted by the Chinese government this year to further tighten state control over government-sanctioned churches, including requiring full support of the Chinese Communist Party and banning religious activity by house churches.
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French bishops agree to compensate sex abuse victims | Crux
Crux,France’s Catholic Church agreed on Monday to financially compensate sex abuse victims in what the president of the country’s Bishop Conference hailed as a “decisive step.”
