HANDOUT/REUTERS/ Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (l.) greets Pope Francis after a mass in Havana’s Revolution Square in Cuba. Ortega was among many priests sent to military-run agricultural camps in the 1960s after Fidel Castro declared Cuba to be...
The law ends the ban on collective self defence i.e. defending a friendly country if it comes under attack. Japan and South Korea both claim an island grouping called Dokdo by Koreans and Takeshima by Japanese. It should be noted that the lower parliamentary chamber passed the...
Although the current post-war constitution – which barred troops from taking part in combat except in pure self-defence – was imposed by US occupiers, many Japanese feel strongly any change would alter the country’s pacifist character.
The group from Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora will fly to Philadelphia to meet up with other high schoolers, and see the Pope say mass this coming weekend. That is not counting the crowds that will turn out in Washington and New York.
Former Arsenal boss George Graham has warned Diego Costa he faces being targeted by officials after his indiscretions in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over the Gunners on Saturday.
Most storms move east to west here, but Fred will have the rare opportunity to move northwest, right over the Cape Verde Islands. Hurricane Kilo is now west of Hawaii, but Hurricane Ignacio is approaching the Big Island.
At 930 AM EDT (1330 UTC), the remnants of Erika were estimated near latitude 21.5 North, longitude 75.9 West. The remnants are moving toward the west-northwest near 22 miles per hour (35 km/h).