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Optimism ahead of pope’s visit to Turkey for reopening of Istanbul’s Greek Orthodox seminary

As Pope Leo XIV prepares to embark on his first trip abroad with a visit to Turkey to mark a key event that shaped the foundations of Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, there has been a surge of renewed optimism over the possible reopening of a Greek Orthodox religious seminary that has been closed since 1971. […]

NOV. 24, 2025

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NOV. 13, 2025

Nicolas Cage’s ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ turns an apocryphal text about Jesus’ youth into a horror film

In the second century, as the canonical Gospels were being copied and circulated throughout the Roman Empire, another text about the life of Jesus was simultaneously spreading. Although the Infancy Gospel of Thomas didn’t make it into the New Testament, it remained popular among Christians for centuries. When filmmaker Lotfy Nathan was introduced to the apocryphal text […]

NOV. 13, 2025

US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds

U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity from more than 100 lobbyists from tech […]

OCT. 29, 2025

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Photo highlights of untouchable England beating Canada at Women’s Rugby World Cup final

England finally has a Women’s Rugby World Cup title to confirm its utter world domination after outclassing Canada 33-13 in front of a record crowd at Twickenham on Saturday.

SEPT. 29, 2025

Photos of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s memorial service

President Donald Trump and his supporters are paying tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, whose assassination has intensified political tensions in the United States. The 63,400-seat State Farm Stadium in Arizona quickly filled up Sunday with people dressed in red, white and blue, as organizers suggested. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo […]

SEPT. 22, 2025

Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show

The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks. By then, surveillance was nothing new for the Yang family in rural China, snared in an intricate network based on […]

SEPT. 9, 2025

Apple’s iPhone 17 line-up includes a new ultra-thin model and $100 price hike for Pro model

Apple on Tuesday rolled out its next generation iPhones, which include a new ultra-thin model and a slight price hike for one of its high-end models, while the company feels the squeeze of a global trade war. The iPhone 17 line-up includes a new slimmed-down model that will adopt the “Air” name that Apple already […]

SEPT. 9, 2025

Trump wants to axe an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities

This narrative- and policy-driven story looked beyond cities and captured the threats rural areas face amid proposals to cut affordable housing programs. Atlanta-based reporter Charlotte Kramon teamed up with Jesse Bedayn in Denver for in-depth coverage of a proposal to cut the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. Housing advocates and nonprofit housing providers told Kramon that […]

SEPT. 5, 2025