VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting from May 7, a senior Vatican source said on Monday. The date was decided during a closed-door meeting of cardinals at the Vatican, the first since the funeral of Pope Francis on …
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By Shivam Patel SRINAGAR (Reuters) – India should not do anything to alienate Kashmiris in its hunt for militants who killed 26 people last week, especially as residents of the Muslim-majority Himalayan region have staged protests against that attack, its chief minister said on Monday. The April 22 killings of tourists by gunmen from an …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Heavy is the white mitre worn by the pope. Whoever emerges from the coming conclave as the new leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church will face a myriad of problems. Among the pressing issues are a widening gap in Vatican finances, church attendance is sliding in many Western …
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By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday that it had sent troops to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine under orders from leader Kim Jong Un and that it had helped regain control of Russian territory occupied by Ukraine. North Korea’s unprecedented deployment of thousands of …
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By Fayaz Bukhari and Shivam Patel SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India said on Monday it had responded to ‘unprovoked’ small arms firing from Pakistan along the de facto border for the fourth consecutive night, as it deepens its search for militants in the region following last week’s deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir. After the …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Here is what happens next in the Roman Catholic Church following the funeral of Pope Francis, after his death at the age of 88, and the announcement of the start of the conclave on May 7. ** The funeral marked the start of a nine-day period of mourning for the Church. ** …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s foreign ministry announced on Monday that Indian pilgrims would be able to travel to holy sites in Tibet for the first time in five years this summer, in the latest sign of warming relations between the two regional superpower. Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar in China’s Tibet region are important in many …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-metre (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at reducing overcrowding and improving safety. Nepal, which is heavily reliant on climbing, trekking and tourism for foreign …
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed in a blast during a meeting of a local peace committee in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region on Monday, police said. The explosion caused a portion of the building where the meeting was taking place to collapse, police officer Usman Wazir said, adding that it was not clear …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -The South Korean city of Daegu ordered on Monday more than 1,200 residents to evacuate after strong winds whipped up a wildfire and prompted the closure of a highway in the area due to concerns about the blaze. The wildfire began at around 2 p.m. (0500 GMT) and had affected an estimated 50 …
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