Belgian exorcist offers ‘healing’ — and combats cliches

Agence France Presse 09/28/2024

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Thierry Moser, Catholic priest and exorcist, has a twin mission: to ease people’s torment through prayer — and challenge old cliches about a practice he sees as an answer to very modern ills. Originally…

Florida bracing for ‘unsurvivable’ Hurricane Helene

Agence France Presse 09/27/2024

ALLIGATOR POINT, United States — A powerful hurricane was barreling towards Florida on Thursday, with officials warning of “unsurvivable” conditions and a potentially catastrophic storm surge high enough to swamp a two-story house. Tens of thousands of…

Plane contrails: White fluffy contributors to global warming

Agence France Presse 09/26/2024

MONTREAL, Canada — The white, feathery lines behind airplanes that look like bits of harmless cloud are anything but, warn experts, who say they could have a greater environmental impact than the aviation sector’s CO2 emissions. The…

Trump: I would destroy Iran if it ‘harms’ a US election candidate

Agence France Presse 09/26/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — Donald Trump said Wednesday Iran should be blown “to smithereens” if the Islamic Republic is involved in the harming of a US White House candidate or ex-president. The provocative remarks come after US…

Israel and Hezbollah exchange intense fire, world leaders alarmed

Agence France Presse 09/25/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon—Israel and Hezbollah traded heavy fire on Tuesday, defying international calls for de-escalation during a second day of clashes that Lebanon said claimed hundreds of lives. Lebanon said Israeli strikes killed at least 558 people on…

Israel strikes in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon: 356 dead

Agence France Presse 09/24/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli air strikes killed at least 356 people, including 24 children, in Lebanon on Monday, the Lebanese government said, in the deadliest cross-border escalation since the Gaza war erupted. Arab states sharply condemned Israel…

Trump merch on sale: Bibles, sneakers, silver coins

Agence France Presse 09/23/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — He built on his father’s real estate empire and turned the family’s millions into billions, but Donald Trump has not stuck to selling merely buildings. In the past, the Republican candidate for the…

Calls to Israel and Hezbollah: Step back from the abyss of war

Agence France Presse 09/23/2024

HAIFA, Israel — Israel and Hezbollah threatened on Sunday to escalate their cross-border attacks despite a chorus of international calls for both sides to step back from the brink of all-out war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after…

C. Japan: Floods, landslides hit area, leaving 1 dead, 11 missing

Agence France Presse 09/23/2024

WAJIMA, Japan — Floods and landslides killed one person and left at least 11 missing in central Japan, with recovery teams at work on Sunday in a remote peninsula already devastated by a major earthquake this year.…

Harris and Oprah hold star-studded US election rally

Agence France Presse 09/20/2024

FARMINGTON HILLS, United States — Kamala Harris held a star-studded rally hosted by talk show legend Oprah Winfrey on Thursday in a bid to bedazzle voters, as rival Donald Trump criticized Jewish Americans for not voting for…

Pager blasts hit Hezbollah in Lebanon: 9 dead, 2,800 wounded

Agence France Presse 09/18/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding some 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel. There was no immediate comment…

‘Bullets are flying’: US political rhetoric sees violence soar

Agence France Presse 09/17/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — Two assassination attempts against Donald Trump, bomb threats impacting a town’s immigrant community, and a fringe party urging Kamala Harris’s murder. The United States’ coarsening political discourse has led to mounting menace and…

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