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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
A food fraud scandal over horse meat sold as beef deepened Saturday as two companies at the center of the row took legal action and European governments said criminal activity is suspected. Frozen food giant Findus lodged a legal complaint in France after evidence ...
Prime Minister David Cameron claimed victory in his battle to slash the EU budget Friday, saying marathon talks proved that his promise of a referendum on EU membership had not left Britain isolated. Cameron had vowed to accept nothing less than a real-term freeze ...
Britain’s food scare over lasagna with horse meat spread to several other European countries Friday, and officials said they suspected criminal activity was behind the growing scandal. Swedish food giant Findus pulled various frozen meals from store shelves in France and Sweden, a day ...
One of the most iconic paintings in French history, Eugene Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People,” was defaced by a woman with psychiatric problems but escaped permanent damage. The 28-year-old woman, who was being held by police Friday, is accused of using a black marker ...
A French art expert believes he has solved the mystery of the model in a famed 19th-century painting as a result of an art lover’s €1,400 antique shop purchase, which could turn out to be worth €40 million ($54 million). “The Origin of the ...
British authorities warned the public Thursday not to eat beef lasagna sold by the Findus brand and made in France after tests found it contained up to 100 percent horse meat. In the latest in a string of food scares in Britain, the Food ...
French-led forces have killed hundreds of militants in fighting to reclaim northern Mali and, with the rebels’ last bastion secured, France said Tuesday it will begin withdrawing troops in March. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the 26-day military intervention had killed “several ...
Women in Paris can finally wear trousers without fear of criminal prosecution after the government said a more than 200-year-old ban no longer has any legal effect. Minister of Women’s Rights Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, , said that the ban, imposed in 1800, is incompatible with ...
France said it carried out major airstrikes Sunday near Kidal, the last bastion of armed extremists chased from Mali’s desert north in a lightning French-led offensive, after a whirlwind visit by President Francois Hollande. An army spokesman said 30 warplanes had bombed training and ...
To the delight of gay activists, France’s National Assembly on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a key piece of legislation that will allow homosexual couples to marry and adopt children. Deputies voted 249-97 in favor of Article One of the draft law, which redefines marriage as ...
China’s envoy in France on Monday paid tribute to late Gen. Charles de Gaulle’s “visionary” role in helping the communist government secure global recognition. In a ceremony to mark the 49th anniversary of France becoming the first Western power to establish full diplomatic relations ...
French-led forces received a hero’s welcome as they entered Mali’s fabled desert city of Timbuktu but not before fleeing Islamists torched a building housing priceless ancient manuscripts. Residents of the ancient city on the edge of the Sahara desert erupted in joy as French ...