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World
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Africa
2/1/2023 11:02:52 AM
An estimated 1 million joyous Congolese poured into the capital's main airport Wednesday for Pope Francis' first big Mass in Africa, on a day dedicated to his call for peace and forgiveness in a country wracked by decades of violence.
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World
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Africa
1/31/2023 6:36:01 PM
Massive crowds thronged for a glimpse of Pope Francis as he made his way through the streets of Kinshasa Tuesday, after arriving in DR Congo with a message of peace for a country ravaged by decades of conflict.
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World
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Africa
1/31/2023 9:52:33 AM
Pope Francis is opening a six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan on Tuesday, aiming to bring a message of peace to two countries riven by poverty, conflict and what Francis has called a lingering ``colonialist mentality'' that still considers Africa ripe for exploitation.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/30/2023 2:23:17 PM
Southwest China's Sichuan province will lift its three-child birth limit and remove restrictions on single parents as the world's most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.
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World
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Africa
1/30/2023 12:11:44 PM
It took years for Marie Louise Wambale to re-establish her life after fighting between M23 and the Congolese army forced her to flee with almost nothing more than a decade ago.
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Egypt
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Society
1/29/2023 3:58:16 PM
A survey by the Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC) shows that 75.6 percent of citizens are aware of the "overpopulation problem" in Egypt.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/29/2023 2:48:39 PM
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi underlined on Sunday the special historical ties between Egypt and Armenia, especially at the popular level in light of Egypt's hosting of a large Armenian community who have long bolstered bilateral ties at the political, economic, cultural and artistic level.
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World
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Region
1/29/2023 2:34:52 PM
Pope Francis on Sunday condemned a resurgence of violence in the Middle East, calling on both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to engage in a "sincere search for peace."
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World
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International
1/28/2023 8:09:34 PM
The U.S. population center is on track this decade to take a southern swerve for the first time in history, and it's because of people like Owen Glick, who moved from California to Florida more than a year ago.
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Egypt
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Health
1/25/2023 10:46:52 PM
Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar said on Wednesday that more than 40 million citizens have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus in Egypt so far.
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World
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International
1/25/2023 10:42:53 AM
Saying ``we must walk patiently in China,'' Pope Francis views continued dialogue with Beijing as the guiding principle in his efforts to safeguard his flock, who are a small minority in that Asian nation.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/23/2023 2:54:54 PM
Japan's low birth rate and ageing population pose an urgent risk to society, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday, pledging to address the issue by establishing a new government agency.
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World
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International
1/22/2023 1:06:03 PM
China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a top health official said the vast majority of the population had already been infected.
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Egypt
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Health
1/18/2023 3:40:17 PM
Around 1,295,000 students in the first preparatory grade have been screened for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) since the start of the school year as part of the presidential initiative “100 Million Healthy Lives,” said the Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday.
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World
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International
1/17/2023 10:09:15 AM
China has announced its first population decline in decades as what has been the world's most populous nation ages and its birthrate plunges.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
1/11/2023 9:12:56 PM
Artistic director of the Cairo Opera Orchestra, principal conductor of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra, and founder of the Cairo Celebration Choir (CCC) Nayer Nagui likes to transcend the boundaries between classical music and pop while revisiting Arab masterpieces.
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World
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International
1/10/2023 11:42:50 AM
Pope Francis on Monday broke his silence on the nationwide protests convulsing Iran, denouncing the recourse to the death penalty there and seemingly legitimizing the rallies as demonstrations "demanding greater respect for the dignity of women.''
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Life & Style
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Health
1/10/2023 10:14:16 AM
With a population of 99.4 million, the figures suggest about 88.5 million people in Henan may now have been infected.
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World
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International
1/8/2023 12:26:01 PM
The public can now visit the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI in the grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica.
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World
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International
1/5/2023 2:03:58 PM
With bells tolling, tens of thousands of faithful, political leaders and the pope himself mourned Benedict XVI, the German theologian who made history by resigning from the papacy, at a rare requiem Mass Thursday for a dead pontiff presided over by a living one.
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