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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis greets American actress Whoopi Goldberg, as he meets with more than 100 comedians from around the world at the Vatican on June 14, 2024, encouraging them to cheer people up and help people see reality with all its contradictions. Comedians are among the most well-loved and applauded entertainers, Pope Francis said, because they ‘have and cultivate the gift of making people laugh.’ Pope Francis told comedians they are in possession of ‘a precious gift,’ that can spread peace ‘within hearts and between peoples, helping us to overcome difficulties and cope with daily stress.’ The pontiff is known for his sense of humor. He likes to crack jokes with people he meets, often telling them with a smile: ‘please pray for me… not against me!’ He has repeatedly emphasized the importance of having a sense of humor, saying it is something that he prays for each day. Photoby (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets With More Than 100 Comedians - Vatican

Pope Francis greets Italian actor Christian de Sica, as he meets with more than 100 comedians from around the world at the Vatican on June 14, 2024, encouraging them to cheer people up and help people see reality with all its contradictions. Comedians are among the most well-loved and applauded entertainers, Pope Francis said, because they ‘have and cultivate the gift of making people laugh.’ Pope Francis told comedians they are in possession of ‘a precious gift,’ that can spread peace ‘within hearts and between peoples, helping us to overcome difficulties and cope with daily stress.’ The pontiff is known for his sense of humor. He likes to crack jokes with people he meets, often telling them with a smile: ‘please pray for me… not against me!’ He has repeatedly emphasized the importance of having a sense of humor, saying it is something that he prays for each day. Photoby (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets With More Than 100 Comedians - Vatican

Pope Francis meets with more than 100 comedians from around the world at the Vatican on June 14, 2024, encouraging them to cheer people up and help people see reality with all its contradictions. Comedians are among the most well-loved and applauded entertainers, Pope Francis said, because they ‘have and cultivate the gift of making people laugh.’ Pope Francis told comedians they are in possession of ‘a precious gift,’ that can spread peace ‘within hearts and between peoples, helping us to overcome difficulties and cope with daily stress.’ The pontiff is known for his sense of humor. He likes to crack jokes with people he meets, often telling them with a smile: ‘please pray for me… not against me!’ He has repeatedly emphasized the importance of having a sense of humor, saying it is something that he prays for each day. Photoby (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets With More Than 100 Comedians - Vatican

Pope Francis meets with more than 100 comedians from around the world at the Vatican on June 14, 2024, encouraging them to cheer people up and help people see reality with all its contradictions. Comedians are among the most well-loved and applauded entertainers, Pope Francis said, because they ‘have and cultivate the gift of making people laugh.’ Pope Francis told comedians they are in possession of ‘a precious gift,’ that can spread peace ‘within hearts and between peoples, helping us to overcome difficulties and cope with daily stress.’ The pontiff is known for his sense of humor. He likes to crack jokes with people he meets, often telling them with a smile: ‘please pray for me… not against me!’ He has repeatedly emphasized the importance of having a sense of humor, saying it is something that he prays for each day. Photoby (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets With More Than 100 Comedians - Vatican

Pope Francis looks at American comedians Chris Rock (center) and Jimmy Fallon (3rd from right) as he meets with more than 100 comedians from around the world at the Vatican on June 14, 2024, encouraging them to cheer people up and help people see reality with all its contradictions. Comedians are among the most well-loved and applauded entertainers, Pope Francis said, because they ‘have and cultivate the gift of making people laugh.’ Pope Francis told comedians they are in possession of ‘a precious gift,’ that can spread peace ‘within hearts and between peoples, helping us to overcome difficulties and cope with daily stress.’ The pontiff is known for his sense of humor. He likes to crack jokes with people he meets, often telling them with a smile: ‘please pray for me… not against me!’ He has repeatedly emphasized the importance of having a sense of humor, saying it is something that he prays for each day. Photoby (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets With More Than 100 Comedians - Vatican

Pope Francis greets American comedian Jimmy Fallon, as he meets with more than 100 comedians from around the world at the Vatican on June 14, 2024, encouraging them to cheer people up and help people see reality with all its contradictions. Comedians are among the most well-loved and applauded entertainers, Pope Francis said, because they ‘have and cultivate the gift of making people laugh.’ Pope Francis told comedians they are in possession of ‘a precious gift,’ that can spread peace ‘within hearts and between peoples, helping us to overcome difficulties and cope with daily stress.’ The pontiff is known for his sense of humor. He likes to crack jokes with people he meets, often telling them with a smile: ‘please pray for me… not against me!’ He has repeatedly emphasized the importance of having a sense of humor, saying it is something that he prays for each day. Photoby (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets With More Than 100 Comedians - Vatican

Pope Francis greets American comedian Conan O’Brien, as he meets with more than 100 comedians from around the world at the Vatican on June 14, 2024, encouraging them to cheer people up and help people see reality with all its contradictions. Comedians are among the most well-loved and applauded entertainers, Pope Francis said, because they ‘have and cultivate the gift of making people laugh.’ Pope Francis told comedians they are in possession of ‘a precious gift,’ that can spread peace ‘within hearts and between peoples, helping us to overcome difficulties and cope with daily stress.’ The pontiff is known for his sense of humor. He likes to crack jokes with people he meets, often telling them with a smile: ‘please pray for me… not against me!’ He has repeatedly emphasized the importance of having a sense of humor, saying it is something that he prays for each day. Photoby (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Meets With More Than 100 Comedians - Vatican

Pope Francis greets American actress Whoopi Goldberg, as he meets with more than 100 comedians from around the world at the Vatican on June 14, 2024, encouraging them to cheer people up and help people see reality with all its contradictions. Comedians are among the most well-loved and applauded entertainers, Pope Francis said, because they ‘have and cultivate the gift of making people laugh.’ Pope Francis told comedians they are in possession of ‘a precious gift,’ that can spread peace ‘within hearts and between peoples, helping us to overcome difficulties and cope with daily stress.’ The pontiff is known for his sense of humor. He likes to crack jokes with people he meets, often telling them with a smile: ‘please pray for me… not against me!’ He has repeatedly emphasized the importance of having a sense of humor, saying it is something that he prays for each day. Photoby (EV) Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM

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2023 could be worst year in gun violence in U.S. history: Kenyan expert

STORY: 2023 could be worst year in gun violence in U.S. history: Kenyan expert DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. various of mass shootings in the U.S. 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) STORYLINE: The mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay in California in January expose once again the violent root in U.S. culture. A Kenyan expert says 2023 could be the worst year in gun violence in U.S. history if the trend continues. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) "The trend is going to get worse. So it is just now an escalation of the frustrations of the American people. The contradictions in people's personal lives ar

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Prince's Day celebrated in the Netherlands

STORY: Prince's Day celebrated in the Netherlands DATELINE: Sept. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Prince's Day events held in the Hague, the Netherlands STORYLINE: The Netherlands celebrated Prince's Day on Tuesday. It's the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 that the traditional event was held with public attendance. Prince's Day is held every year in the Hague on the third Tuesday of September. It marks the opening of the Dutch parliamentary season, and on this day the reigning monarch outlines the government's plans for the year ahead. On Tuesday, Dutch King Willem-Alexander opened the parliament with his annual speech delivered from the throne in the Hague, in which he admitted that the country is currently going through "a time of contradictions and uncertainty." Princess Amalia, daughter of King Willem-Alexander and destined to be the next Queen, who turned 18 last year, attended the Prince's

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Int'l probe into U.S. biolabs in Ukraine needed: Pakistani expert

STORY: Int'l probe into U.S. biolabs in Ukraine needed: Pakistani expert DATELINE: April 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:47 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): JAVED RANA, Editor, The Digital Dispatch, Pakistan STORYLINE: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday that Moscow has information that an array of biological laboratories that are engaged in developing bio-weapons have been founded around Russia. A Pakistani expert has expressed his concern over the U.S. biolabs in Ukraine and said the international probe into the alleged U.S.-led biolabs in Ukraine is needed. SOUNDBITE (English): JAVED RANA, Editor, The Digital Dispatch, Pakistan "The U.S. has been in a web of his own contradictions. Initially, they came up with the argument that these labs don't exist, and later on when they have admitted, so they are coming up with a lot of contradiction, and that indicates that the Americans have long ago launched their geostrategic political project inside Ukraine. Americans h

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Court to retry man convicted of 1985 murder in Kumamoto

Koki Miyata, who served a 13-year prison term, attends a press conference in a wheelchair in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto on June 30, 2016, after the Kumamoto District Court decided to retry the 83-year-old, who confessed he killed a 59-year-old acquaintance in 1985. The court said "doubts have been raised" over the credibility of his initial confessions, pointing to "contradictions" found between what he said and evidence presented by Miyata's defense team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court to retry man convicted of 1985 murder in Kumamoto

Koki Miyata, who served a 13-year prison term, attends a press conference in a wheelchair in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto on June 30, 2016, after the Kumamoto District Court decided to retry the 83-year-old, who confessed he killed a 59-year-old acquaintance in 1985. The court said "doubts have been raised" over the credibility of his initial confessions, pointing to "contradictions" found between what he said and evidence presented by Miyata's defense team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo