Tag: married

10 same-sex couples in Hong Kong married via video chat

Ten same-sex couples have tied the knot in the United States over the internet from Hong Kong. The semi-autonomous former British colony does not formally recognise such unions, but offers them legal protections. The event was timed to mark Pride Month, with a registered celebrant from the American state of Utah making the marriages official. […]

25 best wedding anniversary gift ideas, according to years married

When you got married, you likely got engagement, bridal shower and wedding gifts — but the gift-giving doesn’t stop once you say “I do.” Your love is worth celebrating for years to come. If you need help shopping, you can follow some time-honored gift guidelines dating back to the 19th-century Victorian era, increasing each year […]

Photo shows married Kenyan pastor, not Nigerian Catholic priest

A social media post caused a stir in May 2024 when it claimed that a Nigerian Catholic priest got married while retaining his priesthood. But the claim is false:  AFP Fact Check found that the photo shows a Kenyan pastor who wedded in 2023 after leaving the Catholic church. A spokesman for the church in […]

I married the love of my life in a Ukrainian bunker. Two days later he was killed

Mariupol was doomed. Relentless Russian bombing had turned streets into ruins and courtyards into graveyards. But several metres underground in the south-eastern Ukrainian city, a romance was blooming. Valeria Subotina, 33, had been sheltering in the enormous Azovstal steelworks, the final stronghold in the city, as it was surrounded by Russian forces in spring 2022. […]

Orphans married off in Nigeria after mass wedding outcry

At least 100 young women, including many orphans, have been married off in separate ceremonies in Nigeria, following widespread outrage in the country. Friday’s event was initially meant to be a mass wedding, but Women’s Affairs Minister Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye filed a court order to stop it, fearing that some girls were underage. She went back […]

Married couple charged with thefts from Middleport pub

May 19—A Depew couple has been charged by New York State Police investigators with the theft of $50,000 in cash and unprepared food from a Middleport pub. Juliet McCarthy, 38, and Steven McCarthy, 39, both of Depew, were charged this past week with enterprise corruption (a “B” felony), second-degree grand larceny (C felony), third-degree grand […]