MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Tuesday in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital that paraded a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Many said they were praying for peace in the Middle East, where tens of thousands of Filipinos work, as fears rise of a spread of […]
During the month of January, the 52nd Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Rev. Father John Baptist DeValles, a WWI Veteran who was awarded for “extraordinary heroism and exceptional devotion to his duty.” He was born, Joa Baptista DeValles, on Aug. 29, […]
(Bloomberg) — A Dhaka court sentenced Muhammad Yunus — who won the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microloans to some of Bangladesh’s poorest — to 6 months in jail for labor law violations. Most Read from Bloomberg A labor inspector had found that employees of Grameen Telecom, of which Yunus, 83, is chairman, were denied […]
Jan. 1—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Hopes for 2024 ranged from world peace to a trip to an amusement park among local people who were interviewed recently by The Tribune-Democrat. Health, family, jobs, careers, politics and personal improvement were themes that most people touched on when looking forward to the new year. University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown […]
A labour court in Bangladesh’s capital has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labour laws. Yunus, who pioneered using microcredit to help impoverished people, was present at the hearing in Dhaka and was granted bail. The court gave the defence 30 days to appeal. Grameen […]
China has branded Taiwan presidential front-runner William Lai a “destroyer of peace” following a televised debate on Saturday in which he defended the island’s right to rule itself as a democracy. Chen Binhua, spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said Mr Lai’s discourse at the debate was “full of confrontational thinking”. He said Mr Lai, […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — A rebel group that fought for decades to free India’s northeastern state of Assam from New Delhi’s rule on Friday signed a peace accord with the government pledging to end the insurgency in the region. The United Liberation Front of Asom or ULFA, led by Arabinda Rajkhowa, concluded 12 years of […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a call with Pope Francis and discussed Ukraine’s peace formula, Zelensky said during his evening address on Dec. 28. Zelensky first announced the 10-point “peace formula” in November 2022. The peace plan calls for the withdrawal of all Russian troops from Russian territory, the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and the […]
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has named “three prerequisites for peace” in an article published in the Wall Street Journal. Source: Wall Street Journal; The Times of Israel Details: Netanyahu says that “Hamas must be destroyed, Gaza must be demilitarised, and Palestinian society must be deradicalised.” As The Times of Israel says, it is […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted peace can only be achieved in Gaza if Hamas is destroyed, the territory demilitarised and Palestinian society “deradicalised”, after warning the war is set to intensify. The declarations came as the World Health Organization on Monday reported “harrowing” accounts of entire families killed from Christmas Eve strikes on […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote an op-ed Monday outlining three prerequisites for peace in the region: the destruction of Hamas, the demilitarization of Gaza and the beginning of a deradicalization process of Palestinian society. In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, Netanyahu said once those three requirements are met, “Gaza can be rebuilt […]
Pope Francis called children whose lives are devastated by war the “little Jesuses” of today. He said he hoped for peace to come “in Israel and Palestine.” The pope said he particularly embraced the Christian communities of Gaza and the parish of Gaza. In a Christmas address, Pope Francis called for peace and a solution to the […]