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French President Macron And EU President Ursula von der Leyen's Trip To China Was A Disaster
China's President Xi Jinping, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von de Leyen meet in Beijing, Apr. 6, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic Marin/ Pool / AFP)
Politico: Macron fails to move Xi Jinping over Russia’s war on Ukraine
French leader also commits diplomatic faux pas at Beijing press conference.
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping showed no sign of changing his position over Russia’s war on Ukraine after talks Thursday with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.
On the second day of Macron’s state visit to China, Xi took his long-standing line on Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — saying that “all sides” have “reasonable security concerns” — and gave no hint he would use his influence to help end the conflict.
“China is willing to jointly appeal with France to the international community to remain rational and calm,” was as far as the Chinese leader would go during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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WNU Editor: French President Macron And EU President Ursula von der Leyen belief that they could go to Beijing and change Chinese President X's mind on Russia just two weeks after President Xi told Russian President Putin that together they were going to make changes on a global level not seen in 100 years is baffling to me.
And it gets worse from there.
French President Macron talked more than twice as long as President Xi, and even more during the press conference. EU President Ursula von der Leyen's just issued threats .... Ursula von der Leyen warns China not to send arms to Russia (The Guardian).
The media optics showed both European leaders doing a lot of talking, but were the listening? My gut says no.
But what was really telling is that every-time Macron brought up Ukraine, you can tell by President Xi's sighs that he wanted to discuss other issues.
Building in Marseille, France, collapses after explosion, multiple people believed trapped under rubble
An explosion that collapsed a residential building in France’s port city of Marseille early Sunday has rescuers racing to find any victims trapped under the debris as a fire burned beneath the rubble.
The five-story building collapsed just before 1 a.m., and six victims have been hospitalized with injuries, Marseille Mayor Benoit Payan said at a televised briefing.
"I would like us to prepare for a difficult situation - we could have victims today," Payan said.
Hours after the collapse in France's second-largest city, it was still unclear whether anyone was killed or what caused the explosion.
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French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrived at the scene later Sunday morning and told reporters that between four and 10 people were believed to be trapped under the rubble.
But the fire burning underneath the rubble complicated rescue efforts, with more than 100 firefighters working to put out blazes under the huge piles of debris while trying not to harm any potentially trapped victims.
"We’re trying to drown the fire while preserving the lives of eventual victims under the rubble," said Lionel Mathieu, commander of the Marseille fire brigade, adding that the intense heat made it impossible to send in dog teams to search.
Residents were evacuated from two neighboring buildings that partially collapsed during the incident. Payan said one of the buildings was in danger of collapsing.
The mayor said the explosion was the "probable" cause of the building collapse, although he stressed that an investigation would ultimately determine the cause.
The explosion could be heard throughout the old quarter in the center of France’s second-largest city and resounded in other neighborhoods.
Nearby streets were blocked off as rescue efforts continued.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
‘A great day to be a journalist in Fiji’ as Parliament repeals ‘draconian’ media law
Media freedom has declined since the 2006 coup
Originally published on Global Voices
Journalists attended the historic voting at the Parliament of Fiji. Photo from the Facebook page of Pacific Islands News Association
On April 6, the Parliament of Fiji voted to repeal the Media Industry Development Act (MIDA) which was enacted in 2010 by the government that assumed power through a coup in 2006.
The new coalition government that was formed after the December 2022 election has vowed to pursue reforms in media legislation, which included the review or repeal of MIDA.
Local journalists and media groups have criticized MIDA as a repressive tool of the previous government.
The statement of the Fijian Media Association (FMA), which was read during the Parliament session, highlighted the deleterious impact of MIDA on the local media environment:
Some of Fiji's best journalists left the industry as a result and the media still carry the mental scars today from that very disturbing period.
Neither the previous government nor a single member of the public has ever used the MIDA Tribunal to complain about the media, and there has been no media development under MIDA. It was a useless, but dangerous and vindictive piece of legislation for the industry.
The repeal of the MIDA Act has long been a unifying demand of all media organizations in Fiji. No government, including this Peoples Coalition government should ever be given such power over the media.
During the session, Minister for Communications Hon. Manoa Kamikamica read out the names of journalists who were either harassed or charged by authorities for alleged violations of the MIDA, as this tweet by a journalist shows:
Thank you Fiji Media Association and DPM Manoa Kamikamica for mention of names in Parliament today who have in some way been subject of particular attention by the previous govt. Satish Narain, Tanya Waqanika & Tevita Gonelevu also paid a high price under previous govt #Fiji pic.twitter.com/uwTGxeH5Jt
— Anish Chand (@achandftv) April 6, 2023
FMA added that “the MIDA experiment is over and the draconian legislation now belongs in the dustbins of history.”
In an earlier statement, FMA cited how repressive provisions of the MIDA undermined media freedom
The excessive fines hanging over the heads of the media organisations and editors were threatening, not conducive to media freedom, and designed to be vindictive, punish and control the media rather (than) encourage better reporting standards.
Another journalist recalled on Twitter how the government in 2010 used the repressive media law to intimidate newsrooms.
Vividly recall the cruel days leading up to the enactment of this law. How they'd send soldiers to the newsrooms to vet our copies
. How we were sworn at for writing ‘interim’ instead of just govt. Hats off to colleagues who chose to stay. To media freedom
https://t.co/1KW5VbaK90
— Ana Tudrau-Tamani
(@AncyFiji) April 6, 2023
After the voting in Parliament, Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley exclaimed, “Today is a great day to be a journalist in Fiji.”
He later wrote an editorial linking MIDA to the decline of democracy in Fiji.
How could you ignore that with massive fines and a jail term hanging over your head daily? Because there was no clear explanation about what constituted a breach, editors faced the very real possibility of someone somewhere using the Act against them.
It certainly wasn’t fashionable standing against the government then, raising niggling issues that made those in power look bad. The people do not need absolute control by the government. They don’t need suppressed information either.
Before the day ends. Here is to Media Freedom! The @fijitimes editorial team celebrates after the Media Industry Development Act (MIDA) 2010 was repealed today. It has surely been a long tough battle. #since1869 pic.twitter.com/Z130Vfh3Bw
— Ana Madigibuli
(@fijiandreamer) April 6, 2023
Islands Business Magazine editor Samantha Magick explained how the repeal of MIDA will inspire more critical media reporting in Fiji
Fiji's media will see more investigations, more depth, more voices, different perspectives, [and] hopefully they can engage a bit more as well without fear.
It'll just be so much healthier for us as a people and democracy to have that level of debate and investigation and questioning, regardless of who you are.
“Very Emotional,” Fiji Times editor in chief Fred Wesley told me.
Newsrooms celebrate press freedom in Fiji after the repeal of what has been described as “draconian law”, suppressing media freedom.@RNZPacific @fijitimes @islandsasia @kelvinfiji pic.twitter.com/EDzdYS1He6
— Lydia Lewis (@LydiaLewisRNZ) April 6, 2023
But the previous ruling party said the passage of MIDA was necessary to protect public interest. Former minister Premila Kumar also questioned why legislators consulted the media about the MIDA repeal bill.
(It is) like going to prison and asking the inmates if bars and gates should be removed? Obviously they will choose to remove anything that is regulating them.
Absolute media freedom in any jurisdiction is rare and even impossible.
Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad reminded the new opposition about the importance of repealing MIDA.
Sometimes I think the opposition can’t even understand their own interest today. They are so used to being in government and muzzling the media can’t see that the repealing of the act will be beneficial for them, good for democracy and good for our people in this country.
The Attorney-General also assured the opposition and the public that they can still seek redress against abuses through existing laws such as the Defamation Act 1971, Online Safety Act 2018 and the Crimes Act 2009.
FMA supports media self-regulation through the Fiji Media Council which is composed of media organizations and community representatives to process complaints and improve media standards.
The Pacific Islands News Association urged stakeholders to initiate discussions on the self-regulation of the media industry.
The onus is now on the media industry and related stakeholders to put in place proper independent mechanisms for the media to self-regulate and discharge their duties responsibly.
It also encouraged other Pacific governments to follow the lead of Fiji by removing restrictive media laws.
The 2022 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders placed Fiji in the 102nd position out of 180 countries. It was the worst rating for a Pacific nation.
Written by Mong Palatino
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Says A Chinese Unilateral Move On Taiwan Would Hit 'Literally Every Country On Earth'
Euronews: A Chinese unilateral move on Taiwan would hit 'literally every country on earth,' Blinken warns
Any attempt by China to forcefully change the status quo with Taiwan would hit "quite literally every country on earth," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned in an interview with Euronews in which he also made clear his country does not seek a direct confrontation with Beijing.
China considers Taiwan a breakaway province and has vowed to reunite the democratic island with the mainland, a goal that Western countries interpret as a coded language for a possible full-scale military intervention sometime in the future.
These fears have drastically increased after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has caused an evident deterioration in relations between China and the West.
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WNU Editor: The war of words between China and the U.S. continues .... US ready for war with China – congressman (RT).
Israeli military: 3 rockets fired from Syria toward Israel
The Israeli military said Saturday that three rockets were launched from Syria toward Israeli territory, a rare attack from the country's northeastern neighbor that comes after days of escalating violence on multiple fronts.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rocket launches, which caused no damage or casualties. Only one rocket managed to cross into Israeli territory and landed in a field in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, the Israeli military said. Fragments of another destroyed missile fell into Jordanian territory near the Syrian border, Jordan's military reported.
In Syria, an adviser to President Bashar Assad described the rocket strikes as "part of the previous, present and continuing response to the brutal enemy."
ISRAEL TERROR ATTACK IN TEL AVIV LEAVES THREE DEAD, MULTIPLE INJURED AFTER CAR RAMS INTO CROWD
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli security forces fatally shot a 20-year-old Palestinian in the town of Azzun, Palestinian health officials said, stirring protests in the area. The Israeli military said troops fired at Palestinians hurling stones and explosive devices. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the Palestinian killed as Ayed Salim.
His death came at a time of unusually heightened violence in the West Bank. Over 90 Palestinians and have been killed by Israeli fire so far this year, at least half of them affiliated with militant groups, according to a tally by The Associated Press.
Palestinian attacks on Israelis have killed 19 people in that time — including on Friday two British-Israelis shot to death near a settlement in the Jordan Valley and an Italian tourist killed by a suspected car-ramming in Tel Aviv. All but one were civilians.
The rocket fire from Syria comes against the backdrop of soaring Israeli-Palestinian tensions touched off by an Israeli police raid on Jerusalem's most sensitive site, the sacred compound home to the Al-Aqsa mosque. That outraged Palestinians marking the holy fasting month of Ramadan and prompted militants in Lebanon — as well as Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip — to fire a heavy barrage of rockets into Israel.
In retaliation, Israeli warplanes struck sites allegedly linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza and southern Lebanon.
Late Saturday, tensions ran high in Jerusalem as a few hundred Palestinian worshippers barricaded themselves in the mosque, which sits on a hilltop in the heart of Jerusalem's Old City sacred to both Muslims and Jews. Israeli police efforts to evict the worshippers locked in the mosque overnight with stockpiled firecrackers and stones spiraled into unrest in the holy site earlier this week.
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The latest escalations prompted Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to extend a closure barring entrance to Israel for Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip for the duration of the Jewish holiday of Passover, while police beefed up forces in Jerusalem on the eve of sensitive religious celebrations.
In a separate incident in the northern West Bank city of Nablus late Saturday, a leader of a local independent armed group known as the Lion's Den claimed the group executed an alleged Israeli collaborator who had tipped off the Israeli military to the locations and movements of the group's members. Israeli security forces have targeted and killed several of the group's key members in recent months.
The accused man's killing could not be immediately confirmed, but videos in Palestinian media showed medics and residents gathered around his bloodied body in the Old City, where the Lion's Den holds sway. "Traitors have neither a country nor a people," Lion's Den commander Oday Azizi said in a statement.
The moves come at a time of heightened religious fervor – with Ramadan coinciding with Passover and Easter celebrations. Jerusalem's Old City, home to key Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy sites, has been teeming with visitors and religious pilgrims from around the world.
Gallant said that a closure imposed last Wednesday, on the eve of Passover, would remain in effect until the holiday ends on Wednesday night. The order prevents Palestinians from entering Israel for work or to pray in Jerusalem this week, though mass prayers were permitted at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday. Gallant also ordered the Israeli military to be prepared to assist Israeli police. The army later announced that it was deploying additional troops around Jerusalem and in the West Bank.
Over 2,000 police were expected to be deployed in Jerusalem on Sunday – when tens of thousands of Jews are expected to gather at the Western Wall for the special Passover priestly blessing. The Western Wall is the holiest site where Jews can pray and sits next to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, where large crowds gather each day for prayers during Ramadan.
Jerusalem police chief Doron Turgeman met with his commanders on Saturday for a security assessment. He accused the Hamas militant group, which rules the Gaza Strip, of trying to incite violence ahead of Sunday's priestly blessing with false claims that Jews planned to storm the mosque.
"We will allow the freedom of worship and we will allow the arrival of Muslims to pray," he said, adding that police "will act with determination and sensitivity" to ensure that all faiths can celebrate safely.
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The current round of violence erupted earlier in the week after Israeli police raided the mosque, firing tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of Palestinians who had barricaded themselves inside. Violent scenes from the raid sparked unrest in the contested capital and outrage across the Arab world.
China Has Frozen High-Level Contact With The US
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Politico: China is ghosting the United States
Beijing has effectively frozen high level bilateral diplomatic contact in the wake of the Chinese spy balloon incident in February.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants to reschedule his date with China. Beijing is giving him the cold shoulder.
The Biden administration called off Blinken’s planned trip to Beijing in February after a Chinese spy balloon traversed U.S. skies, but has since been trying to restart high-level talks. That includes rescheduling the Blinken visit, and setting up other trips by top U.S. officials and a phone call between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a current U.S. official and a former State Department official said.
But China is rebuffing the U.S. efforts, the people said, and its willingness to fully engage may hinge on the drama around Wednesday’s meeting in California between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy .
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Update: Blinken Can’t Reschedule His Trip to China After Canceling (Antiwar.com)
WNU Editor: All of my contacts in China are saying the same thing. They are hoping there will be a new White House administration after the 2024 elections. I tell them that hope is not a strategy.
Chinese Military Begins Exercises Around Taiwan
CNBC/Reuters: Chinese planes cross Taiwan Strait median line as angry China starts drills
Seventy-one Chinese military aircraft crossed the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday as China began drills around Taiwan in anger at President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The three-day drills, announced the day after Tsai returned from the United States, had been widely expected after Beijing condemned her Wednesday meeting with Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles.
China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. Taiwan’s government strongly objects to China’s claims.
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Chinese Military Begins Exercises Around Taiwan
Chinese military rehearses encirclement of Taiwan -- BBC
China sends fighter jets toward Taiwan after Tsai's US meeting -- FOX News
China flies fighter jets near Taiwan after leader's US stop, meeting with House speaker -- USA Today
China launches military drills around Taiwan after US House speaker meeting -- The Guardian
China sends 71 military aircraft and kicks off military drills in ‘serious warning’ to Taiwan -- The Independent
China sends 71 warplanes near Taiwan as military drills kick off -- Japan Times
China starts 3 days of combat readiness patrol exercises around Taiwan -- ABC News
Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, dies
Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps, has died. He had just turned 103 in March.
Ferencz died Friday evening in Boynton Beach, Florida, according to St. John's University law professor John Barrett, who runs a blog about the Nuremberg trials. The death also was confirmed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
"Today the world lost a leader in the quest for justice for victims of genocide and related crimes," the museum tweeted.
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Born in Transylvania in 1920, Ferencz immigrated as a very young boy with his parents to New York to escape rampant antisemitism. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Ferencz joined the U.S. Army in time to take part in the Normandy invasion during World War II. Using his legal background, he became an investigator of Nazi war crimes against U.S. soldiers as part of a new War Crimes Section of the Judge Advocate's Office.
When U.S. intelligence reports described soldiers encountering large groups of starving people in Nazi camps watched over by SS guards, Ferencz followed up with visits, first at the Ohrdruf labor camp in Germany and then at the notorious Buchenwald concentration camp. At those camps and later others, he found bodies "piled up like cordwood" and "helpless skeletons with diarrhea, dysentery, typhus, TB, pneumonia, and other ailments, retching in their louse ridden bunks or on the ground with only their pathetic eyes pleading for help," Ferencz wrote in an account of his life.
"The Buchenwald concentration camp was a charnel house of indescribable horrors," Ferencz wrote. "There is no doubt that I was indelibly traumatized by my experiences as a war crimes investigator of Nazi extermination centers. I still try not to talk or think about the details."
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At one point toward the end of the war, Ferencz was sent to Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps to search for incriminating documents but came back empty-handed.
After the war, Ferencz was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army and returned to New York to begin practicing law. But that was short-lived. Because of his experiences as a war crimes investigator, he was recruited to help prosecute Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials, which had begun under the leadership of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson. Before leaving for Germany, he married his childhood sweetheart, Gertrude.
At the age of 27, with no previous trial experience, Ferencz became chief prosecutor for a 1947 case in which 22 former commanders were charged with murdering over 1 million Jews, Romani and other enemies of the Third Reich in Eastern Europe. Rather than depending on witnesses, Ferencz mostly relied on official German documents to make his case. All the defendants were convicted, and more than a dozen were sentenced to death by hanging even though Ferencz hadn't asked for the death penalty.
"At the beginning of April 1948, when the long legal judgment was read, I felt vindicated," he wrote. "Our pleas to protect humanity by the rule of law had been upheld."
With the war crimes trials winding down, Ferencz went to work for a consortium of Jewish charitable groups to help Holocaust survivors regain properties, homes, businesses, art works, Torah scrolls, and other Jewish religious items that had been confiscated from them by the Nazis. He also later assisted in negotiations that would lead to compensation to the Nazi victims.
In later decades, Ferencz championed the creation of an international court which could prosecute any government's leaders for war crimes. Those dreams were realized in 2002 with establishment of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, though its effectiveness has been limited by the failure of countries like the United States to participate.
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Ferencz is survived by a son and three daughters. His wife died in 2019.
China called out by World Health Organization over COVID origin data
Chinese health officials are defending their search to find the source of the coronavirus and criticized the leader of the World Health Organization after saying that China should have shared genetic information earlier.
Shen Hongbing, director of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention called the comments "offensive and disrespectful," accusing the organization of "attempting to smear China." Hongbing said that the WHO should not be helping others "politicize COVID-19."
Hongbing was responding to comments made by the WHO Director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, when he said that newly disclosed genetic material from Wuhan should have been made available when the virus began.
"These data could have — and should have — been shared three years ago," Ghebreyesus said on March 17.
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"As a responsible country and as scientists, we have always actively shared research results with scientists from around the world," Hongbing said at a press conference on Saturday.
The comments from Ghebreyesus in March came after Chinese data that was first made available in January was taken offline after researches offered to work with Chinese scientists in analyzing the data.
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However, a team of international virus experts downloaded the data before it was taken offline and began to analyze it.
According to the researchers, the Chinese data points towards the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic could have began in a Wuhan seafood market where illegally traded raccoon dogs may have infected humans.
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The researchers say that raccoon dogs left DNA in the same area of the Wuhan market where coronavirus genetic signatures were found.
Chinese officials have previously pushed back on this type of theory, saying that the coronavirus was brought in by sick people rather by animals.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said in March the COVID-19 pandemic was likely caused by a lab leak in Wuhan, China.
"The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan," Wray told Fox News in an interview that aired Tuesday. "Here you are talking about a potential leak from a Chinese government-controlled lab."
"I will just make the observation that the Chinese government, it seems to me, has been doing its best to try to thwart and obfuscate the work here, the work that we're doing, the work that our U.S. government and close foreign partners are doing. And that's unfortunate for everybody," Wray added.
In March, the Department of Energy assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic was likely caused by an accidental lab leak in China.
The National Intelligence Council as well as four other government agencies assess at "low confidence" that COVID-19 originated as a result of natural transmission from an infected animal, but the CIA and other government agencies remain undecided.
Fox News' Michael Lee and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
United Kingdom still negotiating with Taliban for three Brits in custody, including 'danger tourist'
The British government remains locked in discussions with the Taliban to ensure the safe return of three British nationals, including a "danger tourist."
"If there are risks to people's safety, if they're a British citizen abroad, then the UK government is going to do whatever it takes to ensure that they're safe," Home Secretary Suella Braverman told Sky News earlier this week. "The government is in negotiations and working hard to ensure people's safety is upheld."
"If there are problems and if there are safety concerns to British individuals abroad, then the FCO will be working actively to ensure people are safe," she said when asked directly about negotiations over the three individuals.
YouTube blogger Miles Routledge, charity medic Kevin Cornwell and an unnamed British hotel manager have been arrested and held in prison, the latter two since January while Routledge was allegedly arrested on March 2 alongside two Polish nationals.
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Routledge posted a photo on his subscriber-only Patreon blog and wrote, "Yo guys, been taken by Afghan intelligence for taking like $1000 out of Western Union (sus amount). No internet, no idea when this will send, everything is good but please excuse my lack of communication."
A friend told the Daily Mail that Routledge had also written that he would see "a few days of questioning," but then posted no further message since March 8.
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The friend told the Mail that he was "very worried for Miles" and noted that the messages had posted on March 8 but were time stamped for March 2, making it possible someone had activated his phone at the later date and allowed them to automatically post.
Routledge previously required help from the British government in August 2021 when he was on holiday in Afghanistan and got caught up in the chaos that followed the U.S. military withdrawal.
He luckily managed to make it onto a British Army airlift, but appeared to decide it was worth returning to the country at just one year later.
Scott Richards, who is assisting the other two Brits, told Sky News that he believed they were in good health and treated well, but he admitted he has had "no meaningful contact" and "no access" for international monitoring agencies.
Cornwell stands accused of having an illegal firearm in the safe he keeps in his room, but his family said he had a license for the weapon. Richards speculated the license may have been overlooked during the search.
The Taliban did not respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment by the time of publication.
Spanish TV star reveals adopted surrogate baby belongs to her deceased son: report
A veteran Spanish TV actress who paid for a surrogate pregnancy revealed this week that the child belonged to her deceased son.
"This was Aless's final wish, to bring a child of his own into the world," Ana Obregón said, revealing that the father of the child was her own son who died of cancer at the age of 27.
Obregón, 68, caused a firestorm in Spain when the press learned that she had paid for a surrogate to have a baby for her. Aless Lequio, her son, passed away in 2020, but before he died, a sample of his sperm was frozen and stored in New York, according to the BBC.
Obregón used a surrogate of Cuban origin living in Florida and flew to New York for the child’s birth. The child, named Ana Sandra, will be registered at the Spanish consulate before returning to Madrid.
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"This girl is not my daughter, but rather my granddaughter," Obregón told Spanish magazine ¡Hola!
"If that was my son's last will and testament, how could I not do it?" she added. The magazine also revealed that the baby was born on March 20, having been conceived last June when her son would have turned 30.
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Paying for surrogate pregnancies is banned in Spain and most of the European Union, but Obregón can register a surrogate child born in another country. Countries including Ireland, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands allow the practice but only under strict conditions, according to Euronews.
Spain’s Equality Minister Irene Montero called surrogacy a "form of violence against women." The country’s Socialist party intends to amend legislation to prevent Spanish citizens from seeking surrogacy in other countries the way Obregón did.
Obregón called the debate around her decision and the surrogacy "absurd," even though there exists a potential complication, since Spain’s civil code prevents adoption of "a descendant." Obregón argued that she is legally the child’s mother, even if she is biologically the grandmother.
Obregón also said she hasn’t ruled out providing her granddaughter with a brother or sister.
McCaul says China saber-rattling will 'only firm up our resolve' amid aggression against Taiwan
A bipartisan U.S. delegation to Taiwan concluded that China’s saber-rattling efforts should only inspire Washington to firm up its commitment to the island nation.
"These are intimidation tactics and saber-rattling, in my judgment, only firm up our resolve against the Chinese Communist Party. It has no deterrent effect on us," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairperson Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told Fox News. "In fact, I think it galvanizes the United States' support for Taiwan."
The delegation visited the island following Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California last week. China responded to the meeting with a series of military drills, deploying jets and warships for three days of "combat readiness" drills around Taiwan.
A total of eight warships and 42 planes were detected near the border within the Strait of Taiwan that demarcates the territory between China and the self-governed island. At least half of the military vessels darted right along the line of separation itself.
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The delegation that visited the island this week included Rep. French Hill, R-Ariz., Rep. Michael Lawler, R-N.Y., Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., and Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa.
McCaul revealed during a closing press conference that the group had discussed weapon sales, stressing that the U.S. backs deterrence policies. He noted that a combination of training, military exercises and intelligence sharing remain central to those efforts.
"We talked about a lot of very constructive ways of deterring, including economic," McCaul said. "We talked about several military scenarios, including a blockade, [and] how they would respond to that."
"Overall, know deterrence is key," he added. "We don't want war. We want peace and deterrence and peace through strength the accomplishes that."
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McCaul also raised concerns about Beijing interfering in Taiwan’s next presidential election, as "it’ll be a lot easier for them to influence an election without a shot fired than it would be to go to war."
Taiwan’s role as the most significant producer of semiconductor chips in the world makes it a chief priority to maintain the island’s independence.
"I would argue freedom and democracy is worth supporting Taiwan over, but if that doesn't persuade people, 90% of the advanced semiconductor capabilities for the world in manufacturing exist right here in Taiwan," McCaul said.
"If that is compromised in any way - it's a strategic asset - a national security asset, [and] if that is taken by invasion or it's broken, it will send this globe into a world of hurt and a global depression."
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Some members of the delegation acknowledged the difficulty in firming up alliances in the region, as Beijing can interpret such actions as aggressive and may respond with escalatory measures. The delegation visited South Korea and Japan prior to arriving in Taiwan.
"I think it's very difficult to ask countries in Asia to be verbally out there saying, ‘This is what we do’ [in the event of an invasion]," Bera said of the visits.
"But if you think about the two countries we visited prior to coming to Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, they've both experienced economic retaliation in South Korea for the deployment of THAAD batteries in Japan in the past getting their supplies of critical rare earth elements getting cut off," Bera added.
Hill argued that despite military drills and economic actions, these are "the earliest days" of any conflict, but pointed to Hong Kong and Ukraine as "a wake-up call" as to what could happen.
"You have, for the first time, an Indo-Pacific strategy in Korea, a national security strategy," Hill said. "They've not had that before. They've been concerned principally only about North Korea and the North Asia region, but in that Indo-Pacific regional national security strategy, [there’s] willingness to participate."
"And if you don't like inflation now, wait until you have a -- 60% of global trade passes through the strait between here, but 80 miles between China and Taiwan, it's not just a military issue," Hill added. "It's a way-of-life issue in the United States. And that's why deterrence is so important."
UK Intelligence Says Russian Military Forces Continue To Advance In The Battle For Bakhmut
Ukraine has not acknowledged any Russian takeover of Bakhmut
Russian forces are threatening a key supply route for Ukrainian troops and have "likely" seized the center of Bakhmut after more than six months of brutal fighting over the town, the U.K. defense ministry said Friday.
Russian troops, largely led by Wagner mercenary forces, have been attempting to encircle the town to pinch it from the north and south, and on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would pull their forces from the area if that threat became too great. "In recent days, Russian forces have regained some momentum in the battle for Bakhmut.
Since late March 2023 their advance had largely stalled," the ministry said in its daily intelligence assessment. "Russia has made further gains and has now highly likely advanced into the town center, and has seized the west bank of the Bakhmutka River."
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WNU Editor: The Western media narrative is that Russia's military forces are suffering staggering losses .... 177,000 Dead: Putin Might Win In Bakhmut, But His Ukraine War is a Disaster (19FortyFive), and that they are all surrendering .... Putin's Forces Are Surrendering at Surging Pace: Ukraine Official (Newsweek).
The Ukrainian sources that I trust tell me that the battle for Bakhmut has resulted in Ukraine losing thousands of its best soldiers defending a city where Russian fire-power was at a magnitude 7 to 10 times greater than what Ukraine could muster, and more importantly, the expenditure and loss of munitions and equipment that will be difficult to replace.
The Russia sources that I trust tell me that the city has been "operationally surrounded" for weeks, and there are currently thousands of Ukrainian soldiers trapped in a small pocket in the Western section of the city.
Update: A photo-gallery on the battle for Bakhmut .... The Battle For Bakhmut: The Bloodiest Infantry Brawl Since World War II (RFE).
UK Intelligence Says Russian Military Forces Continue To Advance In The Battle For Bakhmut
Putin’s forces ‘reach centre’ of key Ukrainian city Bakhmut in bloody battle -- The Independent
Russia seizes Bakhmutka River's west bank, says UK defence ministry -- Reuters
Ukraine at Risk of Losing Critical Town to Russia as Personnel Losses Mount -- US News and World Reprot
Russian forces likely seized Bakhmut center, threaten supply lines -- NYPost
New exhibit in Mexico City celebrates discovery of Mexica lunar goddess monolith
A new exhibit hosted by Museum of Templo Mayor in Mexico City marks the 45th anniversary of the discovery of a monolith depicting Coyolxauhqui, the Mexica lunar goddess. The finding was a milestone for Mexican archeology, as it shed light on Mexica civilization before the Spanish conquest.
"Coyolxauhqui: The star, the goddess, the discovery" displays more than 150 archeological objects focused on the mythology, symbolism and scientific research around this deity (whose name is pronounced Koy-ol-shauw-kee). The exhibit runs through June 4.
For almost 500 years, the exact location of Templo Mayor remained a mystery. The religious complex was demolished shortly after Spanish conqueror Hernán Cortés ordered the destruction of every building in Tenochtitlan, capital of the Mexica empire, around 1521.
SUNKEN JEWELS, BURIED TREASURE UNCOVERED IN THE BAHAMAS FROM ICONIC 17TH CENTURY SPANISH SHIPWRECK
Patricia Ledesma, archaeologist and director of Museum of Templo Mayor, said that her predecessors undertook the task of rescuing the traces of the Mexica civilization after the colonial era, in 1821. For more than a century, though, they made little progress.
When the country regained its independence, the heart of the capital was densely populated, which complicated any excavation plans. But then Coyolxauhqui appeared.
In 1978, near Mexico City’s cathedral where many thought the ruins of Templo Mayor were buried, an electrical worker hit something with his shovel. It was Coyolxauhqui, carefully portrayed in stone as the dismembered lunar goddess who lost a battle against her brother, the Sun.
The discovery was a turning point.
"We thought that we were no longer going to find anything about the Mexicas," Ledesma said. "And then, there she was, signaling us where Templo Mayor might be".
Coyolxauhqui’s location was crucial. Since the circular stone where she was carved in 1469 was found near a flight of stairs, it soon became clear that she had laid hidden for centuries at the base of Templo Mayor, dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the solar god.
These hints prompted national and international interest, which led the National Institute of Anthropology and History to greenlight an archaeological project that is still ongoing.
"The temple reproduces the myth of the birth of the solar god," Ledesma said. "It represents that a world of night and darkness is defeated at the feet of the house of the triumphant Sun."
The myth goes as follows: Coatlicue, mother of the gods, sweeps outside her temple when a ball of feathers falls from the sky. She holds it in her bosom and becomes pregnant.
Soon after, Coyolxauhqui -- her daughter and goddess of the Moon -- finds out. She becomes enraged and convinces her 400 brothers -- the stars -- to collaborate on a plan to kill their mother.
UK MUSEUMS SHY AWAY FROM USING ‘MUMMY’ TO DESCRIBE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN REMAINS: IT’S ‘DEHUMANIZING’
When they try to assassinate Coatlicue on top of a hill, she gives birth to Huitzilopochtli (prounced wee-tsee-loh-poch-tlee), the solar and war deity, who is born fully dressed and ready for battle.
After facing his sister in combat, Huitzilopochtli triumphs. He decapitates Coyolxauhqui and throws her remains to the base of the hill, where she lays dismembered. This is why the Mexicas placed her stone near the stairs they built to homage Huitzilopochtli, their patron and most beloved god.
"This myth isn't about her murder," Ledesma said. "The message is that we are children of the Sun."
According to her, the treasured monolith where the broken body of Coyolxauhqui remains untouched by time survived the fury of Cortés because it was out of sight. There were many Coyolxauhqui sculptures, Ledesma said.
When the Mexicas won an important battle, they renovated their temple and its sculptures. The old ones were probably kept under the new ones, which remained visible and were destroyed by the Spaniards.
To date, archeologists have discovered five Coyolxauhquis. The best-preserved sculpture is the one that the electrical worker found 45 years ago.
Since she was found, Coyolxauhqui has overwhelmed Mexican hearts. After the excavation project in Templo Mayor was launched, the chief archeologist, Eduardo Matos, opened the excavation to the public once a week and people lined up to visit their ancestors' lunar goddess.
"People came and presented her with flowers, with gifts" Ledesma said. "It was like a rediscovery of a society that we had thought lost to the war."
China sends fighter jets toward Taiwan after Tsai's US meeting
China sent warships and dozens of fighter jets toward Taiwan, according to the Taiwanese government.
The move was in reaction to a meeting between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California last week.
China's military announced the star of three-day "combat readiness patrols" as a warning to Taiwan.
There were eight warships and 42 planes detected near the self-ruled island, 29 of which flew across the middle line of the strait that separates it from the mainland, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Defense.
CONFLICT WITH CHINA 'LAST RESORT' BUT CONGRESS WILL AUTHORIZE TROOPS IF AMERICANS SUPPORT IT: MCCAUL
Those aircraft included Chengdu J-10, Shenyang J-11 and Shenyang J-16 jet fighters.
Furthermore, the navy planned to hold "live fire training" in Luoyuan Bay in Fujian province opposite Taiwan, per an announcement from the local Maritime Authority.
Ships were reportedly banned during the firing, which also was due to take place over the next two weeks.
The People’s Liberation Army gave no indication whether they might be planning a repeat of previous exercises during which missiles were fired into the sea.
"This is a serious warning against the collusion and provocation between the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces and external forces," the army said in a statement. The "Joint Sword" exercises "defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity."
"We condemn such an irrational act that has jeopardized regional security and stability," the Ministry of Defense said.
This comes after the Chinese government imposed a travel ban and economic sanctions against American groups and individuals who were associated with Tsai's meeting.
The Taiwanese military said missile defense systems were activated and that air and sea patrols had been sent to track the Chinese aircraft.
While Taiwan and the mainland have trade and investment ties, they have no official relations.
Taiwan split with China after a civil war in 1949. The ruling Communist Party says the democracy is obliged to rejoin the mainland, by force if necessary.
China also says that contact with foreign officials encourages Taiwanese who want formal independence, a step the ruling party says would lead to war.
The U.S. has no official relations with Taiwan, but maintains extensive informal and commercial ties. Congressional visits to Taiwan have increased in recent years.
In August, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi traveled to Taiwan to meet with Tsai, and China reacted with its largest live-fire drills in decades.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
North Korea claims successful test of underwater nuclear-capable drone
North Korean officials claimed Saturday that the country successfully tested another underwater nuclear-capable drone.
The North Korea military reported testing a Haeil-2 underwater weapons system with nuclear capabilities this week.
"The system will serve as an advantageous and prospective military potential of the armed forces of the DPRK essential for containing all evolving military actions of enemies, removing threats and defending the country," North Korean state media said in a communiqué.
NORTH KOREA CUTS OFF ROUTINE CALLS WITH SOUTH KOREA AS TENSIONS RISE
The exercises reportedly began Tuesday and ran through Friday as the hermit kingdom aimed to prove the weapons capable of strategic deployment.
Due to the lack of a free press and diplomatic relations, it is not currently possible to evaluate North Korea officials' claims.
The country's Korean Central News Agency released a series of images claiming to show the new weapons systems being tested.
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS INVITE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS LAWMAKERS DURING STATE VISIT
Already-tense relations between the communist country and its neighbors have been stretched to their breaking point as the U.S. oversees joint military exercises in the region.
U.S. military officials hoped to dissuade North Korea from continuing nuclear testing via displays of military might in the Pacific, but those drills have only soured communications.
North Korea has stopped responding to regularly scheduled calls with South Korea as military tensions rise.
South Korean government officials announced Friday that its northern neighbor has failed to respond via the two-way military liaison line normally used twice a day. The silence continued Saturday.
A two-way phone line connects representatives of both North and South Korea for logistical and diplomatic purposes. It is normally used twice daily — once at 9 a.m. and again at 5 p.m.
Biden Administration Report Blames Former President Trump On Disastrous Withdrawal From Afghanistan
NBC: Biden White House largely blames Trump admin for troubled U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
A new report from the National Security Council largely blamed former President Donald Trump's administration for the breakdown that occurred after U.S. troops withdrew.
WASHINGTON — The White House released a report Thursday about the decisions made regarding the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including the bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members.
The 12-page report by the National Security Council summarizes the administration's assessment of the withdrawal and largely blames former President Donald Trump's administration for the chaos that unfolded as U.S. troops were leaving and as Americans and Afghans evacuated from the country.
The Taliban took over the government and have remained in power. "President Biden’s choices for how to execute a withdrawal from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor," the report said.
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WNU Editor: Former President Trump has responded .... Trump Blasts 'Moron' Biden After White House Blames Him for Afghan Chaos (Newsweek).
Biden Administration Report Blames Former President Trump On Disastrous Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Biden review of chaotic Afghan exit blames Trump -- AP
Biden Afghanistan report mostly blames Trump for chaotic US withdrawal -- Reuters
Biden administration report on Afghanistan mostly blames Trump for disastrous withdrawal -- France 24
Biden administration blames Trump in part for chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal -- CBS News
U.S. report on Afghanistan evacuation blames intelligence failures, Trump administration -- PBS News
White House Review Blames Botched Afghan Withdrawal Entirely On Trump -- Zero Hedge
US National Security Secrets From Ukraine To The Middle East To China Have Surfaced On Social Media Sites
DNYUZ/New York Times: New Batch of Classified Documents Appear on Social Media Sites
WASHINGTON — A new batch of classified documents that appear to detail American national security secrets from Ukraine to the Middle East to China surfaced on social media sites on Friday, alarming the Pentagon and adding turmoil to a situation that seemed to have caught the Biden administration off guard.
The scale of the leak — analysts say more than 100 documents may have been obtained — along with the sensitivity of the documents themselves, could be hugely damaging, officials said.
A senior intelligence official called the leak “a nightmare for the Five Eyes,” in a reference to the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, the so-called Five Eyes nations that broadly share intelligence.
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WNU Editor: Russian media is skeptical of these leaks .... Here's why the leaked ‘secret plan’ for a Ukrainian military offensive doesn't add up (RT). More here .... Russia Claims Leaked Pentagon Intelligence on Ukraine is U.S. Disinformation (US News and World Report).
US National Security Secrets From Ukraine To The Middle East To China Have Surfaced On Social Media Sites
Tranche of purported U.S. and allied military secrets leaked online in possible major intelligence breach -- Yahoo News
US national security documents with Ukraine, China secrets turn up in 'nightmare' leak -- NYPost
US reviewing whether Ukraine war documents were leaked -- AP
Ukraine debates ways to prevent military leaks after 'secret plan' ends up online -- France 24
Top secret US intelligence detailing plans to help Ukraine beat Russia are leaked on Twitter and Telegram -- Daily Mail
Leaked military documents on Ukraine battlefield operations circulated as early as March -- Politico
Justice Dept. will investigate leak of classified Pentagon documents -- Washington Post
DOJ opens investigation into leaks of apparent classified US military documents -- CNN
Pentagon makes DOJ referral over Ukraine war classified document leak -- FOX News
Pentagon investigates reported leak of top-secret Ukraine documents -- The Guardian
New Leak of Classified Docs on Ukraine, China & Middle East Prompt Pentagon Probe -- Sputnik
Damage Assessment From Major War Plans Leak Underway In U.S., Ukraine -- The Warzone/The Drive
WNU And Quebec's Power Black-Out
City workers clears fallen branches Thursday, April 6, 2023 after yesterday’s ice storm which left over a million customers without power in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
WNU Editor: I live in the Canadian province of Quebec, and we experienced an ice-storm and massive power black-out on Wednesday .... Quebec ice storm: Hydro reconnections, debris cleanup will take all weekend (Montreal Gazette). My area was particularly hard hit .... Hundreds of thousands still without power in Quebec following ice storm (CTV News).
I had confidence that the power would be restored quickly. But I was wrong. It was restored only a few minutes ago.
At my home in Montreal I have a fireplace, candles, a lot of prepper stuff, food, essentials, etc.. The error that I made is that my gas/propane and solar generators are at my chalet, not at my home in Montreal.
But I was not in a rush to leave my home in Montreal and grab my generator and bring it back to Montreal or to stay up north.
Took the time to chill, relax, and catch up on some badly needed sleep.
I was planning to drive to my chalet this evening, but the power came back on.
Sighhh .... My two day break has come to an end.
I have a lot of news to catch up on and a lot of emails to respond to. Give me a few hours, and I will be back to blogging.
The jeweller who made Stations of the Cross for a heritage church in Trinidad hopes they continue to make an impact
‘I shall always be grateful for the opportunity to do this important work’
Originally published on Global Voices
One of the Stations of the Cross at All Saints Anglican Church in Port of Spain, Trinidad, designed by jeweller Gillian Bishop. Photo taken from Bishop's public Facebook post, and used with her permission.
While Trinidad and Tobago is both multiethnic and multireligious, at least 63 percent of its population — which is estimated at about 1.5 million — follows some iteration of Christianity.
As such, Easter time is a much-celebrated occasion, full of charming traditions that include the preparation of special foods. This year, however, celebrated jeweller Gillian Bishop shared a Facebook post that highlighted the crossover between her art and a key element of the Easter religious observance: the Stations of the Cross.
Making the story even more special is the church itself. All Saints is an Anglican church that sits along the western perimeter of Port of Spain's Queen's Park Savannah. Completed in 1844, it is a cultural heritage site protected under the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago Act for its architectural, aesthetic and historic interest.
Several years ago, Bishop met with members of the church's Sanctuary Guild (she had been a member of the Junior Sanctuary Guild as a child) to advise them about cleaning a brass lectern. While there, she couldn't help but notice that images of the 14 Stations of the Cross, a fixture at most Christian churches, had been printed on letter-size copy paper and stuck to the church walls. The effect was dissonant, wholly inadequate.
On her way out, she spoke to the Canon responsible for the parish, who explained that “the presence of those clearly unsuitable paper stations […] was intended to highlight the need to have a proper set of Stations for All Saints and to provoke a response from church members and visitors alike.”
The plan worked. Bishop volunteered to conceptualise some designs, but went a step further and produced a prototype, since she felt that “the vestry members and the powerful church ladies might have some difficulty in visualising the finished product from a mere sketch.”
Computer graphic of the first Station of the Cross, courtesy Gillian Bishop, used with permission.
Eventually, she was given the go-ahead with “very little modification” to her original design, and explained her very unique approach:
I was not confident of my ability to draw my own rendition of the crucifixion scenes and so I took some classic artwork in the public domain and manipulated it in the following way. I imprinted the pictures on a specially treated brass and isolated the figures of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary in copper and brass respectively, cut them out by hand using the ancient technique known as piercing, and then superimposed them upon the printed images. We deliberately left out the features so as to create rather more ethereal figures.
She continued:
Each picture was mounted upon a square of hand finished teak wood, which was in turn mounted upon a larger square of brass-clad teak, then on a square of bronze glass. This was then mounted on a cross of teak whose finials were embellished with hand pierced brass and copper. The finial design consisted of a floral motif into which was incorporated the dove of peace.
These Stations of the Cross still feel very rooted in the Ken Morris copper tradition, a beloved local art form, but they also exude Bishop's signature flair. They were installed in the church just prior to the 2005 Lenten Season and remain timeless and perfectly suited to the space.
Bishop said of the experience:
I shall always be grateful for the opportunity to do this important work and it is my prayer that the practice of the Way of the Cross with these new Stations helps to propagate the lessons of the of the crucifixion story.
Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
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