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Restoring dignity one haircut at a time in Kenya's largest mental health hospital

At Kenya’s largest mental health referral hospital, male patients experience a unique therapy: personal grooming sessions from visiting barbers

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Pope promotes Italian nun to top migrant role in first major appointment of a woman

Pope Leo XIV has made his first major appointment of a woman to the Holy See hierarchy

Pope begs breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations

Pope Leo XIV is begging a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its planned consecrations of new bishops without his consent

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Fire at petrochemical plant in India injures at least 20 people

A fire at a petrochemical plant in eastern India has injured at least 20 people

Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui sentenced to 30 years in US prison for fraud

Guo Wengui, who gained fans for criticising China’s Communist party, was found guilty in 2024 on nine charges including money launderingA US federal court has sentenced exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui to 30 years in prison, after he was convicted of defrauding thousands of people out of more than $1bn.In July 2024, a jury unanimously found Guo, also known as Ho Wan Kwok and Miles Guo, guilty on nine of 12 charges, including securities offences, wire fraud and money laundering. The FBI arrested Guo, who is in his fifties, in March 2023 at his luxury Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park. Continue reading...