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DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BNO NEWS) -- Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned as "slave labor" the poor conditions for thousands of people who worked at a Bangladeshi factory that collapsed last week. He made the comments as rescue workers continued to recover a... |
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RTE clocked up a €194,000 bill for covering the resignation of Pope Benedict and the election of his successor Pope Francis. |
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What started as a solemn thanksgiving church service at the New Jerusalem Chapel in Kumasi for the miraculous healing of gospel musician, Yaw Sarpong of Asomafo Gospel Band fame, last Sunday, turned out to be an outstanding musical explosion by seasoned musicians from across the country. |
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1. John Key. The Prime Minister is the one man who has the power to sack Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee if the need should ever arise. Key also heads a Government which is financing the Canterbury rebuild to the tune of about $15 billion. But the influence of Key (home town:.... |
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A shadow crept inexorably across the waters of the English Channel when Queen Beatrix handed over the reign to her eldest son Prince Willem-Alexander. Would the lady of the House of Windsor follow suit? There were no answers. Only the latest issue of the satirical magazine Private Eye dared broach.... |
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" When the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a ‘lukewarm’ atmosphere. The lukewarm, lukewarm Christians, without courage ... That hurts the Church so much, because this tepid atmosphere draws you inside, and problems arise among us; we no longer have the horizon, or courage to pray towards heaven, or the courage to proclaim the Gospel. |
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Police in Bangladesh have arrested the engineer who warned of cracks in an eight-story factory complex that collapsed last week, killing more than 500 people. Abdur Razzak Khan last week warned of cracks in the building a day before it collapsed. Police say they arrested him because of his role in the original construction of the building. |
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Boston Marathon bombings suspect tells of considering Fourth of July attack; Egypt’s birthrate rises; the European Central Bank cuts its interest rate; two popes in the Vatican; and the fate of Venice’s boy and frog. |
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The death toll in the collapse of an eight-story factory complex in Bangladesh has risen to 501 people. Officials released the new figure Friday after workers pulled more bodies from the wreckage overnight. On Thursday, the nation's textile industry reopened, a week after a work shutdown prompted by the building collapse near Dhaka. |
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The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has insisted that it will shortlist the candidates eligible to run for the party’s presidency and other executive posts at the party’s convention which was postponed last week in Lilongwe but has been postponed to an indefinite date. |
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The death toll in the collapse of an eight-story factory complex in Bangladesh has risen to at least 487 people. Officials released new figures Friday after workers pulled more bodies from the wreckage overnight. On Thursday the nation's textile industry reopened, a week after a work shutdown prompted by the building collapse near Dhaka. |
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