The incident took place in the Worli district of the city. In a letter, the Christian organisation Watchdog Foundation has called for an investigation to identify those responsible. ‘Christian symbols repeatedly targeted’. The religious freedom enshrined in the Indian Constitution has been highlighted.
On the Feast of Corpus Christi, the small community of the Holy Family performed the Eucharistic blessing towards the four cardinal points from the church square. The parish priest said: “From here we also blessed the towns that no longer exist: Rafah, Deir el Balah, Jabalia, Beit Lahia and the whole world. We blessed every single person, asking for a change of heart and peace for all.”
New technologies promise to increase trade and productivity, but also risk exacerbating economic disparities, this according to a report by the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank. The study highlights the growing gap between East Asia's digital powers and other countries in the region, which lack digital infrastructure and skills.
Today’s headlines: Iran and Israel have said they have suspended attacks on each other. Global spending on nuclear weapons is set to reach an all-time high in 2025. A bomb has exploded in southern Thailand near a school. Pope Leo XIV met with victims of sexual abuse by the clergy in Madrid. Women in Kyrgyzstan are being offered the opportunity to work in Russia assembling military drones.
With technical support from the United Arab Emirates, the government in Astana is the first in Central Asia to trial cloud-seeding systems, designed to provide moisture to agricultural land even during dry seasons. But former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Akylbek Zaparov has sounded the alarm: artificially induced rainfall in one region could have a negative impact on the climate of another.
The US president warns the parties to respect the ceasefire. Netanyahu fans the conflict and continues to attack Lebanon. Aoun wants to free the country from Iran’s intolerable hold. Addressing the Israelis, he asked them whether they are fed up with a war that has been going on since 1948.
