Arquivos de Tag: Years

Graeme Dott sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing children

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty last month of sexually abusing two primary school age children. The former snooker world champion was found guilty of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and […]

Pope Leo’s first papal visit to France in 18 years attracts 700,000 worshipers for Mass, Vatican says

Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées Avenue for Pope Leo XIV’s big outdoor Mass on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church’s enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country. The Vatican estimated that 700,000 people came out for the Mass — more than the 600,000 who had registered […]

Xi gifts giant pandas to U.S., continuing years of "panda diplomacy"

President Trump honored Chinese President Xi Jinping with a state dinner on Thursday. Xi announced a new gift of giant pandas, on their way to a zoo in Atlanta, part of what Xi called an “envoy of friendship” between the two nations. Xi gifts giant pandas to U.S., continuing years of "panda diplomacy" #gifts #giant […]

Legendary war photographer Sir Don McCullin on his final testament to Vietnam: 50 years of “pictures to hurt you”

“I want my pictures to hurt you, I don’t want you having any free rides, I’m there to upset you and I’m there to make you feel uncomfortable the way I feel when I go to bed at night, otherwise there’s no point in me going in the first place.” That is what legendary British […]

ISIS-K member sentenced to 20 years in prison in case tied to deadly 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing

A member of an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization, which took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country. […]

Scientists unearth complete remains of Egyptian warhorse given honorific burial some 3,000 years ago

Cairo — Archaeologists say they have discovered the remains of a likely warhorse from ancient Egypt that was given an honorific burial more than 3,000 years ago. The horse was found amid structures and artifacts that have revealed more details of military and daily life inside ancient Egyptian fortresses, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities […]

Months after son killed in crash, couple welcomes daughter born from embryo frozen for 22 years

Out of their darkest moment, a Greek couple managed to make a new start with a baby born last week. Doing so meant using one of Cristina Rapti‑Tzelepi’s decades-old embryos and racing to beat a government deadline. Just months after their 21‑year‑old son died in a road crash in October, Rapti‑Tzelepi, now 54, and her […]

Pope Leo XIV marks 25 years since 9/11 attacks, calls for renewed commitment to peace

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, called for a renewed commitment to peace on Sunday as he marked 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks on his home country. The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate 25 years since the attacks, speaking in English at the end of his traditional Sunday […]

Celine Dion overcomes rare neurological disorder to perform first concert in 6 years

Celine Dion wept tears of joy on Saturday as she fulfilled her dream of returning to the stage after years battling a rare neurological disorder, with a sold-out concert in Paris. The 58-year-old French Canadian singer appeared visibly moved as she opened her first full concert in six years with her 1990s French-language ballad “On […]

Zero Star Climbs Out of Two Years of Pure SNES Assembly

Inkbox spent two years writing every instruction of Zero Star by hand in 65c816 assembly so a Super Nintendo from 1990 could run a dungeon crawler of his own design. The result sits on itch.io as a 129-kilobyte ROM you load in Mesen or bsnes, pay what you want, and play tonight. Mountains of an […]