Strongly supported by Hun Sen and backed by Beijing, it would stretch 180 kilometres from the Mekong to the port of Kep. Work could start as early as the end of the year, but Hanoi is concerned about the repercussions on water management. And calls for a supranational body to evaluate the project ..read more

The rite presided over by Archbishop Bejoy N. D'Cruze in St Mary's Cathedral. 'A gift to strengthen the various activities at the service of the diocese'. From the new bishop, who is 61 years old, the invitation to the people of God to support his ministry with prayer ..read more

A course dedicated to their protection was held at the Caritas Village and attended by 200 women. Significant contribution made by migrant labour to the national economy through remittances recognised ..read more

During the HolyThursday service, Patriarch Kirill recited a special prayer 'for the victory of holy Rus'", which intensifies the war litanies imposed on priests, on pain of deprivation of clerical status if they refuse to pronounce them. The Easter celebrations must recompose the people of believers to show that Russia has defeated the evil within, finding the right path to sobornost ..read more

Today's news: three Indians arrested in Canada for the murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar; Chinalaunches mission to take samples from the hidden side of the Moon; InBrazil Kishida signs a cooperation agreement with Lula onAmazon protection;Uzbekistan to restoreoldestKoran manuscriptdating back to the 7th century ..read more

A year ago, violence broke out between ethnic Meitei and Kuki, tearing apart the northeastern state, with at least 220 deaths. In a situation that remains tense and painful, Archbishop Linus Neli called for three days of fasting and prayer. '[W]e know only too well the present scenario of ethnic segregation,' but we 'pray for the day when people of all ethnicities and religious communities can live together ..read more

A year after his first historic visit to Beijing, the cardinal and a group of aides held meetings in local churches in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, two metropolises in southern China on, like Hong Kong, the Pearl River Delta. He also encouraged meetings among the laity to feel 'that we belong to one family ..read more

The "Dambana ng Paghilom" is in the Laloma Cemetery in Caloocan City. Diplomats, men and women religious, as well as victims' families attended the site's ceremonial blessing. A woman says she was forced to sign a waiver, saying that her bullet-ridden husband had died of "pneumonia ..read more

There are 9 million uninhabited houses, almost 14% of the country's residential building stock. A phenomenon destined to increase as the population ages. It is affected by people moving from the outlying prefectures to Tokyo, but also by the elderly dying or going into nursing homes. Buildings are not maintained, exposed to collapse and arson ..read more

There is still deep disagreement between Lebanon and Brussels over the presence of more than two million people in the country without official documents. The country of the cedars demands their repatriation, while Europe only wants to avert migration to its shores, offering money in exchange. On the table is an aid plan for one billion euros over four years ..read more