The Sisters of Saint Joseph celebrated their founding in Erie on Saturday, which dates all the way back to 1860. While the group has been in Erie for more than 160 years, the organization on a global scale approaches 375 years since its founding in France. Mead and Bleed fundraiser aims to increase advocacy for […]
‘Aura’ voted German Youth Word of the Year
The age-old concept of aura has narrowly beaten a term for a trend among young men from a migrant background and some streetwise blame-taking jargon in Germany’s 2024 competition for the Youth Word of the Year. In a vote by the Langenscheidt publishing house, which publishes German dictionaries among other language reference works, the winnin
Funeral home in Poland apologises after corpse falls out of a hearse and into traffic | World News
A funeral home in Poland has apologised after a corpse fell out of a hearse and into traffic. Hades Funeral Service, the company transporting the body in Stalowa Wola, southeastern Poland, blamed the incident on “an unexpected technical failure” of the vehicle’s lock. They apologised to “all those who were disappointed and u
Palestinians say hospitals in Jabalia out of operation
Following Israeli attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, all three hospitals there have had to cease operations, Palestinian sources said on Saturday. Israeli tanks have also taken up positions around the Indonesian Hospital, added Munir al-Borsh from the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is controlled by the Palestinian Islam
Flood situation in France gradually easing
Major floods that struck parts of France due to heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday began slowly easing on Saturday. In many areas, clean-up and repair work has commenced. Emergency services, residents and workers were clearing streets, houses and supermarkets of mud and debris. Given the immense damage, a return to normality is not expected [&he