Mother Teresa to be declared saint by Pope Francis at Vatican ceremony
Pope Francis has begun a ceremony at the Vatican to canonise the nun, Mother Teresa, who is revered for her work with the poor in India.
Tens of thousands of pilgrims have flocked to St Peter's Square for the Mass and canonisation.
Two miraculous cures of the sick after Mother Teresa's death in 1997 have been attributed to her intercession.
In India, a special Mass was celebrated at the Missionaries of Charity, the order she founded in Kolkata.
Many pilgrims arrived at the Vatican before dawn on Sunday to get a good spot for the Mass.
Some 1,500 homeless people across Italy have also been brought to Rome in buses to be given seats of honour at the celebration - and then a pizza lunch served by 250 nuns and priests of the Sisters of Charity order.
The refugee crises the world forgot
'If it is fresh, if the media are there, then you have a name, like this little boy on the beach. Ten years later, you have forgotten the name. There is nobody there, and there is very little money'
One year after the death of Alan Kurdi saw concern for the plight of Syrians surge across Europe and the West, leading humanitarians are urging the world not to give up on the world’s forgotten refugee crises.
The UN says there are now 65.3 million people worldwide who have had to flee their homes to escape conflict, the most since records began and possibly since the end of the Second World War.
China's hosting of G20 proves controversial ahead of opening
Diplomatic wrangles and denials of media access by China have marred pre-summit arrivals for the G20 in Hangzhou. As US President Barack Obama disembarked, a Chinese official screamed at White House staff on the tarmac.
Foreign reporters standing underneath the wing of Obama's Boeing 747 on arrival in Hangzhou Saturday witnessed a Chinese official screaming at White House staff while demanding that the US press leave the scene.
And, major international organizations such as Human Rights Watch (HRW) said they were being denied observer access to the venue. Deutsche Welle said China was still refusing to accredit its reporting team so that it could broadcast from the venue. DW Director General Peter Limbourg has urged the hosts of the G20 Summit to reconsider.
"A very lively discussion," could be expected at Hangzhou said German Chancellor Angela Merkel in her weekly video message Saturday, shortly before the formal opening on Sunday.
In a key pre-summit move in the eastern Chinese city, Obama and China's President Xi Jinping (pictured above) announced ratifications of last year's Paris climate treaty.
Step-by-step: how to handle an Islamophobic bully
What do you do if you see a bigot hassling someone because of her faith, specifically her Muslim faith? You don’t agree. You want to step in. But you don’t want to get hurt.
Marie-Shirine Yener, a 22-year-old French illustrator based in Paris, has come up with an answer – a handy illustrated guide that outlines a scientifically tested method to sideline the antagonist and support the target, all the while reducing the chance of violence.
Yener, who publishes her work online as “Maeril”, came up with the idea after hearing from Muslim friends about the rise in Islamophobia they have experienced since the terrorist attacks in Paris and Nice. Yener is not Muslim herself, but says her Middle Eastern origins – her father is Armenian and her mother French-Iranian – mean she often comes under the same scrutiny as French Muslims.
In India, demand grows for ethical supply chains in textile industry
PROGRESS WATCH
India is among the biggest manufacturers of textiles and apparel in the world. The sector is dominated by small and medium-sized firms that are under enormous pressure to reduce costs and produce garments quickly.
MUMBAI — When Indian Textiles Minister Smriti Irani tweeted a picture of herself recently in an electric-blue silk saree with the hashtag #IWearHandloom, her tweet was favorited more than 10,000 times and retweeted 4,000 times.
Hundreds responded to Irani's request to post pictures of themselves in handloom apparel, including politicians, actors, athletes, models and designers, ahead of National Handloom Day on Aug. 7, to celebrate the humble hand-woven fabric.
A symbol of India's freedom struggle, handloom attire was once regarded as fit only for politicians and villagers.
Turkish tanks enter Syria in new front against ISIL
Turkey sends in more tanks west of Jarablus, opening new front in battle against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Turkey has sent more tanks into northern Syria to the west of a border town seized from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group last week, opening a new front in a cross-border intervention aimed at sweeping its fighters from the area.
Saturday's development came after Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels seized the strategic border town Jarablus from ISIL on August 25.
Turkey and Syrian rebel forces are now continuing an offensive against ISIL in the area, with rebels capturing several other towns on Saturday close to the border with Turkey.
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