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Misery for millions as monsoon pounds Pakistan port city
Misery for millions as monsoon pounds Pakistan port city
by  AFP

Shazad Akbar carried his four-year-old daughter on his shoulders Tuesday as he and his wife waded through knee-high water flooding a street in Surjani, a poor part of Pakistan's port city of Karachi. Coastal Karachi is particularly prone to flooding because the city has expanded with scant planning on a landscape ill-suited to urban development.

Pope to hold mass in Canada after apology for Indigenous abuse
Pope to hold mass in Canada after apology for Indigenous abuse
by  AFP

Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a mass by Pope Francis in western Canada Tuesday, a day after his historic apology for the abuse of Indigenous children at Catholic-run schools. Organizers say more than 60,000 people are expected to attend the mass in Edmonton, which is being held under heavy security.

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