Funeral

Thousands led Abu Akleh's casket through Jerusalem's Old City. (Photo by Reuters) - A + A JERUSALEM (May 14): Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday (May 13), before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem's Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over her killing. Packed around Abu Akleh's coffin, dozens of Palestinians, some waving Palestinian flags and chanting, "with our soul and blood we will redeem you Shireen", began walking towards the gates of St Joseph's Hospital. Israeli police officers, in an apparent bid to stop them proceeding by foot rather than taking the coffin by car, burst through the courtyard gates and charged at the crowd, some beating pallbearers with batons and kicking them. At one point, the group carrying her coffin backed against a wall and almost dropped the casket, recovering it just before one end hit the ground as stun grenades … [Read more...] about Israeli police beat mourners at funeral of slain Palestinian journalist

Palestinian mourners carry the casket of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, during her funeral procession in Jerusalem. (AFP Photo) JERUSALEM: The US and EU led an international outcry Saturday after Israeli police charged the funeral procession in Jerusalem of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and beat pallbearers who almost dropped her coffin. Thousands of people packed Jerusalem's Old City on Friday for the burial of the veteran Al Jazeera journalist, two days after she was killed in an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank. Television footage showed the pallbearers struggling to stop Abu Akleh's casket from falling to the ground as baton-wielding police officers charged towards them, grabbing Palestinian flags from mourners. The United States said it was "deeply troubled" by the scenes, while the European Union said it was "appalled" by the "unnecessary force". The Jerusalem Red Crescent said 33 people were injured, of whom six were hospitalised. … [Read more...] about Outcry after Israeli police beat mourners at journalist’s funeral

The Indiana attorney general held a funeral service Wednesday for the thousands of fetal remains that a prolific abortion doctor hoarded on his property. State Attorney General Curtis Hill spoke Wednesday at Southlawn Cemetery and Palmer Funeral Home in South Bend, Indiana, where he commemorated the 2,411 babies whose fetal remains the late abortionist Ulrich Klopfer hoarded. The Republican attorney general noted that the remains could not be buried in the specific states that their mothers were from because of the deteriorated state they were found in. The attorney general also said that in burying the “unborn children,” “we fulfill our obligation as a state pursuant to law and conscience to the unborn babies whose lives were terminated in clinics in Fort Wayne, Gary and South Bend.” Photo courtesy of Theresa Olohan “The shocking discovery of 2,411 medically preserved fetal remains left in a garage and in the trunk of a car was horrifying to anyone with normal … [Read more...] about Indiana Attorney General Holds Funeral For Thousands Of Fetal Remains Abortion Doctor Hoarded

The funeral of veteran Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang was held on Tuesday (May 17) in a low-key manner after he was found dead in a quarantine hotel in Hong Kong on April 27. He was 87. According to the Hong Kong media, the actor's funeral was attended by his wife, actress Lisa Chiao Chiao; his daughter Musette Tsang from his second marriage with columnist Barbara Tang; Tang and her husband Franco Yuen. Also in attendance were Tsang's good friends such as veteran actor Bowie Wu and actress Helen Ma. Musette Tsang told the media previously that her half-brother, Kenneth Tsang's son from his first marriage to late actress Landi Chang, was based in Canada and would not be returning to Hong Kong to attend the funeral partly due to the territory's quarantine measures. The memorial ended at about 3pm on Tuesday, with Tsang's casket moved to a crematorium for cremation afterwards. Musette Tsang said the family have not decided where to place his ashes. Kenneth Tsang's studio posts … [Read more...] about Beloved HK actor Kenneth Tsang’s funeral attended by loved ones and celebrities

Reuters Dubai, United Arab Emirates   ● Sun, May 15, 2022 2022-05-15 18:15 0 e16ff64e7ecc29b417414912230bcb86 2 Middle East and Africa Emmanuel-Macron,Middle-East,MBZ,UAE,Funeral,geopolitics,US,Kamala-Harris Free World leaders began descending on the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to offer condolences on the death of President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was succeeded by his half-brother and de facto leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed. Sheikh Mohammed, now ruler of wealthy Abu Dhabi emirate, steered the Western-allied Gulf state, an OPEC oil producer and regional business hub, for years before being elected the UAE's third president by a federal supreme council on Saturday. French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country holds lucrative business and military ties with the UAE, arrived in Abu Dhabi and in a Twitter post paid tribute to Sheikh Khalifa's "values of peace, openness and dialogue". The president of Israel, with which the UAE forged ties … [Read more...] about World leaders pay respects in UAE after death of pro-West president

Editorial board (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta   ● Thu, May 19, 2022 2022-05-19 02:48 0 53ea05b5fe2e13733519dbf4e30f1cbe 1 Editorial Al-Jazeera,journalist,Shireen-Abu-Akleh,killing,Israel,Washington,condemnation,brutality,impunity,Funeral,press-freedom Free The brutal killing of Al Jazeera TV network correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank does not seem enough for Israel. Video footage shows the barbaric act of Israeli security forces using batons and their boots to attack and kick pallbearers carrying the coffin of the slain journalist. American State Secretary Antony Blinken said the United States was "deeply troubled by the images of Israeli police intruding into the funeral procession of Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh", but what else can Washington do? The US has condemned the killing of Shireen but at the same time supported Israel’s rejection of an independent investigation into the fatal shooting of the 51-year-old female … [Read more...] about Heartless Israel

(CNN) The day they wheeled 2-year-old Baelyn Schwab into surgery to get a new liver, her skin was orange, and she was delirious. "Her eyes didn't look like they were attached to her head anymore," her mom, Kelsea Schwab, told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. "They were just rolling all over. "She would still ask for bananas and ask for juice and ask for snuggles, kind of like she's still there, but not really," she said. Seemingly out of nowhere, Baelyn's liver had become so damaged that it could no longer clean ammonia out of her blood. She's part of a nationwide investigation by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention into recent cases of sudden severe hepatitis -- or swelling of the liver -- in 109 children in 25 states and territories. There are roughly 340 more children with similar cases around the world, the, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reported on Wednesday. Read More In the US, … [Read more...] about ‘This is not my kid’: Mysterious hepatitis wreaked havoc in healthy child with shocking speed

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a trip to the United Arab Emirates to mourn the death of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and display his support for the ruling family, with whom France holds lucrative business and military ties. Macron will travel to the UAE on Sunday, his administration said in a statement, to pay tribute to Khalifa, who died on Friday, and "express his support to his brother Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and the rest of the family, and the entire Emirian people", Khalifa, UAE president since 2004, was a pro-Western moderniser who had aligned the Gulf Arab state more closely with the West, but had rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2014. He was buried and funeral prayers were held on Friday. Major oil producer UAE is seen by France as a strategic partner in the region, and business ties, which include the delivery of military equipment and energy infrastructure, have been reinforced under … [Read more...] about French President Macron to visit Emirates to mourn death of pro-West ruler

SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters): North Korea said on Sunday a total of 42 people had died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping the impoverished country's first confirmed Covid-19 outbreak. North Korea's admission on Thursday that it is battling an "explosive" Covid-19 outbreak has raised concerns that the virus could devastate a country with an under-resourced health system, limited testing capabilities and no vaccine programme. State news agency KCNA said the country was taking "swift state emergency measures" to control the epidemic, but there is no sign that Pyongyang was moving to accept international offers of vaccines. "All provinces, cities and counties of the country have been totally locked down and working units, production units and residential units closed from each other since the morning of May 12 and strict and intensive examination of all the people is being conducted," KCNA reported on Sunday. A day earlier North Korean … [Read more...] about North Korea reports more deaths, says taking ‘swift measures’ against Covid-19 outbreak

AFP Berlin, Germany   ● Sun, May 15, 2022 2022-05-15 16:30 0 e16ff64e7ecc29b417414912230ba1e5 2 Middle East and Africa Antony-Blinken,Palestine,Israel,journalism,murder,Al-Jazeera Free US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with the family of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh after criticizing Israel's use of force at her funeral, an official said Sunday. Blinken, during his flight Saturday to Berlin for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers, offered "deep condolences" in a phone call with family members of Shireen Abu Akleh, a State Department official said. The top US diplomat "noted Abu Akleh's journalistic body of work and the importance of a free and independent press," the official said on customary condition of anonymity. Blinken offered the support of US diplomats in Jerusalem to the family of Abu Akleh, who also held US citizenship. Abu Akleh, a prominent journalist for Al Jazeera television, was killed Wednesday when she … [Read more...] about Blinken offers support to family of slain Palestinian journalist