The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

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A research outpost on the Great Barrier Reef has long been at the centre of the fight to preserve the world heritage area. Pat Hutchings is an authority on sea worms, not guns, but she was pretty sure ...

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Such a sight, like many others the 32-year-old Swiss émigré photographed in the ... blowhard politicians and American flags. Frank observed all of these things during years of cross-country ...

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Gone are the days of men’s watches coming in black (sport) and white (dress ... There it was impressed by Vangaurt, the eight-year-old Swiss luxury brand known for its six-figure avant-garde ...

In a sport too often bloodied by tribalism, soured by scandal and drenched in cynicism, every now and then, football throws ...

Dog Days serves this Windy City classic exactly as tradition demands – a beef frank nestled in a steamed poppy seed bun, ...

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