VATICAN CITY— Pope Francis has arrived at an audience in a wheelchair as his knee pain continues to limit his mobility. Francis was wheeled into the meeting Thursday with nuns and religious superiors from around the world who are meeting in Rome.... It was the first time he has been seen using a wheelchair in public. Francis, 85, has been suffering from strained ligaments in his right knee for several months.... He revealed that he recently received some injections to try to relieve the pain,

PETALING JAYA: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has been undergoing treatment for his knee joints and ankle at the National Heart Institute( IJN) Royal Ward since Saturday. This is a follow-up to the intervention treatment which the King underwent in September last year. Comptroller of the Royal Household for Istana Negara, Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said the treatment was postponed due to the Covid-19 standard operating procedure implemented at all

Criticism levelled at Priti Patel over her comments on taking the knee during the Euro 2020 tournament are “ unusual ” and “ odd ”, Grant Shapps has suggested.As the home secretary’s comments from earlier in the competition came under intense scrutiny, the transport secretary highlighted that she had spoken “ very movingly ” in the House of Commons of her own experience of racism. During the first stages of the contest, Ms Patel declined to condemn the minority of fans who had booed England’s fo

As authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa recount in their book" Peril":"' You've got to call Pence off the[ expletive] ski slopes and get him back here today.... That was the moment for a reckoning.... Read More"' People are going to go' What the[ expletive] is going on here?...

Not doing what some universities have done, bend the knee to Donald Trump.... You see major corporations who want some merger approval not standing up on principle but bending the knee to Donald Trump.... “ This is a moment in history where people are going to ask, ‘Where did you stand?...

Senior Conservatives have warned the party urgently needs to “ challenge ” its attitude towards people taking the knee, with one former minister telling his colleagues: “ This is a decisive moment for our party ”.... Ms Patel, who condemned the racist abuse suffered by England footballers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after the Euro 2020 final, previously refused to criticise fans booing players taking the knee, saying it was a “ choice for them ”.... The spokesperson defended

During his first term, Trump he pursued a policy of “ maximum pressure ” against the Islamic republic.In the morning, people gathered in public spaces across Iran, accompanied by pop songs and patriotic ballads, to celebrate the anniversary of the overthrow of shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.... “ We are not looking for war, ” he said, while adding that Iran “ will never bow to foreigners ”.... ’Children, draped in Iran’s flag, clambered over an air defence system, and some people carried portraits

Louie French, who won the Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election earlier this month, believes taking the knee in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement had" lost its strength" but stressed he still strongly supported those who wished to carry out the gesture.Mr French explained: “ I wouldn’t personally look to be taking the knee.“ I respect the people’s right to campaign or protest, things that people feel strongly about.” He added how he was “ very proud ” to support the England Football te

There are 308 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb.... 27, 1973, members of the American Indian Movement occupied the hamlet of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children.... Rock musician Paul Humphreys( Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) is 65....

VATICAN CITY( Reuters)-His doctors probably don't agree but Pope Francis thinks a shot of tequila just might help his painful knee. While his popemobile stopped in St.... Peter's Square at his last general audience, a group of Mexican seminarians shouted out to him, asking how his leg was doing.... " It's being naughty," the Argentine pope replied in Spanish....