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Tech giants fight online sex abuse
November 9, 2023 · By Agence France-Presse for www.manilatimes.net
Tech giants fight online sex abuse WASHINGTON, D.C.: Big tech companies, including Facebook owner Meta and Google, said on Tuesday they would team up in a new program to fight online child sexual abuse or exploitation. Child victims of abuse online are a hot-button issue for regulators, and tech companies are eager to show they are […]
Read More...The US is quietly arming Taiwan to the teeth
November 9, 2023 · By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News, Taiwan for www.bbc.com
The US is quietly arming Taiwan to the teeth When US President Joe Biden recently signed off on a $80m (£64.6m) grant to Taiwan for the purchase of American military equipment, China said it “deplores and opposes” what Washington had done. To the casual observer it didn’t appear a steep sum. It was less than […]
Read More...Fast fashion: How clothes are linked to climate change
November 9, 2023 · By Esme Stallard, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Fast fashion: How clothes are linked to climate change The fashion industry is responsible for 8-10% of global emissions – and British shoppers buy more clothes than any others in Europe. Now, some UK brands are being investigated over claims about the sustainability of their fashion lines. What can you do to reduce your wardrobe’s […]
Read More...Israeli-Palestinian crisis: Calls for ceasefire shared with Foreign Secretary
November 6, 2023 · By Cafod.org.uk for cafod.org.uk
Israeli-Palestinian crisis: Calls for ceasefire shared with Foreign Secretary Calls from thousands of CAFOD supporters for the UK government to push for a ceasefire in the conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory have been shared with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Ceasefire needed now to stop ‘unimaginable’ suffering The messages, sent by […]
Read More...Spain’s bishops apologize for sex abuses but dispute the estimated number of victims
November 6, 2023 · By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press for abcnews.go.com
Spain’s bishops apologize for sex abuses but dispute the estimated number of victims MADRID — Spain’s Catholic bishops on Monday apologized again for sex abuses committed by church members following a report by Spain’s Ombudsman that accused the church of widespread negligence. But the bishops dismissed as “a lie” media interpretations of the official report that put […]
Read More...Spanish bishops apologise for abuse but dispute ‘outrageous’ figures
November 6, 2023 · By Laura Llach for www.euronews.com
Spanish bishops apologise for abuse but dispute ‘outrageous’ figures Following an independent inquiry into child sex abuse in Spain’s Catholic Church, the president of the country’s bishops’ conference has issued an apology. The figures released last Friday by the Spanish ombudsman were devastating for the Catholic Church. More than 200,000 minors may have been sexually […]
Read More...Kenya’s school floggings: The children suffering from a hidden epidemic
November 6, 2023 · By Tom Odula in Nairobi & Tamasin Ford in London, BBC Africa Eye for www.bbc.com
Kenya’s school floggings: The children suffering from a hidden epidemic Caleb Mwangi was beaten so severely at his school in Kenya after he took extra food at breakfast that he was put into an induced coma and spent 11 days in an intensive care unit. “When I got there, he couldn’t leave his bed. He […]
Read More...Carbon emissions threaten 1.5C climate threshold sooner than thought – report
November 6, 2023 · By Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent for www.bbc.com
Carbon emissions threaten 1.5C climate threshold sooner than thought – report Human fossil fuel emissions are threatening a key climate threshold more quickly than previously thought, a new report says. Researchers say the world may be committed to breaching the 1.5C limit by 2029, rather than the mid 2030s. They say record average emissions of […]
Read More...Mount Isa paedophile Brendan Schulz re-sentenced for child sex abuse in Philippines
October 27, 2023 · By Larissa Waterson for www.abc.net.au
Mount Isa paedophile Brendan Schulz re-sentenced for child sex abuse in Philippines Convicted paedophile Brendan Curt Schulz has been re-sentenced for the “appalling nature” of his sexual abuse of children in the Philippines. In November, 2021, Schulz was sentenced in the Queensland Supreme Court to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to 33 charges of child […]
Read More...For cyber libel, you can be fined instead of imprisoned – SC
October 27, 2023 ·
For cyber libel, you can be fined instead of imprisoned – SC The Supreme Court has its own guidelines on libel, which allow courts to impose fines instead of imprisonment penalties in libel cases MANILA, Philippines – Instead of imprisonment, a person found guilty of cyber libel can be fined, the Supreme Court reiterated. […]
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