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Faster pace of climate change is ‘scary’, former chief scientist says
September 17, 2019 · By Roger Harrabin for www.bbc.com
Extreme events linked to climate change, such as the heatwave in Europe this year, are occurring sooner than expected, an ex-chief scientist says. Prof Sir David King says he’s been scared by the number of extreme events, and he called for the UK to advance its climate targets by 10 years. But the UN’s weather […]
Read More...Oregon Child Sex Ring Uncovered: “They’re Worth $5000 A Night”
September 13, 2019 · By Sean Adl-Tabatabai for newspunch.com
Investigators in Oregon have discovered a massive child sex ring in which children were sold as sex slaves to high ranking pedophiles for as much as $5,000 a night. Curry County residents Genevieve Wilson and Jackalene Antunes say they are working to help child victims of human trafficking in Southern Oregon, with very little help […]
Read More...Pope: ‘Apostolate of prevention’ needed to protect minors from sexual abuse
September 13, 2019 · By Devin Watkins for www.vaticannews.va
Participants in a month-long course held at the Pontifical University of Mexico received an unexpected surprise. In the middle of their third week learning methods to prevent the sexual abuse of minors, Pope Francis sent a video message encouraging their efforts to protect the Church’s vulnerable members. The course is important because all minors need […]
Read More...The Alleged Last Living Relative Of Adolf Hitler Was Just Convicted Of Pedophilia
September 13, 2019 · By Marco Margaritoff for allthatsinteresting.com
While the lineage Romano-Lukas Hitler claimed remains in dispute, his advances on a 13-year-old girl have officially made him a convicted pedophile. He firmly rejects what he did was wrong. A self-proclaimed relative of Adolf Hitler has just been convicted of pedophilia for kissing a 13-year-old girl. According to Bild, the unemployed 69-year-old responded to an advert for […]
Read More...Violence Follows Pro-Independence Protests In Indonesia’s Papua Region
September 12, 2019 · By ASHLEY WESTERMAN for www.npr.org
Pro-independence protests in Indonesia’s restive Papua and West Papua provinces have resulted in violence for a second week, according to activists and reports from the area, where most Internet access has been shut down since Aug. 21. Conflicting reports of deaths, injuries and arrests have emerged from the region. On Wednesday, police said two protesters […]
Read More...Why ‘Flight Shame’ is making people swap planes for trains
September 12, 2019 · By Jocelyn Timperley for www.bbc.com
Last month I stepped into an aeroplane for the first time in five years. I was leaving my home in London and taking a flight across the Atlantic to join my partner in Costa Rica. The last time I flew was in 2014, while living in Bordeaux, France. Getting to my sister’s hen party in […]
Read More...George Pell: The backlash to cardinal’s sexual abuse conviction
September 11, 2019 · By Sharon Verghis for www.bbc.com
Cardinal George Pell is awaiting sentencing for sexually abusing two boys in 1996. The verdict, which he is appealing against, has stunned and divided Australia in the past week. It has sparked strong reactions from the cardinal’s most prominent supporters, some of whom have cast doubt on his conviction in a wider attack on Australia’s […]
Read More...Charity and police break up UK’s largest modern slavery ring
September 10, 2019 · By Ben Quinn for www.theguardian.com
The largest-ever modern slavery ring uncovered in the UK has been broken up after a three-year investigation into its activities. Some of its 400 victims worked for as little as 50p a day. Their labour earned millions for members of a criminal gang led by a Polish criminal family, which preyed on the homeless, ex-prisoners […]
Read More...US woman who hid baby in bag charged with human trafficking
September 10, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A US woman has been charged with human trafficking in the Philippines after she allegedly attempted to smuggle a newborn baby out of the country. Jennifer Talbot, 43, was arrested at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on Wednesday. A six-day-old boy was reportedly found in her carry-on bag as she attempted to board a […]
Read More...Pope Francis calls it an an ‘honor’ to be attacked by church conservatives
September 10, 2019 · By Louis Casiano | Fox News for www.foxnews.com
Pope Francis told a reporter on Wednesday it was an “honor” to be the subject of attacks from American religious conservatives and their Catholic allies. The pope was speaking with French journalist Nicholas Seneze, the author of “How America Wants to Change Popes,” when he responded to his American critics while heading to Mozambique for a three-day tour […]
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