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Half of new nurses and midwives come from abroad
May 23, 2022 · By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent for www.bbc.com
Half of new nurses and midwives come from abroad Nearly half of the new nurses and midwives registered to work in the UK in the past year have come from abroad. The total – more than 23,000 – is a record high and comes as the UK has struggled to increase the number of home-grown […]
Read More...Man Sentenced to Prison for Traveling to Sexually Abuse Minors
May 23, 2022 · By The United States, Department of Justice for www.justice.gov
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 16, 2022 Man Sentenced to Prison for Traveling to Sexually Abuse Minors A Florida man was sentenced today to life in prison for traveling from Florida to Vietnam to engage in sex acts with numerous Vietnamese minors he had met and communicated with […]
Read More...Judges given power to impose tougher sentences on paedophiles caught in stings
May 23, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Judges given power to impose tougher sentences on paedophiles caught in stings Courts are to be given the power to impose tougher sentences on paedophiles caught in stings using “fake children”. Sentencing Council guidance coming into force at the end of this month will clarify how to sentence cases considering “intended sexual harm” – even […]
Read More...Ukraine: The children’s camp that became an execution ground
May 20, 2022 · By Sarah Rainsford, BBC Eastern Europe correspondent, Bucha for www.bbc.com
Since Russian forces were pushed back from Kyiv at the end of March, the bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been discovered in the Bucha region – many hastily buried in shallow graves. The BBC has learned that around 650 people were shot in what a senior police official has described as executions. Sarah […]
Read More...Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
May 19, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank A veteran Palestinian-American correspondent for Al Jazeera has been killed while covering a raid by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. The Qatar-based network said Shireen Abu Aqla was shot “deliberately” and “in cold blood” by Israeli troops in Jenin. Her producer was also […]
Read More...Curia reform shows importance of bishops’ conferences, says pope
May 19, 2022 · By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
Curia reform shows importance of bishops’ conferences, says pope Pope Francis’ reform of the Roman Curia underlines the importance of bishops’ conferences, particularly in fostering communion among the bishops themselves and with the pope, a bishop said. The missionary nature and mandate of the Church is “the backbone” of the apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium (Preach the Gospel), […]
Read More...Outspoken Cardinal Zen arrested in Hong Kong
May 19, 2022 · By UCA News Network for www.ucanews.com
Outspoken Cardinal Zen arrested in Hong Kong The arrest of Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen has sparked global outrage about communist China’s iron-fisted grip on freedoms and rights in the former British colony. Hong Kong police granted bail to outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen and three activists hours after arresting them on charges of “collusion with foreign forces.” […]
Read More...‘Hell on Earth’: Faces of the last fighters in Azovstal
May 18, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
‘Hell on Earth’: Faces of the last fighters in Azovstal Ukrainian officials issued dire warnings today about the fate of civilians and the last fighters in Mariupol after weeks of Russian bombardment. The invading forces have continued to attack the southern port city’s Azovstal steelworks, now the last bastion of Ukrainian defenders who have been […]
Read More...Ukraine accuses Russia of forcibly deporting over 210,000 children
May 18, 2022 · By Reuters for www.reuters.com
Ukraine accuses Russia of forcibly deporting over 210,000 children KYIV, May 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Friday Russia had forcibly deported more than 210,000 children since its invasion on Feb. 24 and accused Moscow of wanting to make them Russian citizens. Human rights ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said the children were among 1.2 million Ukrainians […]
Read More...Jail for rapist foster father is a ‘sort of justice’, says victim
May 18, 2022 · By Dyane Connor for www.rte.ie
Jail for rapist foster father is a ‘sort of justice’, says victim A young woman who was repeatedly raped by her foster father has spoken out after he was jailed for 11 years. Stephen Murray, of Humphreystown, Valleymount, Co Wicklow, was handed down the sentence yesterday for raping his foster daughter three or four times […]
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