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Almost 15 million people died due to pandemic – WHO
May 12, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Almost 15 million people died due to pandemic – WHO The Covid-19 pandemic killed almost 15 million people in 2020 and 2021, the World Health Organization has estimated. This is up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease. The World Health Organization’s long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused […]
Read More...Ukraine war: EU plans Russian oil ban and war crimes sanctions
May 12, 2022 · By Paul Kirby, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Ukraine war: EU plans Russian oil ban and war crimes sanctions The EU has proposed some of its toughest measures yet against Russia, including a total ban on oil imports and sanctions on war crimes suspects. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the package was aimed at maximising pressure on Russia while minimising […]
Read More...Civilians evacuated as Russia tightens grip on Mariupol steel plant
May 12, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie/news
Civilians evacuated as Russia tightens grip on Mariupol steel plant Ukraine has said 50 civilians were evacuated from a bombed-out steelworks in the city of Mariupol, accusing Russia of violating a truce intended to allow dozens more still trapped beneath the plant to depart after weeks under siege. Mariupol has endured the most destructive bombardment […]
Read More...Disabled children ‘dumped’ in Ukrainian institutions
May 11, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Disabled children ‘dumped’ in Ukrainian institutions There are claims that thousands of disabled Ukrainian children have been forgotten and abandoned in institutions that can’t look after them. The human rights organisation, Disability Rights International, has carried out an investigation and found children with severe disabilities tied to beds in overrun children’s homes unable […]
Read More...A 13-year-old girl told the police she had been gang-raped. Then a police officer allegedly raped her
May 11, 2022 · By Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul, CNN for edition.cnn.com
A 13-year-old girl told the police she had been gang-raped. Then a police officer allegedly raped her New Delhi (CNN)A 13-year-old girl who was allegedly gang-raped by four men in India, was allegedly raped again by a police officer after she tried to seek his help in reporting the initial attack. Authorities in Uttar Pradesh […]
Read More...Germany investigates 30,000 suspects as online paedophilia probe widens
May 10, 2022 · By NEWS WIRES for www.france24.com
Germany investigates 30,000 suspects as online paedophilia probe widens Germany is investigating 30,000 suspects as part of a probe into an online paedophile network, the latest in a series of child sex abuse scandals that prompted authorities to promise a crackdown. The probe began last October with the arrest of a suspected perpetrator in Bergisch […]
Read More...Safeguarding children is Church’s top priority – Pope
May 10, 2022 · By Liz Dodd for www.thetablet.co.uk
Safeguarding children is Church’s top priority – Pope Pope Francis has ordered the world’s bishops to co-operate fully with the Vatican’s new abuse commission which has been tasked with improving child protection procedures. In a letter released this morning ahead of the commission’s first meeting, the Pope said that safeguarding children was the Church’s top […]
Read More...Trees: ‘Our 5,000-year-old yew should be revered – not ignored’
May 6, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Trees: ‘Our 5,000-year-old yew should be revered – not ignored’ Trees believed to pre-date the pyramids are in danger of being lost forever unless they are given special legal protections, campaigners have said. The UK is home to the world’s largest collection of ancient yew trees, with some estimated by researchers to be as […]
Read More...Russia attacking Mariupol steelworks after evacuations, says Ukraine commander
May 6, 2022 · By Russia-Ukraine war for www.bbc.com
Russia attacking Mariupol steelworks after evacuations, says Ukraine commander Attacks have resumed on Mariupol’s steel works, despite hundreds of civilians remaining trapped inside, a Ukrainian officer has said. The Azovstal plant was being shelled by “all kinds of weapons”, National Guard commander Denys Shlega said on Monday. On Sunday a number of civilians who had […]
Read More...Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court may overturn abortion rights, leak suggests
May 6, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Millions of women across the US could soon lose their legal right to abortion, according to a leaked Supreme Court document. The document, published by Politico, suggests the country’s top court is poised to overturn the 1973 decision that legalised abortion nationwide. If the court strikes down the Roe v Wade ruling, individual states would […]
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