May, 2021
Authorities: Mother in child abuse case has left the country
May 6, 2021 · By AP News for apnews.com
Authorities: Mother in child abuse case has left the country PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman facing a child cruelty and neglect charge in connection with the death of her infant son in 2017 has left the country, as the child’s father did, according to authorities. Arinola Olawusi, 37, out on $10,000 bail […]
Read More...Filipino workers feel hopeless on Labor Day
May 6, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Labor groups believe their suffering is far from over under Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency Filipino workers feel hopeless on Labor Day On May 1, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. St. Joseph has two feast days in the Church’s calendar. The other is on March 19 as Spouse of the Blessed […]
Read More...India’s Covid catastrophe
May 5, 2021 ·
India’s Covid catastrophe “Crematories are so full of bodies, it’s as if a war just happened. Fires burn around the clock. Many places are holding mass cremations, dozens at a time, and at night, in certain areas of New Delhi, the sky glows.” Jeffrey Gettleman, the New Delhi bureau chief for The Times, wrote a […]
Read More...Child sexual abuse: Four held in German-led raid on huge network
May 5, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Child sexual abuse: Four held in German-led raid on huge network German police have arrested three men and a fourth is being held in Paraguay for allegedly running one of the world’s biggest online networks for sharing images of child sex abuse. The international operation, involving several police forces, targeted a dark net platform called […]
Read More...Hackers take down child pornography sites
May 4, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Hackers take down child pornography sites Hacktivist group Anonymous has briefly taken offline 40 sites it claims traded in images of child sexual abuse. As part of the action it published the names of 1,500 people who it says used a site known as “Lolita City”. The attacks were carried out as part of Operation […]
Read More...Covid the Deadly Virus
May 4, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Covid the Deadly Virus Covid, the curse that engulfs the world, people released it from the wild, At first they thought that it was weak and mild, Yet it’s relentless spread, like lightening in a storm, strikes everyone, the old and newly born. The people die at the hospital gates, in the vans gasping for […]
Read More...Do you know where plastic waste in the oceans is coming from?
May 3, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Do you know where plastic waste in the oceans is coming from? Around 1,000 of the world’s rivers are the source of 80% of the global ocean plastic pollution, according to a new study. The research was carried out by The Ocean Cleanup, who are developing technology to remove plastic waste from the Pacific […]
Read More...Myanmar protesters raise voices to ‘shake the world’; more mystery blasts
May 3, 2021 · By REUTERS for www.rappler.com
Myanmar protesters raise voices to ‘shake the world’; more mystery blasts The state-run broadcaster reports at least 11 explosions over the previous 36 hours, most in the main city of Yangon. There have been no claims of responsibility. Protesters in Myanmar turned out in their thousands on Sunday, May 2, marching to oppose military rule […]
Read More...LIVE: Maria Ressa receives UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize
May 3, 2021 · By Rappler for www.rappler.com
LIVE: Maria Ressa receives UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize Bookmark this page to watch the awarding ceremony on Sunday, May 2, 11 pm Manila time Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa is the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. The award is named after Colombian journalist Guillermo Cano Isaza, who was slain […]
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