January, 2023
UN Security Council urges Taliban to reverse restrictions on women
January 4, 2023 · By George Wright, BBC News for www.bbc.com
UN Security Council urges Taliban to reverse restrictions on women The UN Security Council has denounced Taliban government policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan. The Taliban have banned women from attending university and working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) within the last week. The 15-member Security Council said it was “deeply alarmed” by the increasing restrictions on women’s education. […]
Read More...Pope Francis says world is starving for peace in Christmas message
January 4, 2023 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Pope Francis says world is starving for peace in Christmas message Pope Francis has called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message, saying the world was suffering from a “famine of peace”. Delivering his tenth Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) blessing and […]
Read More...Meta settles Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725m
January 3, 2023 · By Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal for www.bbc.com
Meta settles Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725m Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $725m (£600m) to settle legal action over a data breach linked to political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The long-running dispute accused the social media giant of allowing third parties, including the British firm, to access Facebook users’ personal data. The proposed […]
Read More...Philippine Church is forced to work with dictator’s son
January 3, 2023 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Philippine Church is forced to work with dictator’s son In ancient times, the phrase “Vox Populi, Vox Dei” — the voice of the people is the voice of God — was almost a sacred incantation of every monarch. When a king’s legitimacy was being questioned, all he needed to do was to resort to divine […]
Read More...Hundreds of trafficking victims rescued from Laos
January 3, 2023 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Hundreds of trafficking victims rescued from Laos Authorities in Laos have rescued and repatriated about 1,680 human trafficking and forced labor victims in a Chinese-run Special Economic Zone (SEZ) since it was established in 2007, says a report. An unnamed member of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit in Bokeo province said the victims, including Lao workers and foreign nationals, were […]
Read More...Japanese bishops slam ‘dangerous weaponizing’
January 3, 2023 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Japanese bishops slam ‘dangerous weaponizing’ Japan’s Catholic bishops have asked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to withdraw three key documents which seek rearmament and a major overhaul of the nation’s defense strategies. The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan has termed the government’s plan to boost the nation’s defense budget “unconstitutional […]
Read More...Fight to clear Fr Stan Swamy’s name ‘will continue’
January 3, 2023 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Fight to clear Fr Stan Swamy’s name ‘will continue’ Friends and colleagues of a dead Jesuit Indian priest have pledged to continue the fight “to clear his name from the false cases” that led to his arrest, imprisonment and death in custody. Father Stan Swamy, the 84-year-old priest and indigenous rights activist died on July 5, […]
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