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WHO horrified over sexual exploitation by aid workers in DR Congo
October 13, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
WHO horrified over sexual exploitation by aid workers in DR Congo World Health Organization (WHO) staff were among 83 aid workers who sexually abused women and girls while tackling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a report finds. The abuses, which included nine allegations of rape, were committed by both national and […]
Read More...World Health Organization Says Its Staff Perpetrated ‘Harrowing’ Sexual Abuse In Congo
October 11, 2021 · By JASON BEAUBIEN for www.npr.org
World Health Organization Says Its Staff Perpetrated ‘Harrowing’ Sexual Abuse In Congo A 43-year-old woman arrived at an interview for a job with the World Health Organization to raise community awareness about Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was late 2018. The outbreak there was the largest since the 2014 Ebola crisis in […]
Read More...YouTube to remove all anti-vaccine misinformation
October 11, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
YouTube to remove all anti-vaccine misinformation YouTube has said it will remove content that spreads misinformation about all approved vaccines, expanding a ban on false claims about Covid-19 jabs. Videos that say approved vaccines are dangerous and cause autism, cancer or infertility are among those that will be taken down, the company said. The policy […]
Read More...Biden lauds Nobel Peace Prize winners Ressa, Muratov for ‘tireless, fearless’ pursuit of facts
October 11, 2021 · By RAPPLER.COM for www.rappler.com
Biden lauds Nobel Peace Prize winners Ressa, Muratov for ‘tireless, fearless’ pursuit of facts MANILA, PHILIPPINES ‘I, along with people everywhere, am grateful for their groundbreaking work to “hold the line,” as Ressa so often says,” says US President Joe Biden US President Joe Biden on Saturday, October 9 (Manila time), joined other world leaders […]
Read More...R. Kelly found guilty in sex trafficking trial
October 8, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
R. Kelly found guilty in sex trafficking trial Singer R. Kelly has been found guilty of exploiting his superstar status to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children over two decades. Eleven accusers – nine women and two men – took the stand over the searing six-week trial to describe sexual humiliation and […]
Read More...‘Eco-anxiety’: PH children among most stressed by climate crisis
October 8, 2021 · By Cristina Eloisa Baclig - Content Researcher Writer for newsinfo.inquirer.net
‘Eco-anxiety’: PH children among most stressed by climate crisis MANILA, Philippines—As the world lunges toward the point of no return in climate disaster, children in the Philippines and elsewhere in the world suffer from climate and ecological anxiety and distress. A preprint study by The Lancet, a highly-respected peer review science and health journal, used […]
Read More...Great Wall of Lights: China’s sea power on Darwin’s doorstep
October 8, 2021 · By JOSHUA GOODMAN for apnews.com
ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — It’s 3 a.m., and after five days plying through the high seas, the Ocean Warrior is surrounded by an atoll of blazing lights that overtakes the nighttime sky. “Welcome to the party!” says third officer Filippo Marini as the spectacle floods the ship’s bridge […]
Read More...Don’t let nature fall victim to Covid: Philippine bishop
October 7, 2021 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Don’t let nature fall victim to Covid: Philippine bishop A bishop in the Philippines has appealed to parishioners in his diocese not to resort to illegal logging or mining to overcome hardship brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bishop Socrates Mesiona of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Prinsesa in Palawan province urged Catholics to maintain the integrity of […]
Read More...French Church abuse: Victims demand action after inquiry
October 7, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
French Church abuse: Victims demand action after inquiry Victims of sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church have demanded action after the publication of a damning new inquiry. Since 1950, clergy in the organisation have sexually abused some 216,000 children, according to the report – mostly boys. Pope Francis “felt pain” on hearing about the […]
Read More...Buddhist-run Thai drug rehab center accused of torture
October 6, 2021 · By UCA News reporter, Bangkok for www.ucanews.com
Buddhist-run Thai drug rehab center accused of torture A popular rehabilitation center for drug addicts run by a Buddhist temple in Thailand has been accused of engaging in forms of torture in its bid to wean them off the use of narcotics. The drug rehabilitation center of Wat Tha Phu Rat Bamrung, a monastery in […]
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