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Court papers released on Prince Andrew’s alleged encounter with Epstein victim
August 7, 2020 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Court papers released on Prince Andrew’s alleged encounter with Epstein victim A manuscript featuring a detailed account of the Duke of York’s alleged London sexual encounter with a woman who claims she was a victim of Jeffrey Epstein is among newly released court documents. Titled The Billionaire Playboy’s Club, it was written by Virginia Giuffre, […]
Read More...China: Hundreds of thousands of children given fake vaccines
August 5, 2020 · By Adrian Brown for www.aljazeera.com
Executives from China’s second-largest pharmaceutical company, Changsheng Bio-Technology Company, have admitted to falsifying test results and producing fake vaccines. Hundreds of thousands of children in China may have been given fabricated vaccines produced by China’s second-largest pharmaceutical company. Health regulators found that the drug maker violated safety standards. It is the second scandal to hit the company […]
Read More...German police search allotment in Madeleine McCann case
August 4, 2020 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
German police search allotment in Madeleine McCann case German police are searching a garden allotment in the northern city of Hanover in connection with the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann, prosecutors said. “I can confirm that the search is being carried out in connection with our investigations into the Maddie McCann case,” Brunswick prosecutor […]
Read More...Paedophile Labour councillor who worked in children’s home walks free despite being caught with over one million child porn images including 12-year-old girls being raped
August 4, 2020 · By NICK IRVING FOR MAILONLINE for www.dailymail.co.uk
A paedophile Labour councillor who worked in a children’s home has walked free despite being caught with over one million child porn images – including of 12-year-old girls being raped. Roger Spackman, 50, who was a Labour councillor on Exeter City Council until his arrest in 2017, worked at a secure children’s home at the […]
Read More...Plastic pollution to weigh 1.3 billion tonnes by 2040
July 27, 2020 · By Victoria Gill, Science correspondent, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Plastic pollution to weigh 1.3 billion tonnes by 2040 An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic is destined for our environment – both on land and in the ocean – by 2040, unless worldwide action is taken. That’s according to a global model of the scale of the plastic problem over the next 20 years. […]
Read More...Climate change: Polar bears could be lost by 2100
July 24, 2020 · By Helen Briggs and Victoria Gill for www.bbc.com
Climate change: Polar bears could be lost by 2100 Polar bears will be wiped out by the end of the century unless more is done to tackle climate change, a study predicts. Scientists say some populations have already reached their survival limits as the Arctic sea ice shrinks. The carnivores rely on the sea ice […]
Read More...Japanese athletes suffered abuse, says Human Rights Watch report
July 24, 2020 ·
Japanese athletes suffered abuse, says Human Rights Watch report Young athletes in Japan have suffered physical, verbal and sexual abuse during training, a report by Human Rights Watch says. The report, recording the experiences of more than 800 athletes in 50 sports, comes in the week that would have marked the start of the Tokyo […]
Read More...Vatican pushes for uniform approach in handling clerical abuse
July 22, 2020 · By Elise Ann Allen for cruxnow.com
ROME – In a bid to universalize the Catholic Church’s approach to handling clerical abuse cases, the Vatican Thursday issued a new handbook outlining the procedures to follow when an ordained minister is accused of abusing a minor. The request for a manual was made during the Feb. 21-24, 2019, global summit on the protection […]
Read More...US aircraft carriers return to South China Sea amid rising tensions
July 22, 2020 · By JAMES PEARSON, Reuters for www.gmanetwork.com
US aircraft carriers return to South China Sea amid rising tensions HANOI, Vietnam – For the second time in two weeks, the United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea, the US Navy said on Friday, as China and the United States accuse each other of stoking tensions in the region. […]
Read More...Masks prevented major coronavirus outbreak at hair salon – study
July 22, 2020 · By GMA News Online for www.gmanetwork.com
WASHINGTON – Two US hair stylists who wore masks while infected with the coronavirus did not pass on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to nearly 140 clients they saw over the course of several days, a study said Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which released the report, said the findings added weight […]
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