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Cardinal George Pell Knew of Clergy Sex Abuse, Australian Report Finds
May 12, 2020 · By Livia Albeck-Ripka for www.nytimes.com
The cardinal, whose sexual abuse conviction was overturned last month, knew decades ago that priests had victimized children but failed to take action, a government inquiry concluded. MELBOURNE, Australia — Cardinal George Pell, the Australian prelate whose sexual abuse conviction was overturned last month, knew decades ago that other Roman Catholic priests had sexually abused children […]
Read More...Mark Carney: ‘We can’t self-isolate from climate change’
May 12, 2020 · By Victoria Gill for www.bbc.com
The former governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has added his voice to calls for industrialised nations to invest in a greener economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. He shared his comments in an online discussion about climate change with the former Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull. Both called on nations to […]
Read More...Elite private school is embroiled in child sex allegations after a senior official was charged with uploading ‘abhorrent’ abuse videos
May 8, 2020 · By LOUISE AYLING FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA for www.dailymail.co.uk
An elite private school has been rocked by child abuse allegations after a senior school official was raided by police. Perth Modern School board member Craig Andrew Donovan, 56, has been charged after officers allegedly uncovered child abuse videos on his mobile phone and desktop computer. The school board secretary could face up to 15 […]
Read More...Call for credit card freeze on porn sites
May 8, 2020 · By Megha Mohan for www.bbc.com
Major credit card companies should block payments to pornographic sites, according to a group of international campaigners and campaign groups who say they work to tackle sexual exploitation. A letter seen by the BBC, signed by 10 campaigners and campaign groups, says porn sites “eroticise sexual violence, incest, and racism” and stream content that features […]
Read More...A new normal that experts say looks grim
May 7, 2020 · By Vietname Insider for vietnaminsider.vn
Even so, governors in state after state are easing stay-at-home orders and allowing some businesses to reopen — which public health experts say could put us right back where we were in mid-March, when the virus was raging unchecked. Despite optimistic talk from the White House, the Trump administration is privately projecting that 3,000 people […]
Read More...China resumes cross removals as virus subsides
May 7, 2020 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
The communist administration in China has started another wave of cross removals as the coronavirus pandemic reportedly subsides on the mainland. In the past two weeks, authorities have removed crosses from the top of two church buildings, sources told UCA News on April 27. They fear more such actions. The removals began as the administration reported the […]
Read More...Is rich-hungry India heading for chaos?
May 7, 2020 · By Nirendra Dev, New Delhi for www.ucanews.com
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. The effectiveness of governance lies in the mechanism of delivery. Failure, then, is sure to bring dishonor to the government in power. India’s current situation must worry Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who came to power six years ago promising development and achhey din (good days) to all Indians. When […]
Read More...Record 50.8 million internally displaced, IDMC report says
May 5, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A record 50.8 million people worldwide are internally displaced due to conflict or disaster, with coronavirus posing a new threat, a report warns. In its annual report, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) says Covid-19 may add further risks to millions of already vulnerable people. Over 45 million have been forced to abandon their homes […]
Read More...Slave labor: a disgrace to humanity
May 5, 2020 · By Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka for www.ucanews.com
A dreadful, black day passed silently in Bangladesh last week with little to no remembrance, largely because the Covid-19 pandemic has put everything on the back burner. Seven years ago, on April 24, 2013, Rana Plaza garment factory complex collapsed at Savar, an industrial suburb near capital Dhaka. One of the worst industrial disasters in […]
Read More...THE WORLD HAS LOVED, HATED AND ENVIED THE U.S. NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE PITY IT
May 4, 2020 ·
Irish Times April 25, 2020 By Fintan O’Toole Over more than two centuries, the United States has stirred a very wide range of feelings in the rest of the world: love and hatred, fear and hope, envy and contempt, awe and anger. But there is one emotion that has never been directed towards the US […]
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