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Police charge Indian bishop with raping nun
April 25, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, New Delhi for www.ucanews.com
Police have charged Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar with raping a Catholic nun multiple times, nine months after she complained in southern India’s Kerala state. The police team probing the allegations filed charges on April 9 before a magistrate in Kottayam district, where the nun’s convent is based. A 2,000-page charge sheet listed charges of […]
Read More...Viewpoint : How likely is an Assange conviction in US?
April 25, 2019 · By Jonathan Turley for www.bbc.com
The arrest and expected extradition of Julian Assange has set into motion what could prove to be the most important free speech and free press case in our history. Or not. Assange has been charged with a single count of participating in the hacking of intelligence computers with Chelsea Manning to reveal controversial intelligence operations […]
Read More...One in 10 child asthma cases ‘linked to traffic pollution’
April 24, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Four million cases of childhood asthma could be caused by air pollution from traffic – around 13% of those diagnosed each year, a global study suggests. Current pollution guidelines may need changing because most children developing asthma live in areas within recommended levels, the authors say. South Korea has the highest burden of pollution-related asthma, […]
Read More...Extinction Rebellion: Climate change protesters at Natural History Museum
April 24, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Extinction Rebellion activists took over part of the Natural History Museum as the climate change protest entered its second week. About 100 people lay down under the blue whale skeleton at about 14:15 BST. It comes as more than 1,000 people have been arrested since the protests began in central London a week ago. The […]
Read More...China’s ‘genocide’ unlike any other
April 23, 2019 · By Benedict Rogers for www.ucanews.com
China may be committing what one expert, journalist Ethan Gutmann, author of The Slaughter, describes as “a form of genocide cloaked in medical scrubs.” Or what British MP Fiona Bruce, chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, described in a debate in parliament last week as “a crime against humanity and … potentially nothing less […]
Read More...Bishops’ summit on sex abuse: An Asian perspective
April 22, 2019 · By Virginia Saldanha, Mumbai for www.ucanews.com
The voices of survivors and advocates rallying against clerical sex abuse echoed around newsrooms and living rooms the world over when bishops met in Rome from Feb. 18-26, making it a hallowed ground of the wounded. The 190 bishops at the summit heard the testimonies of a few survivors, live-streamed into the hall. The organizing committee […]
Read More...The teenage hackers who’ve been given a second chance
April 12, 2019 · By Chris Quevatre for www.bbc.com
Step inside the offices of Bluescreen and you’ll find some of the UK’s most talented young hackers, dragged from a world of crime to fight for the other side. These computer experts have swapped the confines of their bedrooms for a fairly ordinary looking cyber-security company in Plymouth. Bluescreen employs hackers the authorities have deemed […]
Read More...Brunei implements stoning to death under anti-LGBT laws
April 11, 2019 · By Yvette Tan for www.bbc.com
Brunei is introducing strict new Islamic laws that make anal sex and adultery offences punishable by stoning to death. The new measures, that come into force on Wednesday, also cover a range of other crimes including punishment for theft by amputation. The move has sparked international condemnation. Brunei’s gay community has expressed shock and fear […]
Read More...Fight fake news with objective, accurate reporting, pope tells media
April 11, 2019 · By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
Pope Francis told a group of journalists to deliver facts and objective reporting, not fake news and rumors. He encouraged the group to continue offering platforms for “a free and open exchange of information, opinions and analysis,” which will “benefit the men and women of your country.” The pope made his comments during an audience at the […]
Read More...Child brides: Heather was only 15 when she said ‘I do’. She was also pregnant
April 10, 2019 · By Sophie Haydock for www.bbc.co.uk
Heather was a beautiful bride. She said her vows outside under a wooden veranda, dressed in a lilac gown, wearing a tiara, with her hair curled gently around her face. Her dad made a speech wishing the happy couple luck. But Heather was only 15 when she said “I do”. She was also pregnant. The […]
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