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Climate change: UN warns key warming threshold slipping from sight
October 28, 2022 · By Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent for www.bbc.com
Climate change: UN warns key warming threshold slipping from sight There is “no credible pathway” to keep the rise in global temperatures below the key threshold of 1.5C, according to a bleak new UN assessment. Scientists believe that going beyond 1.5C would see dangerous impacts for people all over the world. The report says that since COP26 […]
Read More...COP27: Prioritise climate or face catastrophe – UN chief
October 27, 2022 · By Georgina Rannard, BBC News Climate and Science for www.bbc.com
COP27: Prioritise climate or face catastrophe – UN chief Countries must re-prioritise climate change or the world faces catastrophe, the UN chief has told BBC News. Secretary General António Guterres was speaking in New York ahead of a major climate conference in Egypt. “There has been a tendency to put climate change on the back […]
Read More...Role of women in preventing/investigating/prosecuting cybercrime
October 26, 2022 · By Council of Europe for www.coe.int
Role of women in preventing/investigating/prosecuting cybercrime Cyberviolence is an increasing problem worldwide and is often gender-based and targeting women and girls. Istanbul Convention (Art.3) violence against women is “…all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such […]
Read More...Catechists from Myanmar deliver food, supplies
October 26, 2022 · By Paul Jeffrey, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
Catechists from Myanmar deliver food, supplies Pah Kler climbs onto a boat laden with bags of rice and disappears around a bend in the Salween River, on his way to deliver lifesaving aid to families hiding in the jungle in Myanmar. A Catholic catechist, Kler coordinates cross-border aid to 43 separate groups of people displaced […]
Read More...Falling priest-bishop trust remains hierarchy’s sad story
October 26, 2022 · By UCANews for www.ucanews.com
Falling priest-bishop trust remains hierarchy’s sad story For almost every Catholic family of yesteryear, having a son as a priest, or a daughter as a nun was a source of pride. Why is it that vocations to the Catholic priesthood no longer attract as they once did? It is a complex question with many answers. […]
Read More...US diocese settles lawsuit over sexual abuse
October 26, 2022 · By Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
US diocese settles lawsuit over sexual abuse The Diocese of Buffalo and the New York attorney general’s office have reached a settlement in a 2020 civil lawsuit filed by the state regarding the diocese’s handling of clergy sexual abuse allegations. Under the agreement, filed Oct. 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District […]
Read More...Former Department of State Employee Pleads Guilty to Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct in the Philippines
October 26, 2022 · By The United States, Department of Justice for www.justice.gov
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 24, 2022 Former Department of State Employee Pleads Guilty to Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct in the Philippines A former U.S. Department of State employee pleaded guilty today to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place. According to court documents, Dean […]
Read More...The government should expand child grants
October 25, 2022 · By Lena Simet & Meenakshi Ganguly for www.hrw.org
The government should expand child grants In 1995 the government of Nepal introduced old age pensions, which have improved the lives of millions. In doing so, it was giving effect to one of the core duties on all countries—whether rich or poor—to ensure the right to social security for all. At first, pensions were available in […]
Read More...Qatar: Security Forces Arrest, Abuse LGBT People
October 24, 2022 · By Human Rights Watch for www.hrw.org
Qatar: Security Forces Arrest, Abuse LGBT People (Beirut) – Qatar Preventive Security Department forces have arbitrarily arrested lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and subjected them to ill-treatment in detention, Human Rights Watch said today. LGBT people interviewed said that their mistreatment took place as recently as September 2022, as Qatar prepared to host the 2022 FIFA […]
Read More...Asian innovators fight online hate, lies as tech giants fall short
October 24, 2022 · By THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION for www.rappler.com
Asian innovators fight online hate, lies as tech giants fall short Fed up with the constant stream of fake news on her family WhatsApp group chats in India – ranging from a water crisis in South Africa to rumors around a Bollywood actor’s death – Tarunima Prabhakar built a simple tool to tackle misinformation. Prabhakar, […]
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