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Ukraine war: Russia bombards cities as eastern offensive begins
April 26, 2022 · By Russia-Ukraine war for www.bbc.com
Ukraine war: Russia bombards cities as eastern offensive begins Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia has launched an assault to seize the eastern Donbas region. Russian and Ukrainian forces clashed on Tuesday along the eastern front line, after Mr Zelensky said the battle for the Donbas had begun. Ukraine’s top security official, Oleksiy Danilov, […]
Read More...Pope: Blood of Bucha massacre victims ‘cries out to heaven’
April 25, 2022 · By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.com
Pope: Blood of Bucha massacre victims ‘cries out to heaven’ Pope Francis once again pleaded for an end to the bloodshed and violence in Ukraine after images of innocent civilians apparently executed in Bucha sparked outrage and horror around the world. “The recent news of the war in Ukraine, instead of bringing relief and hope, attest to […]
Read More...UK’s Rwanda asylum plan the ‘opposite of nature of God’ – Welby
April 25, 2022 · By Joseph Lee, BBC News for bbc.com
UK’s Rwanda asylum plan the ‘opposite of nature of God’ – Welby The government’s plan to send some asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda is “the opposite of the nature of God”, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. In his Easter sermon, Justin Welby said Christ’s resurrection was not the time for “subcontracting our […]
Read More...Pope condemns cruelty of Ukraine war at Easter vigil service
April 25, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Pope condemns cruelty of Ukraine war at Easter vigil service Pope Francis has condemned the cruelty of the war in Ukraine at an Easter vigil Mass he attended but at which he did not preside, presumably because of leg pain that has forced him to curtail activities. The Mass was attended by Ivan Fedorov, the […]
Read More...Four convicted of range of sex offences against 17-year-old girl
April 22, 2022 · By Orla O'Donnell, Legal Affairs Correspondent for www.rte.ie
Four convicted of range of sex offences against 17-year-old girl Four young men have been convicted at the Central Criminal Court of a range of sexual offences against a 17-year-old girl in the midlands in December 2016. A fifth man had earlier pleaded guilty to rape. The trial judge paid tribute to the “very, very […]
Read More...Atrocities are piling up across Ukraine. CNN witnessed some of the horrors.
April 22, 2022 · By Clarissa Ward, Frederik Pleitgen, Ben Wedeman, Vasco Cotovio and Ivana Kottasová, CNN for edition.cnn.com
Atrocities are piling up across Ukraine. CNN witnessed some of the horrors. This story contains graphic imagery. (CNN)Indiscriminate killings of civilians attempting to flee the violence. Victims found with their hands tied behind their backs. An attack on a maternity hospital, a theater turned shelter bombed. The list of atrocities and apparent war crimes allegedly committed by Russian troops in Ukraine gets […]
Read More...‘Significant’ human rights abuses were committed by and for PH gov’t, says US State Dep’t
April 21, 2022 · By Zacarian Sarao - @inquirerdotnet for globalnation.inquirer.net
‘Significant’ human rights abuses were committed by and for PH gov’t, says US State Dep’t MANILA, Philippines — The United States has received “credible information” showing that significant human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings, have been made “by and on behalf” of the Philippine government, and that the Philippine National Police was “largely ineffective” in […]
Read More...An important message from Senator Bernie Sanders
April 21, 2022 ·
An important message from Senator Bernie Sanders April 2022 Climate change is an existential threat to our planet. To put it simply, if the United States and the global community don’t get their act together and move away from fossil fuels in a very aggressive way, the planet we will be leaving our kids and […]
Read More...Zelensky voices concern Russia may use nuclear arms
April 21, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Zelensky voices concern Russia may use nuclear arms Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia could use nuclear weapons out of desperation as its invasion falters, echoing comments by CIA director William Burns in the US. Asked about the threat, Mr Zelensky said “all of the world” should be worried that Russia “began to […]
Read More...Situation in Borodyanka ‘more dreadful’ than Bucha – Zelensky
April 19, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Situation in Borodyanka ‘more dreadful’ than Bucha – Zelensky Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the situation in the town of Borodyanka was “significantly more dreadful” than in nearby Bucha, where Russian forces’ suspected killing of civilians has been broadly condemned. In Borodyanka, about 60km northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, families looking for relatives […]
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