Vatican watchdog sees record cooperation levels despite raid
AP The Vatican’s financial watchdog agency has reported record levels of internal cooperation despite being thrown into turmoil in October when Vatican police raided its offices as part of an investigation into a €350 million London real estate deal. The Financial Information Authority, created in 2010 to help the Vatican shed its reputation as an […]
Russian Orthodox Church defrocks coronavirus-denying monk
Moscow, RussiaAP The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday defrocked a coronavirus-denying monk who has defied Kremlin lockdown orders and taken control of a monastery. A church panel in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg ruled to defrock 65-year-old Father Sergiy, who has attracted nationwide attention by urging believers to disobey church leadership and ignore church […]
Australia strips Belgium’s ‘evil tyrant’ Leopold from name of mountains
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australia has renamed its King Leopold mountain ranges Wunaamin Miliwundi, replacing the name of a Belgian ruler known for his brutal colonisation of Africa with traditional names used by Indigenous people. The state of Western Australia has debated changing the name of the mountains for nearly a decade, and finally made the decision […]
“Nowhere to go”: Prison releases during the pandemic prompt housing concerns in the US
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how early prisoner releases during the coronavirus have prompted action on housing…
In India, child labour victims struggle to receive state compensation
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Rescued victims of child labour in India rarely receive state compensation, new data shows, as campaigners warned a government drive to boost support for slavery survivors was falling short. In 2016, the Indian government set a target of rescuing 18 million workers from bondage by 2030, increased the amount of cash […]
Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million
Washington DC, USReuters Global coronavirus cases exceeded 11 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed more than half a million people in seven months. The number of cases is more than double the figure for severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to […]