Spain’s ombudsman registers 445 church sex abuse complaints
Madrid, Spain AP Spain’s ombudsman said Monday that an independent commission set up a year ago to investigate historic sex abuse by the Catholic church has collected testimonies from 445 victims, as the nation tackles an issue other European countries acted on long ago. Spain’s parliament voted on 10th March, 2022, to open the first […]
Postcards: In Peru’s Andes, scars of protest deaths cut deep as families seek justice
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Turkey’s quake toll tops 48,000 as government races to build container cities
Ankara, Turkey Reuters The death toll in Turkey from last month’s major earthquakes has risen to 48,448, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, as authorities rush to set up container cities to house for the longer-term those left homeless by the disaster. The combined death toll including those killed in Syria has climbed to […]
King Charles III draws on mother’s inspiration for his first Commonwealth Day as head
London, UKReuters King Charles III drew on his mother’s inspiration on Monday as he celebrated his first Commonwealth Day as symbolic head of the grouping with a service at London’s Westminster Abbey, joined by other senior members of the British royal family. Charles succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth II as the head of the club […]
ICC expected to launch war crimes cases against Russians over Ukraine
Amsterdam, Netherlands/Near Kreminna, Ukraine Reuters The International Criminal Court is expected to seek the arrest of Russian officials for forcibly deporting children from Ukraine and targeting civilian infrastructure, a source said on Monday, in what would be the first international war crimes cases arising from Moscow’s invasion. The source said the arrest warrants could include […]
Storm Freddy kills more than 100 on return to Mozambique, Malawi
Blantyre, Malawi/Maputo, MozambiqueReuters Mozambique and Malawi on Monday were counting the cost of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 100 people, injured scores and left a trail of destruction as it ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend. Freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded […]
Offbeat multiverse movie ‘Everything Everywhere’ dominates the Oscars
Los Angeles, USReuters Everything Everywhere All at Once won the coveted best picture trophy at the Academy Awards on Sunday as Hollywood embraced an off-kilter story about a Chinese-American family working out their problems across multiple dimensions. The movie claimed seven awards overall, including three of the four acting Oscars for stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke […]
Parthenon Marbles return possible without ownership accord, campaigners say
London, UK Reuters The return of the British Museum’s Parthenon Marbles to Greece is possible even if the two sides cannot come to an agreement over who owns the sculptures, a campaign group working to resolve the long-standing dispute said on Sunday. Greece has asked for others to imitate the Vatican Museums after they agreed […]
Over the South China Sea, dispute simmers via radios and rhetoric
Aboard a Philippines Coast Guard Plane, South China Sea Reuters As a Philippine coast guard aircraft flew over the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea on Thursday last week, a message came in over the radio telling it to immediately leave “Chinese territory”. Such warnings, from a Chinese coast guard ship, have become […]
Pope Francis to gather cardinals to mark his 10th anniversary as pontiff
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis will mark his 10 years as head of the Roman Catholic Church on Monday celebrating Mass with cardinals in the chapel of the Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel where he has lived since his election. The Argentina-born Francis, 86, became the first Latin American pontiff on 13th March, 2013, succeeding Benedict […]