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Accra, Ghana
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At least 17 people were killed and scores injured when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine in western Ghana collided with a motorcycle, setting off an explosion that flattened a rural community, the government said on Friday.
As rescuers combed
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Chennai, India
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Rising heat and heavier rains across South Asia, as the planet warms, are forcing home-based women workers to cut down on hours as their houses get hotter or are flooded often, resulting in a loss of income they cannot afford, researchers said on
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Despite a court ruling by Russian judges in October that seemed to endorse leniency for Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested after their faith was labeled “extremist", a recent rash of sentences against members of the faith group has prompted concern among human rights advocates that the government is continuing
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Mexico City, Mexico
Reuters
Murders in Mexico slightly dropped in 2021, falling 3.6 per cent from the previous year, though femicides rose, according to preliminary government data released on Thursday.
The drop in murders is a win for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who took office in late
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United Nations
Reuters
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday agreed on a definition of denial of the Holocaust, when the Nazis killed six million Jews during World War II, and urged social media companies "to take active measures" to combat anti-Semitism.
"The General Assembly is sending
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- SHAFIEK TASSIEM and EMMA RUMNEY
Cape Town, South Africa
Reuters
Anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu's choice of aquamation over cremation or traditional burial came as a surprise to some South Africans, while others were impressed by this environmentally conscious move.
By opting for aquamation Tutu, who died on 26th December aged 90, joined
Aboriginal Christian leaders call for nation to take part in ‘Change The Heart’ prayer service on eve of Australia Day
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Sydney, Australia
Australians who want to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ahead of Australia Day next week are being encouraged to take part in this year’s annual 'Change the Heart' prayer service.
Christian organisation Common Grace says 'Change The Heart' is a time to
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Rome, Italy
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The Vatican has included a group that advocates for women’s ordination on a website promoting a two-year consultation of rank-and-file Catholics, indicating that Pope Francis wants to hear from all Catholics during the process.
The inclusion of the Women’s Ordination Conference on the website promoting
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Berlin, Germany
Reuters
Former Pope Benedict XVI failed to take action against clerics in four cases of alleged sexual abuse in his archdiocese when he was Archbishop of Munich, a report found on Thursday, compounding a scandal engulfing the Catholic Church.
Benedict has previously denied wrongdoing over the cases.
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The first aircraft carrying humanitarian supplies arrived in Tonga on Thursday, five days after the South Pacific island nation was hit by a volcanic eruption and tsunami that devastated communities and spoiled most of its drinking water.
A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules landed in
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Klessoum Prison, Chad
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Chad's transitional authorities on Tuesday released the first of some 250 members of armed groups it has promised to free from prison under an amnesty aimed at fostering dialogue after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby last April.
Justice Minister Ahmat Mahamat
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Three members of the group overseeing the investigation into sexual abuse allegations in the Anglican Church in North America’s Upper Midwest Diocese resigned on Monday, saying that the team “downplayed or ignored” abuse survivors’ needs.
The move comes days after the group, called the Provincial Response Team, named
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Manila, The Philippines
Reuters
The Philippines opened a zoo on Wednesday as a makeshift vaccination centre in the hope its elephants and eagles can attract young and elderly people hesitant about getting inoculated against COVID-19.
Manila zoo was giving vaccinations to young people age 12-17 and the elderly
With Malawi being declared the poorest country in the world in 2016, there is little opportunity for people, without sufficient...
