EU temporarily holds back food aid in Somalia after UN records widespread theft
United Nations/Nairobi, Kenya/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters on Monday, after a UN investigation found widespread theft and misuse of aid, which had been meant to avert a famine. The European Commission gave more than $US7 million in […]
Cross bequeathed by Pope Benedict XVI is stolen from church in his home region in Germany
Berlin, GermanyAP A cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his German home region of Bavaria has been stolen from the church where it was exhibited, police said Tuesday. A display case on the wall of the town church in Traunstein was broken open by unknown perpetrators and the cross […]
Sight Helpdesk: You know how to identify phishing emails – a cybersecurity researcher explains how to trust your instincts to foil the attacks
In an article first published on The Conversation, RICK WALSH, associate professor of information science and cybersecurity at Michigan State University, on what to look for to detect a fake email…
Mary Queen of Scots’ gold rosary beads stolen in castle raid
London, UKReuters The gold rosary beads carried by Mary, Queen of Scots, to her execution in 1587 were among historic treasures worth more than £1 million stolen in a raid from a castle in the south of England. Mary, a Roman Catholic, was ousted from the Scottish throne then imprisoned, accused of treason and executed […]
Postcards: Belgium shows restored masterpiece but stolen panel rankles
RAF CASERT, of Associated Press, reports on the story of the Ghent Altarpiece – and one of the world’s greatest unsolved art crimes…
Museum of the Bible returns medieval manuscript after discovering item’s theft
RNS One year after the Green family – owners of the craft store chain Hobby Lobby and principal sponsors of the Museum of the Bible – agreed to pay a $US3 million fine for illegally importing artifacts from Iraq, the museum is returning a medieval New Testament manuscript to the University of Athens after learning […]
Church to thieves: Bell won’t toll for thee if you’ll give it back
RNS The St Paul’s Episcopal Church bell tower was recently destroyed and the bell was stolen near Norris, South Dakota. PICTURE: Lauren R Stanley Who would steal a 400-pound church bell? That’s the question baffling the parishioners of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church near Norris, South Dakota, where the hundred-year-old bell has chimed for news, services […]