Sun 28 August 2022: On Saturday, August 28, local media in Colombia reported that the Church had disclosed the names of 26 priests who were under investigation for alleged child sex abuse. In response to a court decision in favor of Juan Pablo Barrientos, the Archdiocese of Medellin made public the list of those accused […]
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Sun 28 August 2022: Shellfire at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine fuelled fears of major disaster as both sides kept blaming the other, while Russian forces targeted towns on the far side of the river from Europe’s largest atomic plant. The nuclear plant, which is Europe’s largest, has been under Russian control […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: Britain’s environment minister on Saturday defended government plans to address sewage releases into rivers and the sea after opposition parties and environmentalists criticized the measures as insufficient and costly for consumers. Recent sewage spills into popular river and sea bathing areas have caused widespread public horror, prompting activists to raise a […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: Moqtada Sadr, an influential Shiite Muslim leader in Iraq, said on Saturday that in order to help end the country’s protracted political crisis, “all parties,” including his own, should renounce their positions in the government. But due to political deadlock since last year October elections, the country has been without a […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: In the midst of clashes between opposing militias in the Libyan capital, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called for an end to hostilities on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported. The clashes that shook several neighborhoods in the capital resulted in at least one civilian being killed and another injured. […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: Josep Borrell, the head of the EU’s foreign policy, said on Saturday that an ethnic dispute between Serbia and Kosovo over the flow of citizens across their border has been resolved. “We have a deal,” Borrell said in a tweet. “Under the EU-facilitated Dialogue, Serbia agreed to abolish entry/exit documents for Kosovo […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: A United States judge has recommended that victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of assets belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank to satisfy court judgements they obtained against the Taliban. After the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, governments and international institutions […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: The announcement of French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday that Algerian gas constitutes a small amount of French energy sources refutes reports that a large portion of Algerian gas goes to France, Algerian newspaper Echorouk reported. Brushing aside the perception that the French leader was visiting Algeria to address its energy needs, according to Anadolu Agency, […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: Pope Francis will name 20 new cardinals on Saturday, chosen from all over the world, in an effort to set the stage for his eventual succession as head of the Catholic Church. As Pope Francis moves closer to choosing the next spiritual leader of the 1.3 billion Catholics, the ceremony is […]
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Sat 27 August 2022: The closest ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev said, Moscow would continue its military campaign in Ukraine even if Kyiv formally renounces its aspirations to join NATO. Medvedev, who led Russia as president from 2008 to 2012, currently serves as the vice-chairman of the Security Council. Volodymyr Zelensky’s aspirations […]
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