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Swiss bishops eye new tribunal after sexual abuse revelations

September 23, 2023 admin

Following shocking sexual abuse revelations within Switzerland’s Catholic Church, the Catholic dioceses’ coordinating body said on Saturday it planned to create a tribunal to discipline clergy members who break ecclesiastic law. The Bishops’ Conference of Switzerland said it was “devastated” after a study identified almost a thousand victims and widespread efforts to cover up abuse….

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Pakistan’s prime minister says manipulation of coming elections by military is ‘absolutely absurd’

September 23, 2023 admin

Pakistan’s interim Prime Minister said he expects parliamentary elections to take place in the new year, dismissing the possibility that the country’s powerful military would manipulate the results to ensure that jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party doesn’t win. In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said it’s the Election Commission…

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Pope blames weapons industry for Russia-Ukraine war and ‘martyrdom’ of Ukrainian people

September 23, 2023 admin

Pope Francis attends a press conference on board an airplane on his flight back from Marseille to Rome on September 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis has labelled the weapons industry as being a key driver of the “martyrdom” of Ukraine’s people in Russia’s war, saying even the withholding of weapons now is…

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Xi Jinping’s Assurance To Nepal: From Landlocked To Land-Linked

September 23, 2023 admin

Xi met Prachanda on the sidelines of the Hangzhou Asian Games in eastern China. Hangzhou: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed to help Nepal transform itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked nation by facilitating infrastructure connectivity and transit transportation cooperation as he met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Xi met Prachanda…

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Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov On Ukraine Peace Plan, UN Bid To Revive Black Sea Grain Deal

September 23, 2023 admin

Sergei Lavrov was speaking at a presser after annual gathering of leaders at UN headquarters (File) Moscow: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Ukraine’s proposed peace plan as well as the latest UN proposals to revive the Black Sea grain initiative were both “not realistic.” Lavrov spoke at a press conference after…

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Kamala Harris tasked with new role fighting U.S. gun violence

September 23, 2023 admin

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event about gun safety on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris took on a new role Friday fighting gun violence, a job likely to give her more visibility ahead of the…

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A bombing at a checkpoint in Somalia killed at least 15 people, authorities say

September 23, 2023 admin

In this grab taken from video, smoke billows after an explosion in Beledweyne, Somalia, on Sept. 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP An explosives-laden vehicle detonated Saturday at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne, killing at least 15 people and wounding 40 others, authorities said. Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, the director-general of…

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24 Female Students Among 30 Kidnapped By Gunmen At Nigerian University

September 23, 2023 admin

The attack was the first mass kidnapping since President Bola Tinubu came to power (Representational) Zamfara, Nigeria: Gunmen have kidnapped more than 30 people, including at least 24 female students, in a raid in and around a university in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents said Saturday. Dozens of gunmen from criminal gangs called bandits barged…

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Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man

September 23, 2023 admin

In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, surgeons prepare for a pig heart transplant into Lawrence Faucette at the school’s hospital in Baltimore, Md., in September 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only…

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China President Xi Jinping To Open Biggest-Ever Asian Games After A Years Delay

September 23, 2023 admin

Xi Jinping is scheduled to open proceedings of the 19th Asian Games in front of dignitaries Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping will declare the Asian Games open at a ceremony in Hangzhou on Saturday, launching a two-week sporting extravaganza that boasts more athletes than the Olympics. After being delayed by a year because of China’s…

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