Clergy sexual abuse survivors have unveiled a proposed new church law calling for the permanent removal of abusive priests and superiors who covered for them. The global advocacy group End Clergy …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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10/2/23
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The World Health Organization has authorized a second malaria vaccine in a decision that could offer countries a cheaper and a more readily available option than the world’s first shot against the …
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By MARIA CHENG
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10/2/23
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Slovakia’s president has asked the leader of the winning party in the country’s parliamentary election to try to form a coalition government. Populist former Prime Minister Robert Fico and his …
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10/2/23
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Work has started on turning the house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 into a police station. The project is meant to make it unattractive as a site of pilgrimage for people who glorify …
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10/2/23
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Pakistan has launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year Monday in an effort to inoculate 44 million children under the age of 5. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul-Haq-Kakar …
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10/2/23
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A Spanish government official says five people who were missing and feared dead in a nightclub fire in the city of Murcia have been located, leaving the death toll at 13. A further 24 people were …
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10/2/23
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Some of Europe’s top diplomats have gathered in Kyiv in a display of support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion as signs emerge of political strain in Europe and the United States …
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By SUSIE BLANN
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10/2/23
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Six days of Nobel Prize announcements are beginning with the unveiling of the winner of the medicine award. The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine being awarded Monday was won last year by Swedish …
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By DAVID KEYTON and MIKE CORDER
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10/2/23
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5 conservative cardinals challenge pope to affirm church teaching on gays and women ahead of meeting
Five conservative cardinals are challenging Pope Francis to affirm Catholic teaching on homosexuality and female ordination. They've asked him to respond ahead of a big Vatican meeting where such …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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10/2/23
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Egyptian authorities say a huge fire has broken out in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt, injuring at least 38 people. They say the blaze ripped through the multistory police headquarters …
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By SAMY MAGDY
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10/2/23
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Pope Francis this week will open a global gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople discussing the future of the church. It's a meeting where women, their voices and their votes, are taking center …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD and TRISHA THOMAS
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10/2/23
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Authorities in Mexico say the roof of a church has collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass, and rescue teams are searching for any victims. Officials say about 30 people are believed trapped by …
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10/1/23
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Valentino took a contemporary stride down memory lane this Sunday, returning to Les Beaux-Arts, the prestigious art school where founder Valentino Garavani once studied. The Spring/Summer 2024 …
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By THOMAS ADAMSON
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10/1/23
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At least 13 people have been killed when a fire broke out in a nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia. Authorities say several others were injured in the fire that started around 6 a.m. …
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10/1/23
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Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has been transferred from prison to house arrest, fulfilling the campaign promise of his party candidate who won the presidential election runoff. …
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By MOHAMED SHARUHAN
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10/1/23
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Azerbaijan's prosecutor general says the country has issued an arrest warrant for former Nagorno-Karabakh separatist leader Arayik Harutyunyan. Harutyunyan led the breakaway region, which is …
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By AVET DEMURYAN
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10/1/23
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Authorities in one province of Pakistan are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison. Last month, the government in Sindh introduced a bill that …
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By ADIL JAWAD and MARIA CHENG
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10/1/23
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Britain’s new defense secretary has suggested that British military training of Ukrainian soldiers, which currently takes place in U.K. bases, could move into western Ukraine. In an interview with …
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10/1/23
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Suicide bomber detonates a device in the Turkish capital. A second assailant is killed in a shootout
Turkey’s interior affairs minister says a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device near his ministry while a second assailant was killed in a shootout with police. Ali Yerlikaya said two …
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10/1/23
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India's devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine
The devastation of this year’s monsoon season in India has been significant, with over 400 deaths and more property damage in the Himayalan state of Himachal Pradesh in a single season than the …
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By SIBI ARASU
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10/1/23
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