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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Catholic bishops on Tuesday approved a plan to compensate victims of sexual abuse within the church whose alleged attackers have died or whose possible crimes have been banned, a move the government and victims’ groups called lacking real guarantees. The Spanish bishops’ conference did not give an estimate of how […]

Briefing journalists in Geneva, UN World Health Organization (WHO) Spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said that according to the enclave’s health authorities, 34 people have died of malnutrition and dehydration during the ongoing Israeli bombardment, which was triggered by the Hamas-led terror attacks of October 7. “In Kamal Adwan Hospital alone (in northern Gaza) Last week, 60

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Police in Peru said Tuesday they have found the body of an American mountain climber who was buried by an avalanche 22 years ago while trying to climb one of the highest peaks in the Andes. Police in the Ancash region told The Associated Press they found the body of William

“Trafficking in human beings, torture, forced labour, extortion, starvation in intolerable conditions of detention” are “committed on a massive scale… with impunity,” the High Commissioner for Human Rights told member states. “Mass expulsions, the sale of people, including children” are widespread in Libya, Mr Türk continued, insisting that there was cooperation between state and non-state

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the close and decades-long bilateral ties between their two countries during official talks in Moscow. India and Russia are linked by a “privileged strategic partnership,” Putin said during the meeting in the Kremlin. Trade between the two countries has increased by 60% in the

Opinion by Yumeng Li (Washington DC) Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jul 9 (IPS) – Birth rates are falling across East Asia, with Japan’s falling for eight consecutive years and recently reaching a record high. record low of 1.2 children per woman, the lowest number since records began in 1899. For

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has strongly condemned the Russian airstrike on Kiev that damaged a children’s hospital. “The missile attack on a children’s clinic is a horrific war crime that once again demonstrates the unimaginable inhumanity with which Putin is waging its war against Ukraine,” she said in a statement, referring to Russian President

Opinion by Joey Shea Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Inter Press Service 09 Jul (IPS) – Joey Shea is the UAE researcher at Human Rights Watch. At least 84 Emirati human rights defenders and political dissidents are present process in the UAE, who are facing death sentences or life imprisonment on trumped-up charges related to their

My armor Two astronauts ventured outside China’s Tiangong space station last week to protect it from space debris hurled into the atmosphere by an exploding Russian satellite. “The spacewalk was mainly focused on installing protective devices on external cables and pipelines to reduce the risks of possible collision with space debris and improve the long-term

Pakistan and Iran continue to deport Afghan refugees to their countries of origin, leaving returnees in dire situations. Credit: Learning Together. Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Inter Press Service Jul 09 (IPS) – The author is a female journalist from Afghanistan who was trained with Finnish support before the Taliban took over. Her identity has been