Man accused of insulting Lukashenko online dies in Belarus jail
A Belarusian man who was in jail awaiting trial on charges of insulting the authoritarian president has died in custody, the country’s leading human rights group said Thursday. Aliaksandr Kulinich, 51, died Tuesday in a detention center in the western city of Brest that is notorious for harsh treatment of opposition activists, the Viasna human […]
Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament held a long-awaited debate Thursday on liberalizing the country’s strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe, but many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament considered four proposals and will […]
Portuguese Catholic Church announces it will compensate victims of sex abuse
MADRID (AP) — The Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday it has unanimously agreed to pay some form of compensation to victims of sex abuse by clergy. The country’s Bishops Conference said after a four-day general assembly meeting at the Fatima shrine that it will set up a fund with contributions from all the Portuguese dioceses […]
Almost 12,000 houses flooded along Russia’s Kazakh border
Nearly 12,000 houses have been flooded in a Russian region bordering Kazakhstan as water levels in the Ural River keep rising and threatening more deluge, authorities said Thursday. The floods sparked evacuations of thousands in the Orenburg region, located some 745 miles, southeast of the capital of Moscow after a dam on the river burst […]
Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders issued different messages for Eid. Experts say that shows tensions
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and attract more outside support, experts said Thursday. The messages for Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan were delivered by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, who defended […]
Catholic voters respond after ‘devout’ Biden once again sides against his Church
Catholic Americans expressed frustration after President Biden publicly broke with the teachings of the Catholic Church once again on Monday. Biden has faced accusations of being a “cafeteria Catholic” throughout his tenure, and that criticism resurfaced this week after the Vatican released a declaration reaffirming its opposition to “gender theory,” surrogacy and other progressive social […]
California lawmakers vote for $17B deficit reduction plan
California lawmakers don’t know for sure how big their budget deficit is, but on Thursday they decided it’s big enough to go ahead and reduce spending by about $17 billion. The vote represents a preemptive strike from Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is trying to get ahead of a stubborn shortfall that has been increasing […]
ADL Fails Harvard, MIT in Antisemitism Report Card
Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology were among 13 schools to receive failing grades from the Anti-Defamation League in its annual Campus Antisemitism Report Card published Thursday.
Suspect in Bernie Sanders office fire has troubling legal past: prosecutors
The man accused of starting a fire outside U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office a week ago has had past brushes with the law involving guns and a history of traveling from place to place, prosecutors say in court filings arguing that he should remain detained. Security video shows Shant Michael Soghomonian throwing liquid at […]
Il dramma di Alessandro D’Andrea: “Ucciso dalla fiammata davanti all’ascensore”. Trovato il corpo del tecnico di Forcoli disperso nell’esplosione di Suviana
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