Eleven bishops of France are accused of sexual assault, the French Church announced on Monday. This concerns both the clergy still in office and the formerly active clergy. As a result, the large number of cases of abuse in the Roman Catholic Church is increasing again. One of the accused clerics is the former archbishop of Bordeaux, Jean-Pierre Ricard. He …
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Alarming report at the start of the climate summit: the past eight years have been the hottest on record | NOW
The past eight years are quite possibly the hottest on record. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced this on Monday at the start of the climate summit in Egypt. Of an alarming report of the UN organization shows that the climate is deteriorating on many fronts. According to the WMO, the average temperature in 2022 will be about 1.15 degrees …
Read More »A woman in Switzerland run over three times by her own car | Car
A motorist has been hit several times by her own car in Switzerland. The 45-year-old woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The unfortunate victim had parked his car in St. Gallen, in northeastern Switzerland, with the engine running and got out. She probably did it to offload something, city police said. What happened after that is not entirely …
Read More »Large part of migrants on aid ships still allowed in Italy
AFP ONS News•today, 17:33 Many of the migrants who drifted off the Italian coast for more than a week on the humanitarian ship Humanity 1 finally disembarked in the port of Catania. The new right-wing Italian government had previously refused to take in the refugees. 144 of the 179 migrants were allowed to disembark in the Sicilian port city. A …
Read More »Airliner crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania
ONS News•today, 09:57•Amended today, 11:11 a.m. A Precision Air plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania. This happened when the plane started landing at Bukoba airport. 26 people have reportedly been rescued so far. According to local authorities, 43 people were on board: 39 passengers, two pilots and two cabin crew members. “At the moment, we have managed to save …
Read More »Boy (23) drowns in Belgium after being chased by strangers | Interior
A 23-year-old man drowned in the Meuse in Huy, Belgium, on the night of Friday to Saturday, after being chased by a group of strangers. Police are looking for witnesses to the incident. Shortly after midnight, a skirmish broke out on Huy’s Grote Markt. Several people argued, one of them was allegedly chased to the quay of Arona and fell …
Read More »Afghan women judges, lawyers and prosecutors fear for their lives
ONS News•today, 16:09 Aletta Andre India correspondent Aletta Andre India correspondent Dozens of female Afghan judges, lawyers and prosecutors are still in hiding and fear for their lives. With the abolition of the old legal system by the Taliban, they lost their jobs and their income. And since the Taliban opened all prisons in the takeover in August last year, …
Read More »Trump gets another week to hand over documents storming the Capitol
Former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Mesa, Arizona in early October.Image access point The House Investigative Committee previously announced that it had sent Trump a subpoena asking him to submit the documents by Nov. 4. From November 14, the Republican will then have to testify before the commission. The seven Democrats and two Republicans on the …
Read More »Tourists taken hostage in Peru freed by locals
AFP ONS News•yesterday, 10:23 p.m.•Amended today, 00:23 More than 100 tourists have been released in Peru who were being held hostage by a local population. They were stuck there for more than a day. A Peruvian minister has now declared the group free again. The tourists were on a boat on the Marañón River in the Amazon region. Residents of …
Read More »Festive Finnish PM did nothing wrong, agency says despite dozens of complaints | Abroad
An independent agency which monitors the legality of government activities concludes that it has not neglected its duties as prime minister. Dozens of complaints were filed with the agency when footage surfaced of how Marin dances and sings with his famous friends. Critics found her party inappropriate for a head of government, but there were also many Finns who supported …
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