Archive du mois : mars 2018

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George Pell’s robes too heavy to commit sexual offences, committal instructed

Updated March 22, 2018 21:33:01 Photo: George Pell, in 2002, when he was archbishop of Sydney. (Mark Baker, file photo: Reuters) A former choir member has told a court he does not believe Cardinal George Pell could have sexually offended against choristers at Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral « knowing the layout and how things worked ». Rodney…

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UAE adviser lobbied Trump to oust Tillerson: NYT

George Nader, a political adviser to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), worked for over a year to transform one of the largest donors to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, into a tool of influence for Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according to the New York Times.  The newspaper revealed in a report published on Wednesday that George Nader, a Lebanese-American, offered Eliott…

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WaterAid: Entry to clear water lacking worldwide

The world is facing a water crisis, highlighting a big gap in access to clean water and sanitation between the wealthy and economically disadvantaged, according to a WaterAid study. Entitled The Water Gap – The State of the World’s Water, the water access advocacy group’s report was released on Thursday to mark World Water Day. « One in nine people…

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg sorry for ‘predominant breach of belief’

The head of Facebook has apologised for the « major breach of trust » the social media platform committed, when it allowed personal information of 50 million users from being collected by a data mining company linked to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Mark Zuckerberg, however, could not explain why it took almost three years for Facebook…

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North Korean defector: ‘While you hang money, it is most likely you’ll perhaps compose the relaxation’

Seoul, South Korea – Around 31,000 North Koreans have defected into the South since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Almost 71 percent of those defectors are female, most in their 20s and 30s. Only a few take the most dangerous route through the Korean Demilitarized Zone that a North Korean soldier took late last year. Most…

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Kashmir: 10 killed after fierce gun battle

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Five Indian soldiers and five separatist fighters have been killed in a fierce gun battle in northern Kashmir. Police Superintendent Shamsher Hussain told Al Jazeera the gunfight started on Tuesday after rebels opened fire on troops in the forested area of Kupwara, a border region in Indian-administered Kashmir. « Five security personnel…

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Arab coalition accused of undermining Yemen’s sovereignty

A former Yemeni minister of state has said that the Saudi-led coalition has deviated from its objectives, adding that the sovereign Yemeni decision has been taken away from the people. Salah al-Sayadi’s statement followed his resignation on Wednesday and came just days after he said that Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was under house arrest in the Saudi capital,…