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Vatican shares investigation into child abuse allegations against an Australian bishop with police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:29 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Vatican had shared with police findings of an internal investigation of a former Australian bishop over child sex abuse allegations and the church would fully cooperate with criminal investigators, a cleric said on Friday.The Catholic Church announced the handover of its investigation report into former Bishop Christopher Saunders three days after the Western Australia Police Force publicly revealed it had requested a copy.“The church will continue to offer full transparency and cooperation with W.A. Police,” Bishop Michael Morrissey, who replaced Saunders in the Broome Diocese in 2021, said in a statement.“The church encourages anyone who has experienced abuse, or suspects abuse within the community, to come forward and report it to police,” Morrissey added.Saunders, now 73, denied any wrongdoing and refused to participate in the Vatican investigation, which began last year, the church said.He resigned in 2021 as bishop of Broome, an Outback diocese o...

Daily horoscope for September 22, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:29 GMT

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT today (12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn. The Fall Equinox occurs at 11:49 p.m. PDT.Happy Birthday for Friday, Sept. 22, 2023:You are intelligent, fun-loving and a great communicator. People love your positive, upbeat quirkiness. This is a slower paced year. It’s time to rest and rejuvenate yourself. Concentrate on your needs and what makes you happy. You also might have a strong focus on relationships.ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★You will need more sleep in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, your focus on close friends, partners and spouses will increase now. Actually, because you have more objectivity to see your role in these relationships, you can make improvements. Tonight: You’re high-viz.TAURUS(April 20-May 20) ★★★The back-to-school fever has captured you, which is why you’re keen to work and be productive. This determination to achie...

The future of meat is lab-grown

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:29 GMT

Greenhouse gas emissions from meat production are a disaster for climate change, but plant-based meat substitutes like soy are sometimes even worse for the environment. To protect both the planet and consumer choice, look to innovation in lab-grown meat technology. Meat is killing the planet. Even enthusiastic meat-eaters (myself included) cannot escape the substantial greenhouse gas emissions involved in getting steaks onto our plates. A University of Illinois paper, published in Nature Food in 2021, found that meat production is responsible for more than a third of all global emissions, meaning the meat industry pollutes more than double the entire US economy, writes Jason Reed.There are two different ways we could deal with this situation. The first, promoted by most of the environmentalist movement, is to go vegan. By abstaining from animal products and adopting a plant-based diet, they claim, we can eliminate the demand for animal farming and therefore drastically reduce that i...

Goethe-Institut Brussels events

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:29 GMT

POWER – Exhibition & discussions10/13/2023 to 02/25/2024, CIVA | Opening reception on October 12, 2023, at 7 p.m.From oil and gas pipelines to home heating, from wind turbines to recycling centers, infrastructure is at the heart of current debates about systemic change. They divide power in both senses of the term.  POWER  »: as energy and as politics. The exhibition will combine historical references, contemporary practices and projections into the future, presented from the angles of architecture, landscape planning, art and philosophy. Alongside the exhibition, POWER Talks will offer conferences, screenings and intergenerational workshops.Halaqat – Performance and filmLanguage, no broblem – PerformanceOctober 27, 2023, BeursschouwburgBalancing on the thread of (im)possible translations, Language: no broblem brings together stories in Arabic, Hebrew, Dutch and English. How does a person's relationship to their native language change when they begin to maste...

Three-bedroom home sells in San Jose for $1.6 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:29 GMT

1828 Johnston Avenue – Google Street ViewA house located in the 1800 block of Johnston Avenue in San Jose has new owners. The 1,690-square-foot property, built in 1949, was sold on Aug. 18, 2023. The $1,630,000 purchase price works out to $964 per square foot. This single-story home has three bedrooms and two baths. The property is equipped with forced air heating and a cooling system. Additionally, the home features a one-car garage, offering a dedicated parking spot and storage area.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:A 1,359-square-foot home on the 1800 block of Johnston Avenue in San Jose sold in April 2023, for $3,350,000, a price per square foot of $2,465. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In April 2023, a 1,286-square-foot home on Kirkland Avenue in San Jose sold for $1,600,000, a price per square foot of $1,244. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Coastland Avenue, San Jose, in August 2022, a 1,830-square-foot home was sold for $1,600,000, a pri...

Una importante universidad china elimina los exámenes de inglés y los nacionalistas celebran la decisión

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:29 GMT

(CNN) — Una importante universidad del noroeste de China eliminó las pruebas de inglés como requisito para graduarse, reavivando un acalorado debate sobre el papel de la lengua franca del mundo en el sistema educativo del país después de años de creciente sentimiento nacionalista bajo el mando del líder Xi Jinping.En un comunicado publicado el miércoles, la Universidad Jiaotong de Xi’an, en la capital de la provincia de Shaanxi, informó que los estudiantes ya no necesitarán aprobar un examen de inglés estandarizado a nivel nacional —ni ningún otro examen de inglés— para poder graduarse con una licenciatura.El anuncio causó revuelo en las redes sociales, donde muchos elogiaron la decisión y pidieron que más universidades hicieran lo mismo.“Muy bien. Espero que otras universidades sigan el ejemplo. Es ridículo que los títulos académicos de los chinos tengan que ser validados por un (examen) de lengua extranjera”, decía un comentario con más de 24.000 me gusta e...

Saint Louis City SC takes draw streak into matchup with Minnesota United

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:29 GMT

Saint Louis City SC (15-10-5, first in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota United FC (9-10-10, 11th in the Western Conference)Saint Paul, Minnesota; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLS LINE: Minnesota United FC -116, Saint Louis +279, Draw +284; over/under is 2.5 goalsBOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis City SC plays Minnesota United after playing to a draw in three straight games.United is 8-7-7 against Western Conference opponents. United ranks 10th in the MLS with 131 shots on goal, averaging 4.5 per game.Saint Louis is 11-8-5 against Western Conference opponents. Saint Louis has a 4-0-1 record in games it scores a pair of goals.The matchup Saturday is the second meeting this season between the two teams. United won the last game 1-0.TOP PERFORMERS: Bongokuhle Hlongwane has scored eight goals with one assist for United. Teemu Pukki has four goals and one assist over the last 10 games.Nicholas Gioacchini has scored 10 goals with one assist for Saint Louis. Samuel Adeniran has fiv...

Charlotte FC takes draw streak into matchup with Cincinnati

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:29 GMT

Charlotte FC (7-9-12, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. FC Cincinnati (17-4-8, first in the Eastern Conference)Cincinnati; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLS LINE: FC Cincinnati -162, Charlotte FC +393, Draw +315; over/under is 2.5 goalsBOTTOM LINE: Charlotte FC takes on Cincinnati after playing to a draw in four consecutive games.Cincinnati is 11-3-7 against Eastern Conference teams. Cincinnati is 12-1 in one-goal matches.Charlotte is 5-6-9 in conference matchups. Charlotte is 6-3 in matches decided by one goal.The teams play Saturday for the second time this season. The last meeting finished tied 2-2.TOP PERFORMERS: Luciano Acosta has scored 14 goals with 10 assists for Cincinnati. Aaron Boupendza has three goals over the past 10 games.Karol Swiderski has eight goals and five assists for Charlotte. Benjamin Bender has two goals over the past 10 games.LAST 10 GAMES: Cincinnati: 4-2-4, averaging 1.7 goals, 4.6 shots on goal and 5.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 1...

Explosión de un artefacto en Nariño, Colombia, deja cinco policías heridos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:29 GMT

(CNN Español) — Este viernes, el gobernador del departamento de Nariño, Jhon Rojas, informó a través de un comunicado que se reportaron cinco policías heridos por la detonación de un artefacto explosivo en El Ejido, en el Municipio de Policarpa.Gracias a una oportuna acción de la Policía fueron extraídos de la zona y están siendo atendidos.“Rechazamos enérgicamente el cobarde atentado contra una patrulla en #Nariño. Nuestra misión es proteger a los ciudadanos y no toleraremos la violencia contra nuestros policías. Trabajaremos incansablemente para llevar a los responsables ante la justicia y mantener la seguridad”, dijo al respecto en X el general William Salamanca, director de la Policía.Hasta el momento no se reportan muertos por dicha explosión.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Ukraine’s language commission snubs Russia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:29 GMT

Ukraine’s National Commission for State Language Standards has ruled that writing words such as “Russia” and “Moscow” in lowercase letters in unofficial documents will no longer be considered an error.The commission said it made the decision after considering appeals from Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk and official letters from the Institute of Ukrainian Language and the O. O. Potebnia Institute of Linguistics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.From now on, spelling words such as “Russian Federation,” “Russia,” “Moscow,” “Moscow Kingdom,” “Russian Empire” and “State Duma of the Russian Federation,” in lowercase will not be a “deviation from the norms of the Ukrainian language in texts of an unofficial nature,” the commission said. Many Ukrainians, on social media in particular, had already been using lowercase letters when referring to Russia, ever since the Kremlin’s full-scale...