More than 500 people have come forward to say they were abused by representatives of the church, and a new report says the number of victims may surpass 4,800.
‘Enlightened tingle’: Aussie cafe offers $140 cup of coffee
AT US$140 a pop, one cafe in Melbourne, Australia is serving up no ordinary cup of joe.Melbourne has long been famed for its coffee culture, with Italian and Greek migrants infusing the city with all things bean and cup since the 1940s.And for those l…
NATO Secretary General: incidents with balloons over U.S. form part of pattern
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Recent incidents regarding balloons shot down by the United States, which suspects they are surveillance balloons from China, form part of a pattern which highlights the need for NATO to be vigilant, said NATO Secretary General Je…
Premier League club Brentford ‘disgusted’ by ‘barrage of abusive racist messages’ received by star player
English Premier League side Brentford is “disgusted and saddened” by “abusive racist messages” received by star player Ivan Toney following Saturday’s match against London rival Arsenal, according to a statement released by the club.
World’s bravest dog Proteo who worked to save stricken children in Turkey quake dies after ‘being crushed by rubble’
A BRAVE rescue dog has died while searching for survivors in the wreckage caused by the earthquake in Turkey.
The heroic dog, Proteo, flown in from Mexico to help locate survivors, died in action.
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Pope Francis calls on Nicaragua to ‘open its heart’ over jailing of prominent government critic
The jailing of Bishop Rolando Alvarez marks ‘the most severe repression against the Catholic Church in Latin America’ in two decades
Who is Cyprus’s president-elect Nikos Christodoulides?
Christodoulides ran as an independent candidate and had the backing of centrists and centre-right parties.
A Russian general was poisoned by a letter laced with an unknown toxin, close Putin ally says
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Dubai boom sees Russian cash, high rents and reborn projects
Fourteen years after a financial crisis nearly brought Dubai to its knees, several major abandoned real estate projects are finally showing signs of life as part of a new economic boom in the city-state.
Razer Blade 18 review: gigantic QHD, 16:10, 240Hz display, upgradeable RAM and SSD, and lots of power, but incredibly pricey at $3,800 and mediocre battery life (Monica Chin/The Verge)
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Razer Blade 18 review: gigantic QHD, 16:10, 240Hz display, upgradeable RAM and SSD, and lots of power, but incredibly pricey at $3,800 and mediocre battery life — It’s the ultimate big-screen gaming experien…