French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, probe finds

A woman prays inside the Saint-Sulpice church in Paris, France, October 4, 2021. Picture taken October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier Reuters By Tangi Salaün and Ingrid Melander French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church

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UK urged to tackle ‘dirty money’ after leaked Pandora papers

An exterior view of 56-60 Conduit Street in the Mayfair district of London, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. The property is linked to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in a new report dubbed the Pandora Papers that sheds light on how world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires and others have used offshore accounts to shield assets collectively worth

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United Nations releases statement on the forced displacement 1,000 people in Las Anod, North Somalia

Photograph appear on the Internet Humanitarian agencies have strongly condemned the arrest and forced displacement of more than 1,000 people, including women, children and men, from Las Anod, of the Sool region. North Somalia was behind by Mr Muse Bihi and his henchman Mohamed Kahin. Humanitarian partners say they are co-ordinating an urgent humanitarian assessment

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Uhuru delays response to Sh3.3 billion secret foreign wealth leak

President Uhuru Kenyatta. By Business Daily Africa President Uhuru Kenyatta says he will soon respond in detail to revelations that his family has hidden a fortune in excess of $30 million (Sh3.3 billion) in overseas tax havens. The Kenyattas are part of the global elite whose offshore financial dealings have been laid bare in a

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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage

File – In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York’s Times Square. Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 elections in a moneymaking move that a company whistleblower

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Farmajo arrived in Addis Ababa

Photo/Somali Times The Somalia’s President, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo has today arrived in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where he was warmly welcomed. Farmajo was greeted at Addis Ababa airport by senior Ethiopian government officials, including Finance Minister Ahmed Shide, A statement from Villa Somalia said Farmajo was attending the inauguration of re-sworn Prime

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Leaked records open a ‘Pandora’ box of financial secrets

File – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta attends the annual tech conference “Inno Generation” organized by French investment bank Bpifrance in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been stashing away their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the

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As Kenyan president mounted anti-corruption comeback, his family’s secret fortune expanded offshore

Credit to Daily Nation Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists By Will Fitzgibbon The Kenyatta family has ruled one of Africa’s largest economies for decades. But to the Swiss advisers who helped them funnel wealth into tax havens, they were ‘Client 13173’. As Uhuru Kenyatta mounted a political comeback by campaigning against

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Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful

The Pandora papers reveal the inner workings of what is a shadow financial world, providing a rare window into the hidden operations of a global offshore economy. Illustration: Guardian Design The Guardian Guardian investigations team Millions of documents reveal offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officials

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Lemma, Jepkosgei win London Marathon for the first time

Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma crosses the finish line to win the Men’s race in the London Marathon in central London, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) By Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia won the men’s London Marathon for the first time on Sunday and Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya was victorious on

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