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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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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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No more immigration: PM says Britain is in period of adjustment

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a thumb up after addressing the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Pool/File Photo Reuters By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie Maclellan British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not return to “uncontrolled immigration” to solve fuel,

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Inside the CIA’s secret Kabul base, burned out and abandoned in haste

The burnt-out remains of cars, minibuses and armoured vehicles at the CIA secret base. Photograph: Emma Graham-Harrison/The Observer The Guardian By Emma Graham-Harrison A Taliban commander invited the media to inspect the site where America plotted killing raids and tortured prisoners The cars, minibuses and armoured vehicles that the CIA used to run its shadow

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Philippines’ Duterte says daughter running for president in 2022 elections – media

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrives with daughter and first lady Sara Duterte-Carpio to attend the enthronement ceremony of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2019. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS By Reuters Philippine President Rodrigo’s daughter would run for president in next year’s election and her father’s long-time aide, who filed his vice presidential

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