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Pope expresses ‘shame’ at French sex abuse scandal

Pontiff offers support to priests to face up to ‘hard but healthy’ trial

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Taiwan-China situation ‘grimmest’ in 40 years: minister

Beijing will be in a position to launch full-scale attack in 2025, Parliament told

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Aussie firm recalls Covid-19 tests over false positives

195,000 of 3.5 mil kits shipped to US affected by ‘manufacturing issue’

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Singapore eyes repeal of ‘no longer relevant’ Sedition Act

New laws deal with such issues in more targeted, calibrated manner, says minister

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Chile opposition accuses president after Pandora report

Parliamentary charge to be presented may lead to removal of President Sebastian Pinera

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US executes convicted murderer despite Vatican appeals for clemency

Missouri governor rejects pleas from lawyers, envoy

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Whistle-blower urges regulation to tackle Facebook ‘crisis’

Ex-employee says social media giant’s products ‘harm children, stoke division, weaken our democracy’

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US releases nuke bomb data after Trump blackout

Sept 30, 2020, figure last year at lowest level from 2 years prior

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French Catholic Church inquiry finds 216,000 sex abuse victims from 1950

Figure climbs to 330,000 when lay members, such as religious school teachers, are included

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Quizzing women on hijab in job interviews discriminatory: S. Korean rights group

This follows woman’s claim NGO told her headscarf would be a ‘hindrance’

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Justice Dept warns of threats to US schoolteachers from anti-mask parents

Disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence, says AG

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Philippines’ Duterte to prepare defence against ICC probe

Don’t cheat me on evidence, says outgoing president on investigation into drug war

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Singapore Parliament approves ‘foreign interference’ bill

Campaigners say it is the latest piece of draconian legislation to be rolled out in the city-state