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Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island
- Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, getting away with sexual abuse largely due to a system where bishops prioritized minimizing scandal as the diocese maintained a secret archive to conceal the revelation of more victims. These findings were among the many sobering details released Wednesday as part of a multiyear investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode ...

Source: wbur.org
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British Parliament member's husband, 2 others charged with spying for China
- March 4 (UPI) -- Three men were arrested in Britain on charges of spying for China, London's Metropolitan Police announced, and one is the husband of a member of Parliament. The men were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service, the Met said in a statement . Detectives from Counter-Terrorism Policing London arrested a 39-year-old man at an address in London, a 68-year-old man ...

Source: upi.com
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Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again
- Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again The fragile peace in Lebanon was already showing serious strains in the first months of 2026 – and then came the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran. After the killing of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Hezbollah – a Shiite paramilitary group and Iranian proxy operating from Lebanon – ...

Source: theconversation.com
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We need more updates, say British nationals stuck in Middle East
- British citizens stuck in the Middle East have told the BBC there has been a lack of information about available routes to travel home as Iran's retaliatory strikes across the region continue. Teigan McFadden's flight home from Dubai on Tuesday was cancelled and the 21-year-old says she is running out of her heart medication, while another family told the BBC they were stranded in Oman after their flight from ...

Source: bbc.com
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Trump rebukes Starmer over UK refusal to back strikes on Iran
- US president says 'relationship is not what it was' after PM defends decision not to allow use of British bases Donald Trump has criticised Keir Starmer again over the UK's refusal to aid the offensive strikes on Iran, saying the "relationship is obviously not what it was". Starmer had issued his strongest rebuke yet of Trump's action in Iran , saying the UK did not believe in "regime change from the skies" and ...

Source: theguardian.com