UN rights chief urges Bangladesh to 'protect' democracy after revolution
UN rights chief Volker Turk on Tuesday urged students at Bangladesh's Dhaka University, the heart of the uprising that toppled autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina, to "protect" democracy to end cycles of revenge.
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Church must act faster against abusive priests: papal commission
The Catholic Church must make it easier to remove priests who have abused minors, a Vatican commission said Tuesday in its first report on protecting children.
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Church must act faster against abuse priests, papal commission
The Catholic Church must make it easier to remove priests who have abused minors, a Vatican commission said Tuesday in its first report on protecting children.
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Sexual violence on 'staggering' scale in Sudan civil war: UN probe
Rape is widespread in Sudan's civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a "staggering" scale.
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Taiwan warns Typhoon Kong-rey 'rapidly' intensifying
Authorities in southeastern Taiwan suspended some ferries and advised fishers to return to shore Tuesday as the island's weather forecaster warned approaching Typhoon Kong-rey was "rapidly" intensifying.
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Mideast war clouds outlook at Saudi 'Davos in the desert'
Saudi officials on Tuesday lamented the economic toll of regional conflict as the Gulf kingdom's sovereign wealth fund told an investor forum it was cutting the portion of its overseas investments.
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Russia claims Selydove as concern rises over N.Korean troops
Moscow said Tuesday it had seized the war-battered mining town of Selydove in eastern Ukraine where Kyiv's forces are buckling and as concern grows in Kyiv and abroad over North Korea's expanding military ties with Russia.
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World No.1 Sinner out of Paris Masters with 'virus'
World number one Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Masters indoor event due to an "intestinal virus", the tournament organisers announced on Tuesday.
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Tour de France 'comes home' as 2025 route unveiled
The 2025 Tour de France will be raced exclusively in France for the first time since the 2020 Covid edition with the 21 stages including two time-trials, a blockbuster final week in the Alps and a return to the Champs-Elysees finale.
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De Zorzi, Stubbs tons steer S. Africa to 307-2 against Bangladesh
Tony de Zorzi and Tristan Stubbs put South Africa in command on 307-2 and left Bangladesh floundering after day one of the second and final Test in Chattogram on Tuesday.
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