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Australia’s Cardinal George Pell found guilty of child sex abuse

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George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic cardinal found guilty for child sexual assault after a trial in Melbourne. A jury found that he had sexually abused two 13-year-olds in 1996 and 1997, in the rooms of a Melbourne cathedral. George Pell, the Vatican treasurer is the third most senior Catholic in the world.

The verdict was handed down in December but due to some existing legal reasons, it could not be reported till now. Pell, is on leave from his role in Rome as Vatican treasurer. The abuse was happened months after Pell was inaugurated as archbishop of Melbourne.

George Pell is due to be sentenced next week but may be taken into custody at a plea hearing on Wednesday, having been out on bail since the verdict and recovering from knee surgery.

Pope Francis had not yet been revealed his response in public, regarding this issue. But just two days after the unreported verdict in December the Vatican announced that Pell and two other cardinals had been removed from the pontiff’s council of advisers.

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UN chief Antonio Guterres launches global push against hate speech

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Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General launched a new global strategy to combat whatever the global body considers hate speech, a growing scourge he said “poisoned” debate on crucial issues. In a speech at the opening of the council’s 40th session, he said ““Hate is moving into the mainstream — in liberal democracies and authoritarian systems alike” .

Governments across the world have watched with concern as racist and other hate speech have coarsened the political climate. France and Germany have raised particular alarm in recent weeks over resurgent anti-Semitism.

Guterres targeted his rebuke at widespread criticism of the UN’s Global Compact on Migration, a non-binding text that is said to set out best practices for managing refugee and migrant flows. The UN chief marked the campaign “failed”.

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Pope Francis compares child sex abuse to human sacrifice

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“Our work has made us realise once again that the gravity of the scourge of the sexual abuse of minors is, and historically has been, a widespread phenomenon in all cultures and societies,” said Pope Francis on Sunday. “I am reminded of the cruel religious practice, once widespread in certain cultures, of sacrificing human beings – frequently children – in pagan rites,” he added.

Pope was speaking at the close of the summit of the church’s top bishops and leaders. The summit aimed at how to deal with the priests, who are sexually abusing children and adults for years. The sex abuse survivors and members of ECA (Ending Clergy Abuse), held banners in front of St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Feb. 24, 2019.

Bishops would now review and strengthen their guidelines to prevent abuse and punish perpetrators, Pope said. He also said that the child sexual abuse was a universal problem – “a widespread phenomenon in all cultures and societies”.

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The 2019 Oscars

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The 91st Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films of 2018. The ceremony was held on February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. AMPAS presented Academy Awards in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by American Broadcasting Company and produced by Donna Gigliotti and Glenn Weiss, with Weiss also serving as director.

Lets check out the list of 2019 Oscar winners:

  • Best picture : Green Book
  • Directing : Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
  • Actress in a leading role : Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
  • Actor in a leading role : Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
  • Actress in a supporting role : Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
  • Actor in a supporting role : Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
  • Animated feature film : Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
  • Cinematography : Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
  • Costume design : Ruth Carter (Black Panther)
  • Documentary (feature) : Free Solo
  • Documentary (short subject) : Period. End of Sentence
  • Film editing : Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Foreign language film: Roma (Mexico)
  • Makeup and hairstyling : Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia DeHaney (Vice)
  • Music (original score) : Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther)
  • Music (original song) : “Shallow” by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (A Star Is Born)
  • Production design : Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart (Black Panther)
  • Short film (animated) : Bao
  • Short film (live action) : Skin
  • Sound editing : John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone (Bohemian Rhapsody)
  • Sound mixing : Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Visual effects : Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm (First Man)
  • Writing (adapted screenplay) : Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
  • Writing (original screenplay) : Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly (Green Book)

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Casablanca welcomes Prince Harry and Meghan

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Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who are expecting their first child, arrived in Casablanca on Saturday night. The royal couple is having a three day tour, which intends to promote the education and mental awareness of girls.

Meghan Markle appeared to be dazzling in her gorgeous red Valentino dress. This royal visit aimed at strengthening the UK’s links with Morocco – which is one of the few stable countries in the region.

The royal suit of the Casablanca airport welcomed the royal pair with the traditional food of milk and dates.

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Venezuela crisis : Deadly clashes at the border towns

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Severely bad clashes had been broken out at the border towns across Venezuela as opposition activists try to bring aid into the country across government blockades.

It is reported that two people have been killed in these clashes between the soldiers and opposition supporters after Maduro closed the border with Brazil and Colombia. The trucks loaded with humanitarian aid tried to cross over from Brazil and Colombia.

The Venezuelan soldiers fired tear gas at opposition supporters who were trying to unload the goods in the trucks. This caused harm to hundreds of people.

Demonstrators set up barricades and burned tires in the Venezuelan border town of Urena, as attention turned to whether National Guard troops stationed at the border crossing would fulfill Maduro’s orders to block humanitarian aid from reaching a sick and hungry population.

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Swedish man jailed for stealing crown jewels in broad daylight

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The district court of Eskilstuna announced on Friday that a swedish man sentenced to prison for four years and six months, for stealing seventeenth-century crown jewels from a cathedral in broad daylight.

The crown jewels had been stolen at the end of July 2018 from the Cathedral of Strängnäs, about 70 kilometers West of Stockholm. It is the funeral crown, and the Orb of in 1611, died Charles IX. of Sweden, as well as the crown of his 1625 deceased wife, Queen Christine of Holstein-Gottorp. Do you have an estimate of the equivalent of more than six million euros – for the Church, but not in money defined value.

The robbery had an eye witness. Tom Rowell was sitting in sight of the Cathedral at lunch, when he saw two men out of the building race. They were rushed to a near Malaren lake, waited for the motor boat, he reported to the newspaper “Aftonbladet”.

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Julian Assange granted new passport by Australia

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Julian Assange gets a new Australian passport, clearing one of several hurdles keeping the wanted WikiLeaks publisher from exiting the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and returning home.

The new passport that allows Assange to return to Australia was issued in September 2018, but it was unreported till Saturday. The previous passport of Assange, who is weakening in health, had been expired.

On Thursday, the officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told that that Assange had a valid passport, reiterating a statement from last October.

A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade official confirmed in a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday that Mr Assange’s 2018 application for a new passport had been accepted. Consular and Crisis Management Division first assistant secretary Andrew Todd said, “Mr Assange does have an Australian passport”.

Mr. Assange, 47, was born in Townsville, Australia, in 1971. He has lived in the Ecuadorian Embassy since 2012, however, when he sought asylum in the face of the U.S. investigating his WikiLeaks website over its publication of classified State and Defense Department material. British authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in the interim, and he fears he will be apprehended if he leaves the embassy and extradited to the U.S. to face charges related to releasing hundreds of thousands of secretive documents.

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Uber Eats India to sell its food delivery business to Swiggy

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As per the reports, the Uber Eats is close to selling its Indian food delivery business to Swiggy, the online food ordering and delivering service based on Bengaluru. It is been reported to ET that the Uber Eats is in its final stages of negotiations to sell its India business to rival Swiggy.

If the deal is fixed, this will be the greatest achievement for Swiggy. It is reported that the deal is expected to close by next month. This will be Uber Eats’ very first divestment in its global food business.

Uber Eats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California. The app allows the customers to order food online and it will be delivered to them. The Swiggy is a similar platform where the food can be ordered online. Both apps attracts the customers with the offers provided.

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Australian who killed six pedestrians jailed for life

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An Australian man named James Gargasoulas (29) who drove a car into the pedestrians, causing their death is jailed for life. The accident happened on a busy shopping street in central Melbourne in 2017.

The Victorian state Supreme Court, on Friday said that the accused is jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 46 years. The victims of the accident killed 6, including a baby and a 10-year-old girl.

“This was one of the worst examples of mass murder in Australian history,” said Justice Mark Weinberg to Gargasoulas at the sentencing hearing in Melbourne. “”The horror of what you did has profoundly affected the lives of many of those who were present that day in Bourke Street, and who either witnessed your actions, or their aftermath.”

This incident was reported as Australia’s worst mass killings since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre on the southern island state of Tasmania, that killed 35 people.

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