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Ex-pope Benedict 'failed to act over child abuse' cases as archbishop of Munich

Former Pope Benedict XVI knew about priests who ‘abused children’ but failed to act during his time as archbishop of Munich, a German investigation into the Catholic Church has found. Abuse continued during Pope Benedict’s time in the position and the accused remained active in church roles, the probe claims. Pope Benedict, now 94, was […]

UK's food and drink exports hit record £22billion after Brexit

BRITISH food and drink exports hit a record £22billion last year as Brexit sparked a boom in global demand. Overseas demand hit an all-time high as the world clamoured to try our most popular products. Whisky, salmon, meat and dairy products flew off the shelves as orders from China, America and Hong Kong triggered a […]

North Korea threatens to resume nuclear tests over ‘hostility’ from US military

North Korea has threatened to scrap its self-imposed ban on testing long-range missiles and nuclear weapons after tensions mounted with America once again. The dictatorship lashed out at American "military threats" and said the country had reached a "danger line". Leader Kim Jong-un met with powerful North Korean figureheads to discuss potential countermeasures to American […]

UK Covid cases are down by a fifth in a week, symptom survey claims

UK Covid cases are down by a fifth in a week and falling in every age group except under-18s, symptom-tracking survey claims — but top expert urges nation to be ‘sensible’ because 144,000 still catching virus every day King’s College London scientists estimated 144,527 people were being infected every day last week They said cases […]

Fauci: Worst case scenario for 2022 is variant that eludes vaccine protection

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Biden, told Yahoo Finance that COVID-19 could become endemic in 2022 but only if certain parameters are met. If you get "a combination of enough people vaccinated and boosted together with people who are infected and […]