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MARSEILLE, FRANCE - A vessel carrying 422 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya has been given permission to dock in Italy after issuing an urgent appeal for shelter from a looming storm, its operator said Sunday. The SOS Mediterranee group, which operates the Ocean Viking rescue ship, said it had received the green light to bring the migrants ashore in the Sicilian port of Augusta after several earlier appeals went unheeded. It said it expected the vessel to arrive in Sicily on Sunday evening. The French-based group said its passengers included babies, children, pregnant women and unaccompanied minors. "They must urgently be disembarked in a safe port," Luisa Albera, the head of the group's rescue operations, had earlier urged, warning that weather conditions in the central Mediterranean were deteriorating. She described the health of several of the migrants as fragile. Eight tested positive for COVID-19 and were isolating aboard the ship, she added. Libya has become a key jumping … [Read more...] about Sicily Offers 422 Migrants Safe Port Before Storm

By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen, Natalie Croker and Sergio Hernandez, CNN Updated 1426 GMT (2226 HKT) October 7, 2020 In a small town in northern Germany, the local yacht club isn't what it used to be. Many of the members -- mostly middle-aged men -- have been sucked into the conspiracy theories of the QAnon movement: that the coronavirus is a hoax perpetrated by secret elites and that President Donald Trump will save the world from the machinations of the "deep state." They've also embraced other themes that circulate among QAnon followers in Germany: displaying the flag of the pre-war German Reich, which is popular among neo-Nazis, and the false belief that German Chancellor Angela Merkel used to be a spy for the East German security service and will soon be arrested. These conspiracy theories and many more, which have spread across social media rapidly this year, led Facebook to take drastic action to curb the impact of QAnon on its … [Read more...] about How the ‘parasite’ QAnon conspiracy cult went global

Pope FrancisPope FrancisRescue ship filled with migrants headed for Sicily Pope names two women to Vatican posts held by men Tens of thousands rally against coup in Myanmar MORE said Monday that governments should act now to address the economic and environmental inequalities the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare.The pontiff, meeting with ambassadors to the Holy See, called for a reframing of the world economy, comparing it to the acceptance of the sun rather than the earth as the center of the universe.“There is need for a kind of new Copernican revolution that can put the economy at the service of men and women, not vice versa,” he said, according to The Associated Press.ADVERTISEMENTHe went on to say such a system should be “one that brings life not death, one that is inclusive and not exclusive, humane and not dehumanizing, one that cares for the environment and does not despoil it.”The pope’s address in the Apostolic … [Read more...] about Pope urges governments to use pandemic to create more just economy

Pope Francis Pope Francis Nun appointed to Vatican voting position says 'patriarchal mindset is changing' Pope urges governments to use pandemic to create more just economy Rescue ship filled with migrants headed for Sicily MORE has launched a partnership between the Vatican and some of the world’s largest companies, nonprofits and government agencies to reform capitalism. The Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican is led by Guardians for Inclusive Capitalism , a group of officials representing such entities as the Bank of America, BP, Dupont, the Ford Foundation, Mastercard, Merck, the Rockefeller Foundation, Salesforce, Visa and the State of California. Under the Pope’s guidance, these “guardians” aim to “reform capitalism into a powerful force for the good of humanity” and create a “more inclusive, sustainable and trusted form of capitalism.” Too bad they’ve missed the reality that capitalism doesn’t need reforming and is … [Read more...] about Pope’s council on capitalism should instead address corrupt governments

A woman bit and racially abused white police officers while claiming to have a firearm because one of them said “all lives matter” has been spared from prison. Four white police officers attended the address of 20-year-old Sicily Hunston in Wythenshawe, Manchester, after reports that she was brandishing a blade in a drunken state, according to a Sun court report. “Police attended a property in the belief the defendant was in possession of a knife,” prosecutor Peter Conroy explained to the court. ”She was in a bedroom on the ground floor and there were three children present when officers attended,” he continued. ”She had a bottle of alcohol in her hand and she was clearly intoxicated. She was also quite angry and she stated there were knives and meat cleavers in the room and she also said she was in possession of a gun. “One of the officers then approached the defendant and said he needed to search her. But at this point, the defendant became very aggressive and it took … [Read more...] about No Prison for Woman Who Bit and Racially Abused White Cops for Saying ‘All Lives Matter’