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Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, has failed in a legal bid to quash his convictions in Australia. Pell was jailed for six years in March after being found guilty of abusing two boys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s. He maintains his innocence. A court of appeal rejected Pell’s argument that the verdict was unfair. The former Vatican treasurer, 78, will now consider a final appeal in the nation’s highest court. Last December, a jury unanimously convicted Pell of sexually abusing the 13-year-old boys at St Patrick’s Cathedral. Pell challenged…

A man has been arrested in Madrid on suspicion of taking upskirt videos of more than 550 women and posting much of the content online. The 53-year-old Colombian man allegedly filmed the videos on a mobile phone hidden in a backpack. Police say he then uploaded at least 283 videos to pornographic websites, racking up millions of views. Many of the 555 victims – some of which were underage – were targeted on the capital’s Metro system. The man is accused of upskirting women on a daily basis since last summer when he began uploading content online. He also allegedly…

An eight-year-old in Germany stole his parents car for a 140km/h (87mph) motorway joyride, police have said. The child was found on the A44 motorway lay-by early on Wednesday morning heading toward the city of Dortmund. He had put the hazard warning lights on and placed a small warning triangle behind the car. Once found, police said the boy told them: “I just wanted to drive a little”, before reportedly bursting into tears. The child’s mother informed police at about 00:25 local time (22:25 GMT) that their son had driven off in the family’s automatic VW Golf from their home…

Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, has failed in a legal bid to quash his convictions in Australia. Pell was jailed for six years in March after being found guilty of abusing two boys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s. He maintains his innocence. A court of appeal rejected Pell’s argument that the verdict was unfair. The former Vatican treasurer, 78, will now consider a final appeal in the nation’s highest court. Last December, a jury unanimously convicted Pell of sexually abusing the 13-year-old boys at St Patrick’s Cathedral. Pell challenged…

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Alex Mould has debunked government’s assertion that the state’s petroleum management firm made over $7billion savings from the cancellation of some Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) signed by the NDC administration. In a statement signed by him, the former GNPC CEO noted a PPA is signed between an Independent Power Plant (IPP) investor and the offtaker, and that nowhere was government directly a party to that agreement. He revealed that government “is only involved when the investors’ financiers require a guarantee to mitigate political risk.” According to him, since government…

The LPG Operators Association has warned the decision of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to implement the Cylinder Recirculation Module despite protests from the association could create problems in the future, leading to a scandal just like in the case of the Power Distribution Services (PDS).The Association alleged some elements in the ruling government are pushing for the implementation of the Module because of some $350 million from the United Nations (UN) for the LPG penetration.According to the Association, although the LPG penetration is good and would see to the phasing out of charcoal use, the NPA is using a…

The LPG Operators Association has warned the decision of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to implement the Cylinder Recirculation Module despite protests from the association could create problems in the future, leading to a scandal just like in the case of the Power Distribution Services (PDS). The Association alleged some elements in the ruling government are pushing for the implementation of the Module because of some $350 million from the United Nations (UN) for the LPG penetration. According to the Association, although the LPG penetration is good and would see to the phasing out of charcoal use, the NPA is…

The controversial University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) will have a special training for its staff, trainee doctors and nurses as well corporate institutions ahead of the full-time operation. The first phase of the UGMC was constructed and commissioned in 2016 during the Mahama administration at a cost of $217 million. However, it was closed for several months in what became a turf war between the Akufo-Addo-led NPP government and officials of University of Ghana. This resulted in the Ministry of Health issuing a directive for a takeover of the administration of the hospital “in the public interest”. But officials…

Three days after the reopening of nominations by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashaiman Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, no one has picked forms to challenge the incumbent Member of Parliament, Ernest Norgbey. The party’s decision to reopen the nominations was due to the sudden demise of the only contender to the MP, Emmanuel Max-Voy. By the close of nominations on Monday, August 19, 2019, no one showed up to pick nomination forms. The only contender to the MP, Emmanuel Max-Voy, died mysteriously days after declaring his intention and picking nomination forms for the seat. Ashaiman…

Twitter and Facebook have taken steps to block what they described as a state-backed Chinese misinformation campaign. Twitter said it removed 936 accounts it said were being used to “sow political discord in Hong Kong”. The network said the accounts originated in mainland China and were part of a coordinated attempt to undermine the “legitimacy and political positions of the protest movement”. Facebook said it had, after being tipped off by Twitter, removed “seven Pages, three Groups and five Facebook accounts.” “They frequently posted about local political news and issues including topics like the ongoing protests in Hong Kong,” said Nathaniel Gleicher,…