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President Trump accepts presidential nomination
With 68 days to go until Americans go to the polls, incumbent President Donald Trump on Thursday accepted the Republican nomination for a second term in office.
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Gospel Truth: Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time 30 August – Vatican News
In this week’s edition of “Gospel Truth”, the late Jill Bevilacqua and Seán-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections from the Gospel of St. Matthew 16:21-27 of the Twentieth-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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Greif (GEF) Q3 2020 Earnings Call Transcript
… our Central and Western European steel drum volumes declined … slide. They are funding organic capex, delevering our balance … were very strong. But Central Europe and Western Europe, which is the predominantly … the retail sector and restaurant sector in the U …
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Amid pandemic, domestic and sexual abuse is skyrocketing
Amid pandemic, domestic and sexual abuse is skyrocketing. Activists worry that news is being buried VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Elections in the United States, a global pandemic and human rights protests have crowded the news coverage for most of 2020. But activists and sexual abuse survivors continue to ask that the protection of minors and…
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How the Met Was Made
Talk about a spoiled birthday. For years leading up to its 150th anniversary the Metropolitan Museum of Art had been planning a swell of celebratory programming: an overhaul of its British Galleries, debuts of major gifts of photography and drawing, new cross-cultural displays, an international symposium on collecting, a Great Hall photo op with the…
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Greif, Inc.’s (GEF) CEO Peter Watson on Q3 2020 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
… our Central and Western European steel drum volumes declined … slide. They are funding organic CapEx, delevering our balance … were very strong, but Central Europe and Western Europe, which is the predominantly … the retail sector and restaurant sector in the U. …
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Committee to review global treaty on response to health emergencies
The Review Committee will advise whether any amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) are necessary to ensure it is as effective as possible, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists. He said the COVID-19 pandemic has been “an acid test” for many countries, organizations and the treaty. “Even before the pandemic, I have…
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Criminal network dismantled in Lithuania, the UK and Ireland
The Hague, 27 August 2020 – Judicial authorities and police in Lithuania, United Kingdom and Ireland, with support from Eurojust and Europol, have dismantled a criminal network responsible for drug trafficking, money laundering and trafficking in human beings. At least 65 people were exploited as street dealers. Yesterday in Lithuania, Ireland and the UK, 18…
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Pope Francis pays a visit to St Monica on her feast day – Vatican News
On the liturgical memorial of St Monica, Pope Francis visits her relics in the Basilica of St. Augustine in Campo Marzio, Rome.
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Human rights are the ‘means by which governments can successfully beat pandemics’, says UNAIDS chief
UNAIDS – Interruptions of HIV services, harassment, abuse, arrests, deaths and a failure to respect human rights in the early responses to the pandemic have underscored how trust has been undermined, individuals harmed, and public health responses set back, according to a new UNAIDS report launched on Thursday. “It is a myth that there can…