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From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.
Late Australian cardinal's funeral sparks Sydney protests
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» SYDNEY: Protestors confronted mourners with chants of "shame" outside the funeral of controversial top Vatican cardinal George Pell in Sydney on Thursday.
Late Australian cardinal's funeral sparks Sydney protests
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» SYDNEY - Protesters denounced late Australian cardinal George Pell for his "bigoted" views on Thursday, as the Catholic Church remembered his "remarkable legacy" with a grand funeral mass in Sydney.
Funeral held for controversial cardinal Pell
AFP, Published on 14/01/2023
» VATICAN CITY: Several dozen people including bishops, cardinals and archbishops turned out for the funeral of the controversial Cardinal George Pell in the Vatican on Saturday.
George Pell denied public memorial in home Australian state
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» SYDNEY - An Australian state leader on Thursday emphatically ruled out a taxpayer-funded memorial for Cardinal George Pell, saying it would be "deeply distressing" for sexual abuse survivors.
Cardinal George Pell dies aged 81
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» SYDNEY - Cardinal George Pell -- a giant of the Catholic Church who was convicted and later cleared of sexual abuse in Australia -- has died in Rome aged 81, a church official confirmed Wednesday.
Biden announces relief for indebted US university grads
AFP, Published on 25/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that most US university graduates still trying to pay off student loans will each get $10,000 in relief, addressing a decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country.
Australian media on trial for alleged Pell gag-order breach
AFP, Published on 09/11/2020
» MELBOURNE: Australia's biggest news organisations and editorial staff members went on trial Monday on charges they breached a 2018 gag order on coverage of Cardinal George Pell's now-quashed sex crimes convictions.
Cardinal Pell to return to Rome after sex abuse acquittal
AFP, Published on 29/09/2020
» SYDNEY: Australian Cardinal George Pell will return to Rome Tuesday for the first time since being acquitted of child sexual abuse charges, and just days after a Vatican rival was ousted.
Australian media to be tried for contempt over Pell reporting
AFP, Published on 26/05/2020
» SYDNEY: Dozens of Australian journalists and news organisations will go on trial in November for allegedly violating a gag order barring coverage of Cardinal George Pell's sex crimes case, a judge said Tuesday.