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Washington D.C., Jun 30, 2016 / 05:36 pm (CNA).- The U.S. government released its annual human trafficking report Thursday, drawing praise but also some criticism for allegedly giving some offending countries a political pass.“When we talk about ‘human trafficking,’ we’re talking about slavery – modern-day slavery that still today claims more than 20 million victims on any given time,” Secretary of State John Kerry stated at the report’s ceremony on June 30.“And all 20 million are people just like everybody here. They have names. They have or had families in many cases,” he continued. “And they are forced to endure a hell – a living hell in modern times that no human being should ever have to experience.”The Trafficking-in-Persons report is an annual update on human trafficking in 188 countries and territories worldwide, published by the U.S. State Department and created with the Trafficking Victims Protection A...
IMAGE: CNS illustration/Liz AgbeyBy Chaz MuthSANDIEGO (CNS) -- There is something distinctive about the chapel where FatherWilliam J. Brunner now celebrates Mass.Itfloats.Tobe more precise, it's in a space aboard the U.S. Navy's warship USS America dockedin San Diego.Thefresh-faced, 31-year-old priest is one of the newest members of the Navy'schaplain corps, having graduated from chaplaincy school last November. Thoughhe hasn't served on the ship long, he's already seen how different his newministry is compared to his former parish in the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin.Theobvious difference is the worship space. Instead of a church, he shares a smallroom that serves as both a library and a chapel with other religionsdenominations, aboard a ship where fighter planes land on deck.Thoughthe cheery young priest with the megawatt smile celebrates Mass in traditionalvestments, when he peals the garb off after his religious service is concluded,he doesn't reveal traditional black clerics...
BALTIMORE (AP) -- After spending 16 years in prison for the killing of his former high school girlfriend, a man at the center of popular podcast "Serial" has a chance at freedom....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Rio de Janeiro Olympics are still just over five weeks away. But they become a tangible reality on Friday when one of their so-called "Mega" souvenir shops opens on Copacabana Beach....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hours after the Supreme Court sent his immigration policy into legal limbo, President Barack Obama huddled around a long conference table in the Roosevelt Room with disappointed activists. The president looked out at familiar faces, some teary. It had been a long and tough fight, Obama said, and he had taken some beatings - even from supporters who "whupped on me good."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. announced Thursday the first fatality of a wreck involving a car in self-driving mode, the 40-year-old owner of a technology company who nicknamed his vehicle "Tessy" and had praised its sophisticated "Autopilot" system just one month earlier for preventing a collision on an interstate. The government said it is investigating the design and performance of the system aboard the Tesla Model S sedan....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- As the death toll from the Istanbul airport attack rose Thursday to 44, a senior Turkish official said the three suicide bombers who carried it out were from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, and Turkish police raided Istanbul neighborhoods for suspects linked to the Islamic State group....
(Vatican Radio) Ten women died in a sinking boat packed with forced migrants off the coast of Libya on Thursday, while hundreds of others were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard in two separate operations.Listen to the report by Christopher Wells: The latest deaths at sea came as the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last year with up to 800 people on board was due to arrive at a Sicilian port. The sunken wreck was raised on Wednesday.Nearly 120 bodies have already been recovered from the seabed but hundreds more are believed to be trapped below deck, where survivors said many women and children were locked. Speaking to Vatican Radio Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant peoples decried the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean and said unfortunately it will not be the last…Unfortunately, he said, there are still people who continue to not want to tackle the phenomenon of migration, they do not want to ...
(Vatican Radio) Turkish authorities say the three suicide bombers who carried out the deadly attack on Istanbul's main airport were nationals of Russia and other Central Asia nations. The announcement came shortly after the Turkish and Russian presidents spoke each other for the first time in months. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Turkish officials said the three men directly involved in Tuesday's deadly attack on Istanbul's main airport were all from parts of the former Soviet Union. One is said to be from Russia's restive North Caucasus region and the others from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.Tuesday’s gunfire and suicide bombing attack at Ataturk Airport killed 42 people and wounded more than 230 others.The statement came as counter-terror teams reportedly launched 16 simultaneous raids in Istanbul. Turkish police told local media that they detained 13 people, including three foreign nationals, in connection with the attack. Turkish media ...
