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☆ Vatican Confirms Ban on Catholics Becoming Freemasons
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed with hostility and has an estimated global membership of up to six million. "Active membership in Freemasonry by a member of the faithful is prohibited, because of the irreconcilability between Catholic doctrine and Freemasonry," the Vatican's doctrinal office said in a letter published by Vatican media on Wednesday. The same office said last week that transgender people can be baptized, serve as godparents and act as witnesses at Catholic weddings. The letter on Freemasons cited a 1983 declaration, signed by the late Pope Benedict XVI, at the time the Vatican's doctrine chief, stating that Catholics "in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion". The group says it has 180,000 male members, with two parallel female lodges in England having another 5,000 members, and estimates global Freemasonry membership at around six million.

Persons: Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI, Queen Elizabeth's, Prince Philip, Winston Churchill, Peter Sellers, Alf Ramsey, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alvise Armellini, Nick Macfie Organizations: VATICAN CITY, Vatican, Freemasons, Catholic Church, United, Lodge of Locations: Philippines, Lodge of England, England

☆ Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Pope Francis gestures as he leaves after the weekly general audience, in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli Acquire Licensing RightsVATICAN CITY, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed with hostility and has an estimated global membership of up to six million. "Active membership in Freemasonry by a member of the faithful is prohibited, because of the irreconcilability between Catholic doctrine and Freemasonry," the Vatican's doctrinal office said in a letter published by Vatican media on Wednesday. The letter on Freemasons cited a 1983 declaration, signed by the late Pope Benedict XVI, at the time the Vatican's doctrine chief, stating that Catholics "in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion". The group says it has 180,000 male members, with two parallel female lodges in England having another 5,000 members, and estimates global Freemasonry membership at around six million.

Persons: Pope Francis, Remo Casilli, Pope Benedict XVI, Queen Elizabeth's, Prince Philip, Winston Churchill, Peter Sellers, Alf Ramsey, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alvise Armellini, Nick Macfie Organizations: Vatican, REUTERS, CITY, Freemasons, Catholic Church, United, Lodge of, Thomson Locations: Saint Peter's, Philippines, Lodge of England, England

☆ Bobby Charlton, England and Man United great, dies at 86
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

One of the true Greats Sir Bobby Charlton has passed away," Hurst wrote on X. "Today is not just a sad day for Manchester United & England, it's a sad day for football and everything that Sir Bobby represented," said former United and England midfielder David Beckham. Beckham's glittering Manchester United career began after attending a Bobby Charlton Soccer School as a young boy. "A huge loss for his family and for the Manchester United family and for English football, European football," he said. "At Manchester United, you always have to win, but I think he set this standard as a Man United player, what he achieved, he's an example."

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The world has changed since Biden visited a familiar place to talk up familiar topics, though. Other domestic matters also are competing for political attention, with the fight over choosing the next Republican House speaker potentially imperiling continued U.S. aid to Ukraine and a United Auto Workers strike entering its fifth week. Biden's reelection campaign has joined the White House in stressing that being president always means juggling multiple pressing concerns. Whatever the message, the president can help himself politically Friday just by staying focused on Pennsylvania, said longtime Democratic strategist Robert Shrum. He returned to Philadelphia in July, visiting a shipyard where he talked up how organized labor would lead a major push toward embracing green energy.

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☆ Saber-Tooth Cats and Dire Wolves Carried a Terrible Disease in Their Bones
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Miriam Fauzia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some 50,000 to 10,000 years ago as ice sheets melted and the planet warmed, around 100 species of gigantic animals started to disappear without a trace. Paleontologists have sought to understand exactly how these animals died off, including iconic predators like the saber-tooth cat and the dire wolf. Some hypotheses suggest stiff competition for limited food aggravated by the arrival of humans and gray wolves. But new evidence suggests a bone disease that can debilitate modern cats and dogs, and even some of their humans, may have also played a role. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal PLoS One, researchers report that as the climate shifted, the bones of saber-tooth cats and dire wolves became riddled with defects associated with osteochondrosis dissecans, or OCD, a severe developmental disease where holes form in bone caused by developing tissue that never hardened.

Persons: osteochondrosis dissecans, Mairin Balisi, Raymond M, Alf Organizations: Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont , Calif Locations: Claremont ,

☆ Erling Haaland is on track to become 'the best striker ever' after record-breaking season
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Would he adapt to life in the Premier League? Only Dixie Dean, who scored 63 in the 1927/28 season, has more goals in English football during a single top-flight campaign. Haaland’s Premier League tally, which includes four hat-tricks, is a league record for a single season, breaking the previous mark held jointly by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole. Haaland, Addo observes, has modified his game to devastating effect since arriving in the Premier League, taking his pace, power, and deadly finishing to another level. Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images/Getty ImagesAddo, a former Dortmund player and Ghanaian international, oversees the development of the Bundesliga club’s talented crop of young players.

☆ The live volcano sitting below Santorini
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Elinda Labropoulou | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Everywhere you look on Santorini, you’re reminded that you’re on a volcano. Few realize that beneath the hypnotic kaleidoscope of colors lies an active volcano. The East Mediterranean’s most active underwater, and potentially dangerous, volcano, Kolumbo, is five miles northeast of Santorini and part of the same volcanic system. They include a visit to the volcano of Nea Kameni: one of five islands that form the Santorini volcanic complex, and a national geological park in itself. A simmering volcanoTourists can take boat trips to Nea Kameni, home to an active volcano.

The polls also show the opposition bloc, called the Nation Alliance, leading the parliamentary race, at least six points ahead of Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) and its allies. The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) remains comfortably above 10%. A poll conducted on March 6-7 by Alf Research showed Kilicdaroglu at 55.1% and Erdogan on 44.9%. Piar Research showed Kilicdaroglu winning with 57.1%, with Erdogan lagging on 42.9%. ORC Research showed Kilicdaroglu ahead with 56.8% and Erdogan on 43.2%, according to a poll conducted on March 4-6, before Kilicdaroglu was officially announced as the opposition candidate.

☆ Nord Stream mystery: the tanker Minerva Julie spent 7 days idling near the attack site
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Days before the explosions, a tanker called the Minerva Julie was drifting nearby in the Baltic Sea. He discovered that the Minerva Julie, a 600-foot Greek-flagged tanker, was headed east from Rotterdam when, on September 6, it came to an abrupt stop in the middle of the Baltic Sea. From September 6 through September 13, the Minerva Julie drifted near the site of the September 26 explosions, AIS data show. The Minerva Julie stayed there, alternately idling and crossing a roughly 200-square-nautical-mile area above the two natural-gas pipelines, for seven days, from September 6 until September 12. The Minerva Julie, a 600-foot oil and chemical tanker, near the port of Rotterdam in 2020.

[1/5] Campaigners who have been protesting in Oslo for over a week against the wind turbines at Fosen, end the campaign with a demonstration in front of the Royal Castle in Oslo, Norway, March 3, 2023. Demonstrators had urged government action after Norway's supreme court ruled in 2021 that 151 turbines erected at Fosen in central Norway violated Sami rights under international conventions, but remained in operation 17 months later. Saying that a transition to green energy should not come at the expense of Indigenous rights, protesters blocked access to several ministries, putting the centre-left minority government in crisis mode. "We have made the government take responsibility for the ongoing violations of human rights and apologise," Sami artist and campaigner Ella Marie Haetta Isaksen told Reuters. "This case is bigger than just Fosen," Christian Rynning-Toennesen, the head of utility Statkraft and the operator of one of the affected wind farms, told reporters on Thursday.

[1/3] Greta Thunberg is carried away as activits demonstrate outside the Ministry of Finance entrance and several other ministries in protest that the wind turbines at Fosen, which the Supreme Court has said are illegal, have not been demolished. Alf Simensen/NTB/via REUTERSOSLO, March 1 (Reuters) - Norwegian police on Wednesday briefly detained environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg during a demonstration in Oslo, removing her and other activists from the finance ministry. The campaigners are demanding the removal of wind turbines from reindeer pastures on Sami Indigenous land in central Norway. Thunberg, holding a red, blue, yellow and green Sami flag, was lifted and carried away by police officers while hundreds of demonstrators chanted slogans. Activists on Tuesday said they had raised close to $100,000 in recent days to help individual demonstrators pay police fines.

☆ The former head of a $20 billion portfolio warns stocks will fall at least another 20% as investors become complacent about a recession and the Fed vows to keep rates elevated
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A hawkish Fed, as a result, will push the economy into recession, he argues. "That's not the Fed cutting to three percent, Adam, it's the Fed cutting to 2% or 1%." He cited the S&P 500 falling 20% from late-2000 to mid-2002 even as the Fed cut rates from 6.5% to 1.75% as precedent. Many Wall Street banks — including JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America, and UBS — see a recession ahead for the US economy. The path of inflation will influence the path the US economy takes this year.

☆ Saudi Arabia win is statistically biggest World Cup shock, say Gracenote
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Appearing for the first time, England were favourites to win the 1950 World Cup in Brazil while the Americans were a semi-professional squad. England, featuring future World Cup winning manager Alf Ramsey in defence, dominated but lost to Joey Gaetjens' first-half header. It would be another 44 years before the U.S. would win another match at the World Cup. A Czech team who had reached the 2004 European Championship final were expected to go deep in the World Cup and opened with a 3-0 demolition of the United States, while Ghana, making their World Cup debut, had already lost to Italy. Wales did not appear in the World Cup again until Monday's 1-1 draw with the United States.

☆ Stocks shrug off tech's troubles as the Street awaits key inflation data next week
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The major indexes all posted gains this week despite a Big Tech beatdown, proving the market can rally without its most valuable stocks. Indeed strength in other sectors — only communication services finished down — helped the overall market to shrug off disappointing earnings results from Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN) and Meta Platforms (META). Alphabet's results fell short of the Street's expectations, but still managed to grow revenue 6% annually off a $65 billion base. (Canada's central bank hiked rates less than expected this week, opting for a 50 basis point hike instead of the expected 75.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Se pregătește transferul verii! Un club din Premier League, gata să facă o ofertă imensă pentru Haaland
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Un club din Premier League, gata să facă o ofertă imensă pentru HaalandErling Haaland (20 de ani) este cel mai dorit jucător din Europa. Chiar dacă șefii germani au dat asigurări că Haaland va rămâne la Dortmund, cluburile mari nu renunță la ideea de a-l transfera. Chelsea, campioana Europei, pregătește o ofertă de 150 de milioane de lire sterline pentru a-i convinge pe cei de la Borussia să-i dea drumul, scrie 90min.com. Dacă Erling vine în Anglia, el nu are nicio șansă în fața fundașilor centrali de la Brighton”, a declarat John Barnes, legenda lui Liverpool. Vârful mai are contract cu Dortmund până în 2024, iar din vara viitoare intră în vigoare o clauză prin care Haaland poate pleca pentru 75 de milioane de euro.

Persons: Se, Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, Roman, Stamford, Norvegianul, Alf Inge, John Barnes Organizations: Premier League, Chelsea, Europei, Stamford Bridge, UEFA Champions League, Nottingham Forest, City, Liverpool Locations: Europa, Dortmund, Borussia, englez, Leeds, Nottingham, Bundesliga, Spania, Anglia, Brighton

☆ Ar câștiga mai mult decât Cristiano Ronaldo și Neymar! Salariul ”faraonic” cerut de Erling Haaland la următorul contract
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Salariul ”faraonic” cerut de Erling Haaland la următorul contractErling Haaland este dorit de marile cluburi ale Europei în vară, însă pretențiile financiare ale agentului său, Mino Raiola, reprezintă un impediment în calea unui transfer. Noi avem un plan foarte clar și vrem să începem noul sezon cu Erling Haaland în echipă”, a declarat Michael Zorc, potrivit Mundodeportivo. Totuși, Mino Raiola nu ar fi de acord cu planul celor de la Dortmund, agentul dorind un nou club pentru Erling Haaland din vară. Dacă se va întâmpla ca un club să accepte salariul de 35.000.000 de euro anual, Erling Haaland al deveni al doilea cel mai bine fotbalist din Europa, după Lionel Messi, cu 76.000.000 de euro. Atacantul norvegian ar încasa mai mult decât o face Cristiano Ronaldo la Juventus, 31.000.000 de euro anual, sau Neymar la PSG, 30.000.000 de euro.

Persons: Ar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Alf, Alf - Inge Haaland, Erling, Michael Zorc, Mino, Lionel Messi Organizations: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus Locations: Europei, norvegian, Barcelona, Alf -, Dortmund, Europa

☆ Mino Raiola și tatăl lui Erling Haaland cer comisioane de 40 de milioane € pentru transfer! Ce salariu vrea atacantul
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-05 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesMino Raiola și tatăl lui Erling Haaland cer comisioane de 40 de milioane € pentru transfer! Ce salariu vrea atacantulImpresarul lui Erling Haaland, Mino Raiola, și tatăl jucătorului, Alf-Inge Haaland, cer câte 20 de milioane de euro comision pentru transferul vedetei de la Borussia Dortmund. După ce au stat de vorbă cu oficialii celor mai mari cluburi din Europa, Mino Raiola și Alf-Inge Haaland au stabilit condițiile prin care atacantul Erling Haaland ar putea pleca în această vară de la Borussia Dortmund. Iată cele trei mari condiții pe care orice club trebuie să le îndeplinească pentru a negocia cu Erling Haaland, conform RAC 1, citat de News.ro. Comision de 20 de milioane de euro pentru Mino Raiola, agentul jucătoruluiComision de 20 de milioane de euro pentru Alf-Inge Haaland, tatăl jucătoruluiSalariu anual de cel puțin 30 de milioane de euro pentru Erling HaalandErling Haaland mai are contract cu Borussia Dortmund până în 2024.

Persons: Erling, Alf, Alf - Inge, Alf - Inge Haaland, norvegianul Organizations: Borussia Dortmund Locations: Alf -, Europa

☆ După vizita de la Barcelona, Mino Raiola și tatăl lui Haaland au fost surprinși la Madrid! Întâlnire cu Florentino Perez
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesDupă vizita de la Barcelona, Mino Raiola și tatăl lui Haaland au fost surprinși la Madrid! Întâlnire cu Florentino PerezErling Haaland a impresionat la Borussia Dortmund și este dorit de aproape toate cluburile mari din Europa. Joi dimineață, Mino Raiola, agentul jucătorului, și Alf-Inge Haaland, tatăl său, au fost surprinși la Barcelona, unde s-ar fi întâlnit cu Joan Laporta, președintele clubului catalan, pentru o discuție de aproape două ore privind un posibil transfer în viitorul apropiat. La câteva ore distanță, Mino Raiola și Alf-Inge Haaland au părăsit Catalonia cu destinația Madrid. În ciuda faptului că Mino Raiola și Alf-Inge Haaland au purtat deja discuții cu reprezentanții de la Barcelona și Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, prin vocea directorului sportiv Michael Zorc, a transmis că se opune cedării atacantului în vara acestui an.

Persons: Haaland, Florentino Perez Erling Haaland, Alf, Alf - Inge Haaland, Joan Laporta, Florentino Perez, Erling, Michael Zorc Organizations: Borussia, Real Madrid, AS Locations: Barcelona, Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Europa, Alf -, catalan, Catalonia, Spaniei

☆ Top 10 cele mai curajoase întrebări de la etapa a șasea a Campionatului CUC 2015
▼ + stars: | 2015-05-06 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

Acesta a fost penultima etapă a Campionatului CUC 2015. Autor: Ion-Mihai Felea, Echipa AsachiBlitz dublu de la Bruce Willis. Autor: Ion-Mihai Felea, Echipa AsachiCe am cifrat în imagine, dacă știm că Beethoven are una, Mahler – una, iar Schubert tocmai 3? Autor: Ion-Mihai Felea, Echipa AsachiO întrebare așa și așa. Dar care filme erau descrise în felul următor:a) Istoria relațiilor dintre un vegetarian și o fată cu paralizia nervului facial.

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