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The Vatican judiciary announced Monday that it will reopen the missing person cold case of a 15-year-old girl who disappeared in 1983 and is the subject of a recent Netflix docuseries.Pope Francis’s newly appointed head prosecutor, Alessandro Diddi, will lead the probe into the cold-case mystery that has sparked conspiracy theories involving the Holy See and captivated the public for nearly four decades. The Vatican plans to conduct a “360-degree job” to leave no stone unturned in the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, including the re-examination of all files, reports and testimonies, Italian newspaper La Stampa reported. WOMAN’S BODY FOUND IN SOUTH CAROLINA…

Nearly 90% of people in China’s Henan province are infected with COVID-19 amid a renewed surge of cases in the country.Kan Quancheng, the director of Henan province’s health commission, said at a press conference that 89% of the province’s residents were infected with COVID-19 as of Jan. 6, according to a report Tuesday from the London Evening Standard.The province is China’s third most populated, with the COVID surge potentially infecting as many as 88.5 million people.CHINA COVID CRISIS: BEIJING HOSPITAL RUNS OUT OF BEDS, FAMILIES BURN BODIES IN STREETS AS DEATHS SPIKE But according to Kan, visits to the province’s…

Protesters demand resignation of President Dina Boluarte, who took office last month after the removal of Pedro Castillo.Dozens of anti-government protesters have clashed with police in southern Peru amid renewed unrest in the wake of the removal and detention of former President Pedro Castillo. The protesters attempted to take over the airport and police used tear gas to disperse them, the Reuters news agency reported. Demonstrators set fire to a police tank outside the Inca Manco Capac airport in Juliaca, in Peru’s Puno region late on Friday, according to local media reports and images circulating on social media. Demonstrations against…

Gunmen abducted several passengers at a train station in southern Nigeria, according to police.Armed men attacked the station in Igueben town in Edo State kidnapping an unknown number of people waiting to board, said Chidi Nwabuzor, the police spokesman for Edo State, in a statement.The kidnappers “shot sporadically into the air” before taking the passengers, leaving some with bullet wounds, Nwabuzor said. Rescue operations are underway to find the victims and arrest the abductors.The incident on Saturday night is the latest in a series targeting train stations in the West African nation.CHURCH FAIR STAMPEDE IN NIGERIA LEAVES 31 DEAD, POLICE…

A New York judge who was accused of making vile racist and anti-gay remarks has agreed to step down — claiming a shoulder injury has left her unable to fight misconduct allegations, The Post has learned. Brooklyn Surrogate’s Court Judge Harriet Thompson — who faced charges for alleged biased and “inappropriate comments” toward co-workers — on Friday agreed to retire effective March 1 and never again seek office as a judge, according to the state Commission on Judicial Conduct (CJC). Thompson, who was paid a $210,900 yearly salary, was accused of saying that homosexuality is an “abomination,” claiming that Hispanic…

The search for a missing woman near Cairns has now become a recovery mission.The alarm was raised on Friday afternoon when the 54-year-old failed to resurface after swimming at Mossman Gorge.An extensive search in dangerous conditions has been underway for the past three days.Police say they now fear the worst and are just hoping they’ll be able to find some closure for her family. Source: Sky News

Still going strong! Though Robyn Brown was the last wife to join Kody Brown’s polygamous brood, the pair’s bond has only gotten stronger since their wedding day. “She looked like a soccer mom,” Kody opened up about his first impressions of Robyn during an early episode of Sister Wives. “She had a van, three kids and was divorced. I thought, ‘I didn’t need a van, a divorced woman, and three kids in my life — that’s just trouble.’” Robyn was previously married to David Jessop — with whom she shares children David, Aurora and Breanna — until their divorce in 2007. After their…

U-Haul is using its unique insight into how Canadians move around this country to rank which cities are showing the most growth. In a report issued Monday, the rental truck company listed Kelowna, B.C., as No. 5 in its Growth Index due to the number of people moving to the city in a one-way U-Haul. Salmon Arm was ranked 19 and Penticton came in 21.“Do-it-yourself movers arriving in Kelowna still accounted for more than 51 per cent of all one-way U-Haul truck traffic in and out of the city during 2022 (compared to 49 per cent departures) to keep it…

Authorities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, are “very concerned” about the welfare of a mother who disappeared one week ago after she failed to pick her son up at a bus stop. Jennifer Brown, 43, was last seen on the afternoon on Jan. 3 by a friend or colleague, authorities said. Her vehicle was found parked outside of her home the next day with her keys, wallet, purse, and work cellphone still inside. Her personal phone has not been found or used since the morning of Jan. 4, according to police. Brown is described as a white female about 5 feet, one inch…

Minneapolis CNN  —  US consumers’ credit-hungry approach to spending continued in November, with borrowing rising by nearly $28 billion, according to Federal Reserve data released Monday. The monthly increase, which was driven by higher rates of revolving credit, was below the $29.12 billion jump seen in October but extends a historic stretch of reliance on debt during a year with soaring inflation. Economists were expecting a $25 billion monthly increase, according to consensus estimates on Refinitiv. Outstanding consumer credit — which includes mostly credit cards, auto loans and student loans — grew at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 7.1%,…