Senate staffer alleged by conservative outlets to have had sex in a hearing room is no longer employed

[ad_1] Sen. Ben Cardin’s office has parted ways with a staffer who conservative news outlets alleged was shown in a leaked video having sex in a Senate hearing room. “Aidan Maese-Czeropski is no longer employed by the U.S. Senate,” the Maryland Democrat’s office said in a statement to NBC News on Saturday, which was first…

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Cardinal convicted of embezzlement in Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5 and a half years

[ad_1] The defense attorneys did praise Judge Giuseppe Pignatone’s even-handedness and said they were able to present their arguments amply. But they lamented the Vatican’s outdated procedural norms gave prosecutors enormous leeway to withhold evidence and otherwise pursue their investigation nearly unimpeded. Andrea Tornielli, the Vatican’s editorial director, said the verdicts showed the defense had ample space…

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Focus on moving up services value chain rather than manufacturing to propel India into ‘Amrit Kaal’: Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan – Times of India

[ad_1] HYDERABAD: India’s ambition to march into `Amrit Kaal’ by 2047 is an important one but the current pace of growth is not enough to get us there as we will still remain a lower middle-income economy by then, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan said here on Saturday.Speaking at an interactive…

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