This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Diane Roberts. Seven Catholic clergy, including two French citizens, were kidnapped Sunday in Haiti, according to a spokesperson of the Bishop's Conference for the island nation, which has been rocked by unrest. Five priests and two nuns were abducted in the morning in a commune northeast of the capital, Port-au-Prince, where they were "on their way to the installation of a new parish priest," a priest told AFP. He added the kidnappers had demanded a $1 million ransom for the group, which includes one French priest and one French nun. Haitian authorities suspect an armed gang called "400 Mawozo," which is active in kidnappings, is behind the abduction, according to a police source.
欢迎收听美国之音新闻,我是黛安·罗伯茨,为您远程报道。据海地主教会议发言人称,7名天主教神职人员周日在海地被绑架,其中包括两名法国公民。海地一直受到动乱的冲击。一名神父告诉法新社记者,5名神父和2名修女上午在海地首都太子港东北部一个公社被绑架,他们当时“正前往安置新教区神父的途中”。他补充道,绑匪要求教区支付100万美元赎金,其中包括一名法国牧师和一名法国修女。据警方消息,海地当局怀疑一个名为“400 Mawozo”的武装团伙是绑架案的幕后主使。
Australia has abandoned a goal to vaccinate nearly all of its 26 million population by the end of 2021. This follows advice that people under the age of 50 take Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine rather than AstraZeneca's shot. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a Facebook post Sunday afternoon Australia had banked on the AstraZeneca vaccine for the majority of its shots and had no plans to set any new targets for completing its vaccination program. Australia raced to double its order of the Pfizer vaccine last week. It had originally planned to have its entire population vaccinated by the end of October.
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