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Long stigmatized for bringing bad luck or for links with the occult, black cats have found salvation in a town that has temporarily banned their adoption to ward off potentially sinister Halloween “rituals.” Any adoption or fostering request for the felines would be denied until Nov. 10 to prevent “possible risk ... derived from superstitions, rituals or irresponsible uses,” the animal welfare service of Terrassa, a town north of Barcelona, announced on Monday last week. The decision was taken “due to the arrival of the Halloween period and following the prudence criteria applied by various animal protection entities,” it added. Local newspaper Diari de Terrassa quoted animal welfare councilor Noel Duque as saying last week that adoption requests for black cats increase close to Halloween “for ritual purposes” or “as decoration because ‘it’s cool.’” The town hall “could not look the other way” when faced with “a grim topic,” Duque said. Animal welfare groups warn that cats can be hurt, killed or used as props during Halloween rituals. Exceptions to the ban would be “duly justified and assessed by the technical team of the center, where there is a full safety guarantee and a reliable history of the applicant,” the animal welfare service said.

Customs confiscated the cards

Customs officials have seized 60,000 maps deemed "problematic" because they show Taiwan and Beijing relinquishing territorial claims in the South China Sea, authorities said.A customs statement posted on the WeChat messaging app said the maps were seized during an inspection of an export shipment in Shandong province.The statement did not specify when the maps were confiscated or where they were printed.He said some maps "mislabeled" Taiwan and omitted "important" islands and the "nine-dash line" China uses to justify its maritime claims in the South China Sea.None of the other seized maps include the dividing line between China and Japan's offshore islands.The maps "threaten national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity."Customs authorities said the import or export was prohibited "in good faith".

A new collision investigation is sought

A 91 -year -old father of Air India in the June accident who killed 260 people has appealed to the Supreme Court for an independent investigation that is considering cases other than the pilot's actions, said sources familiar with the issue.The world's most deadly air accident in a decade, which occurred shortly after ascension in the western city of Ahmedabad.Pushkar's father's bid, Raj Sabharwal, came to an investigation by a team of flight experts led by a Supreme Court judge of retirement weeks after he criticized the government's investigation.He said two officers from the aircraft's accident investigation office who visited him suggested that his son Sumit Sabharwal had cut the fuel into the aircraft's engine off after ascending.The government rejected such allegations, calling the investigation "very clean" and "very thorough."In a court file, he requested the closure of the State Inquiry and transferred to a new panel led by a retired Supreme Court Judge, which includes flight experts, two sources said on condition that it was unknown.

Although the United States and other countries are eager to reduce the possibility of the United States and other countries, despite supporting British polar research, to monitor their population, help in the research 'residues were hit under the Tsunamis' Hunted.British Antarctic Survey (BEST), the country's Polar Research Institute, has received efforts in the country) and the UK's efforts to change the effects of climate change."

Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church spokesperson and relatives said, in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018. The detentions, which come amid renewed China-US tensions after Beijing dramatically expanded rare earth export controls last week, drew condemnation from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who on Sunday called for the immediate release of the pastors. Pastor Jin Mingri (金明日), founder of Zion Church, an unofficial “house church” not sanctioned by the Chinese government, was detained at his home in the southern city of Beihai on Friday evening, said

Flooding trapped vehicles and homes in Spain on Sunday as heavy rain drenched the northeastern region of Catalonia, a day after torrential rains unleashed travel chaos on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza.Local media shared videos of brown water flowing through streets and vehicles being submerged.National meteorological agency AEMET issued the highest red alert in Tarragona province, warning of 180 millimeters of rain in 12 hours in the Ebro River delta.Oriol Corbella, a spokesman for the Catalan fire service, told reporters that people were "stunned" as people were trapped "inside vehicles, in buildings, on lower floors".Santa Barbara Mayor Joseph Lewis

Venezuela's government said on Monday it would close its doors to Norway and Australia, and that it would open up service to the US for Brazilian airlines.Mauro's Vernejuland Mosikind government said the closure was part of a "strategic campaign" and would share details with Nornejulans in Norvetica in the coming days.We were told by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway that the embassy would be closed, but no