Source: MSN News ByLindsey Bever © Provided by WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington PostChampagne bubbles danced in fancy glasses and birthday candles burned atop a cheesecake marking 104 years of a […]
Source: The New York Times By JACQUELINE WILLIAMS The ribbons tied to a fence outside St. Patrick’s cathedral in Ballarat, Australia, are in support of victims of child sexual abuse at […]
Source: The Washington Post By Griff Witte and Luisa Beck April 28 Email the author BERLIN — Bullied students. Crude rap lyrics. An ugly confrontation on an upmarket city street. In another country — one less attuned to the horrors wrought by anti-Semitism — evidence that the scourge is once again growing might have been ignored. […]
Source: The New York Times By JASON HOROWITZ VATICAN CITY — Five years ago, Pope Francis was elected to be an agent of change within a church shaken by scandals and […]
Source: The Guardian BY Mark Townsend and Alastair Thomas Leading consultant says new approach needed to end disputes between parents and hospitals Flowers, candles and toys left outside Alder Hey hospital in […]
Source: Reuters BY James Mackenzie, Rupam Jain KABUL (Reuters) – Explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 26 people on Monday, including nine journalists who had arrived to report […]
Source: Reuters BY Paul Carsten, Ahmed Kingimi ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – From the shores of Lake Chad, Islamic State’s West African ally is on a mission: winning over the local people. […]
Source: Associated Press By MAYA ALLERUZZO and SALAR SALIM TEL KEIF, Iraq (AP) — The entire trial lasted just over half an hour. A grey-haired man was led into the […]
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Muslims observing Ramadan are increasingly being targeted by supermarkets and brands in the UK, which has led to a rise in spending on food and gifts […]
Source: The Guardian BY Miqdaad Versi I’ve personally complained and won corrections from national papers on more than 40 stories related to Islam and Muslims ‘This is not a question of freedom of speech. It is about the choices of editors to tolerate, if not encourage, bigotry in our newspapers.’ […]
Source: Time By ELI MEIXLER 1:53 AM EDT Australia has pledged A$500 million ($379 million) in an effort to rescue the ailing Great Barrier Reef in the country’s largest-ever investment in coral reef conservation. The landmark plan includes funds for improving water quality by reducing pollution from farm fertilizer runoff, and encourage reef […]
Source: Huffington Post But don’t cancel your plans just yet. By Ed Mazza A self-declared Bible “researcher” and conspiracy theorist who has predicted a number of failed doomsday dates is […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla COLBECK FOR GOVERNOR/FACEBOOK State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, a Republican, is vying to be Michigan’s next governor. A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Michigan is facing […]
Source: Huffington Post The push for public theaters is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s larger package of economic and social reforms. By Carol Kuruvilla A commercial movie theater […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla TONY ANDERSON VIA GETTY IMAGES Almost three-quarters of religious “nones” believe in a higher power of some kind. The Pledge of Allegiance describes the […]
Source: Huffington Post By David Moye A video showing former NFL player Desmond Marrow being violently arrested by police in Henry County, Georgia, is going viral, and one of the […]
Epigraph: And We will try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives, and fruits; but give glad tidings to the patient, who, when a […]
Source: The Economist IT IS a problem that arises in every liberal democracy that upholds liberty of belief (and hence, the freedom of religious bodies to manage their own affairs) […]
Source: The New York Times By ELISABETH MALKIN Demonstrators participated in a march against abortion in San Salvador earlier this month.CreditFred Ramos for The New York Times MEXICO CITY — El Salvador’s national legislature adjourned Thursday without voting on proposals to allow exceptions to the country’s total ban on abortion, thwarting […]
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen KOLKATA, India — The 21-year-old Hindu college student was having a quiet breakfast with her mother when her phone pinged with a terrifying message. Her […]