Bigamy is no longer a felony in Utah
By Harmeet Kaur (CNN) A law effectively decriminalizing bigamy, when two people marry while at least one of them is already legally married, is now in effect in Utah. For […]
Britain’s plan to exempt France from 14-day travel quarantine must be applied to EVERY EU member state, the European Commission warns
Source: Daily Mail A European Commission spokesman said that Britain is still subject to EU free movement rules while it is in the transition period before leaving the bloc at the end of the year.’Restrictions to free movement, as well as lifting restrictions, have to comply with the principles of proportionality […]
Saudi Arabia: Just how deep are its troubles?
Source: BBC Once famous for being tax-free, Saudi Arabia has announced it is trebling its Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5% to 15% and cancelling the monthly living subsidy from next month. The moves come as global oil prices have crashed down to less than half what they were a […]
US anti-Semitic acts hit record high
Source: Dawn NEW YORK: The United States saw a record number of anti-Semitic incidents last year, including a sharp spike in physical attacks, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said on Tuesday in its annual report.The ADL, which works to protect Jewish communities, recorded 2,107 acts of anti-Semitism in the US in […]
Saudi Arabia: Just how deep are its troubles?
By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent Saudi Arabia has gone through radical change in a short space of time under Mohammed Bin Salman Once famous for being tax-free, Saudi […]
Pope Francis calls for fasting during day in Ramadan for end of COVID-19
By Emily Judd, for Al Arabiya English Pope Francis has called on “believers of all faiths” to unite next Thursday in a day of fasting and prayer to ask “God […]
Ramadan 2020: Don’t skip sahur, split iftar into 2 parts and more fasting tips
by DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Life May 12, 2020 From avoiding caffeinated beverages to skipping dehydrating salty foods, there are some considerations you should make when it comes to fasting […]
Arabs boycott Facebook after Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer Tawakkol Karman joins content board?
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Note: The reader may keep in mind that this is News out of Saudi Arabia. Not all Arabs will agree. Source: Arab News LONDON: […]
Zamzam water available via online platform during Ramadan
Arab News Wednesday . May 13, 2020 The online service is available for Makkah city only but it will be gradually expanded to other cities. (Photo/Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/ps9qt Nada Hameed May 13, 2020 JEDDAH: Zamzam water is being distributed during Ramadan via the Saudi electronic business platform HNAK, said […]
Affection deprivation: What happens to our bodies when we go without touch?
Feel like you’re going mad after weeks without being touched by another person? Helen Coffey finds out why we crave human contact Source: Independent By Helen Coffey “It’s hard to remember when I last had physical contact with another human. That’s how normal it used to be – I wouldn’t […]
A brief history of Islam in China – including a moment of prominence
Reflections by Wee Kek Koon The religion is believed to have arrived in the 600s, brought in by traders from the Middle East and Central Asia Although Muslims settled in […]
Pfizer wants to expand human trials of coronavirus vaccine to thousands of people by September, CEO says
Source: CNBC KEY POINTS Pfizer plans to test a coronavirus vaccine in thousands of people by September. CEO Albert Bourla said that if a vaccine proves to be safe, the company […]
Canadian Catholic bishop funds research for a safe and efficient coronavirus vaccine
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As countries around the world slowly begin to reduce social distancing restrictions, the need for a vaccine against the COVID-19 disease becomes increasingly urgent. One Canadian […]
NY Fed Says It Will Start Buying ETFs
Source: WSJ By Michael S. Derby Fed’s purchases are part of the central bank’s efforts to restore functioning to the financial markets during the coronavirus pandemic The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday that starting Tuesday one of its emergency market support facilities will begin buying corporate-bond exchange-traded […]
A better world can emerge after coronavirus. Or a much worse one Timothy Garton Ash
Most Europeans support a universal basic income, yet young people doubt democracy’s capacity to deliver change Matteo Salvini at the Chigi Palace in Rome on 23 March. ‘What kind of historical moment will this turn out to be, for Europe and the world?’ Photograph: Fabio Frustaci/EPA The coronavirus crisis seems […]
132,000 descendants of expelled Jews apply for Spanish citizenship
Application deadline passes under law designed to atone for 15th-century ‘historical wrong’ @swajones Wed 2 Oct 2019 A gift shop in the old Jewish quarters of Toledo, where Jews were […]
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, kindness isn’t just a virtue – it may heal the global economy
If businesses want to become more humane as well as productive, corporate leaders should feel obligated to credit every person in the supply chain for setting up their empire The […]
Book Review: Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 years
By John Philip Jenkins, who is a professor of history at Baylor University in the United States, and co-director for Baylor’s Program on Historical Studies of Religion in the Institute for […]
The right to worship: Church and state clash over religious services in the coronavirus era
Source: NBC By Mansee Khurana Just this week, the Justice Department got behind a rural Virginia church’s claim that the state improperly discriminated against it by limiting its gatherings. Religious […]
A worker infected 533 others with coronavirus at a factory in Ghana, president says
(CNN) Hundreds of factory workers at a fish processing plant in Ghana have tested positive for the coronavirus, the country’s president Nana Akufo-Addo said. All 533 of them contracted the virus from one worker at the factory in the port city of Tema, the president said in his public address […]