Source: BBC News Thousands of school pupils worldwide have abandoned classrooms for a day of protest against climate change. India, South Korea, Australia and the US are among the countries […]
Source: BBC News Bangladesh cricketers were “minutes” from being inside a mosque in which a fatal mass shooting in New Zealand took place, says team manager Khaled Mashud. Players and coaching staff […]
Source: Reuters BY Lesley Wroughton, David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday slammed human rights violations in China, saying the sort of abuses it had inflicted on its […]
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN BEIJING (AP) — China responded to new U.S. allegations of widespread human rights abuses with its own accusations of prejudice and interference, saying Thursday […]
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials from India and Pakistan met Thursday amid easing tensions to discuss opening a visa-free border crossing to allow pilgrims […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Marc Bennetts MOSCOW (RNS) — Authorities in Vladivostok, the largest city in far eastern Russia, are planning to erect a gigantic statue of Jesus Christ […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey The percent of U.S. Catholics who say the clergy sex abuse crisis has them questioning whether to leave the faith has […]
Source: The Guardian BY Ajay Jagota In January I took the heart-wrenching decision to resign as chair of South Shields Conservative Association. It was a difficult moment. My parents came to Britain […]
Source: The Economist IF PEOPLE in the eastern half of Europe were as devoted to their faith, and as convinced of God’s existence, as they tell pollsters, then one would […]
Source: Associated Press By Zeke Miller WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump can’t get enough of Rep. Ilhan Omar. As Democrats try to turn the page after the freshman lawmaker’s […]
Source: BBC News By Laurel Ives For some women, the menopause and the years leading up to it, can be a time of troubling emotional and physical symptoms. Hormone replacement […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Bart Worden (RNS) — This fall, voters in the Midwest elected two Muslim women to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first female members of […]
Source: The New York Times By Damien Cave and Livia Albeck-Ripka SYDNEY, Australia — Despite a series of sexual abuse scandals stretching back decades, Australia’s Roman Catholic Church displays a veneer of strength. […]
By Herve Verhoosel, Senior Spokesperson UN World Food Programme THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 15, 2019 It is estimated that more than 11 million Syrians have left […]
Christchurch appears to be the latest in a global series of rightwing terror Lois Beckett @loisbeckett Fri 15 Mar 2019 People arrive for Sunday services at the Mother Emanuel […]
I saw at first hand the blind spot to anti-Muslim hate and Islamophobia during my six years with Tell MAMA Fiyaz Mughal @TellMamaUK The grief had hardly set in for the […]
Washington also threatened economic sanctions if war crimes court goes ahead with inquiry into US troops in Afghanistan AFP in Washington Fri 15 Mar 2019 The International Criminal Court […]
01:24, Mar 16 2019 GETTY IMAGES Queen Elizabeth told Kiwis she is ‘deeply saddened’ by the horrific terror attacks in Christchurch. The Queen has expressed her condolences to the […]
But one politician had an entirely different perspective on the killings: step forward Queensland senator Fraser Anning. A statement from his office read: Whilst this kind of violent vigilantism […]
Why do these wretched men not retire, gently, diplomatically, in a dignified way? They surely do not fear death. Presidents attract assassins. Retired presidents do not Robert Fisk @indyvoices Let […]