UN Fears over 500 Myanmar Refugees Drowned as Boats Sink
Fishing boats sit on a beach in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on March 9, 2023. Associated Press / Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu, file Loading the Audio Player... ...
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Russia Unmoved by Call for Ceasefire in Ukraine
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire, without preconditions, between Russia and Ukraine. He also urged leaders in Moscow and Kyiv to begin negotiations...
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Flooring Collapse in Indian Temple Kills 36
Rescuers used ropes and ladders to pull bodies from muddy water in a Hindu temple on Thursday after the cover of a stepwell collapsed. Another 16 people were injured in the incident, which took place ...
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From the ‘tiger chair’ to Electric Batons: Women Testify of Torture, Rapes in China’s Prison Camps
Two women who survived a Chinese reeducation camp for Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities provided harrowing accounts of torture, gang rapes, and brainwashing when testifying before a special United ...
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NHS Trust Settles with Catholic Chaplain in Discrimination Case
An NHS Trust in London has settled a discrimination case with a Catholic chaplain who says he was "ousted" after sharing his faith perspective on same-sex marriage with a patient who had asked for his opinion.
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Human Embryo Research Plans are ‘an attack on the sanctity of human life”
The Christian Institute has hit out at proposals by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to make it easier to carry out research on human embryos.
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Churches Bring Significant Social and Economic Benefits to Lower-Income Countries, Study Finds
A new study by Tearfund has found that the outreach of churches in their local communities leads to a social return of 28 times the level of investment.
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American journalist arrested by Russia on suspicion of espionage
American journalist Evan Gershkovich on Thursday was arrested by Russia’s Federal Security Service for allegedly trying to obtain classified information. Gershkovich is a reporter for The Wall Stree...
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Responding to Indigenous Demands, Vatican Rejects Discovery Doctrine
The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls” that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property laws today.
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Pope Francis Admitted to Hospital With Respiratory Infection
The Vatican clarified that it was not COVID-19 but it would ‘require several days of appropriate medical treatment at the hospital.’
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Welcome Churches ‘deeply concerned’ about Eviction of Afghan Refugees from Hotels
Welcome Churches says it is "deeply concerned" about reports that the government is to give Afghan refugees deadlines to vacate the hotels they have been staying in for the last year and a half.
