Public Want Government to Prioritise Palliative Care over Legalising Assisted Suicide – Poll
Fresh polling has revealed widespread concern about plans to legalise assisted suicide ahead of a debate in Parliament this Friday on changing the law.
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Houthi rebels launch fatal drone strike on Tel Aviv
An Iranian drone struck a residential building in Israel’s capital city early Friday morning and killed one civilian, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Yemen-based Houthi rebels mounted the fa...
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In Hiroshima, the Vatican joined religious leaders to change the narrative on AI
Meeting where one of two atomic bombs that ended World War II landed in Hiroshima, Japan, causing mass death and devastation, representatives from 11 diverse religious traditions gathered July 9-10 for a Vatican-sponsored event to address a latter-day technology also destined, many believe, to upend humanity: artificial intelligence.
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Bangladeshi leaders ready to talk after protests turn violent
Law Minister Anisul Huq said Thursday that officials are ready to negotiate with student demonstrators who are protesting in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. On Tuesday at least six people were kille...
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How the Bible is growing the faith of Iranian refugees
At a church in the south-west of England, a young Iranian receives an easy-to-read Bible in modern Persian. He can't believe it. 'If they see you holding a Bible like this in Iran,' he says, 'they kill you.'
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Widowed missionary returns to field | Baptist Press
Every morning when she opens her eyes, Erica Patrick thanks God for life and breath and another day to serve Him.
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More Kenyan soldiers arrive in Haiti to battle gang violence
Another 200 Kenyan police officers shipped out to Haiti as the war for peace on the gang-controlled island continues, according to Kenyan police officials. The additional forces landed on Tuesday in t...
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Israeli military to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews next week
The Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday that it would begin issuing the draft notices to ultra-Orthodox Jews on Sunday. It would be doing so in a bid to fill out its ranks with members from all part...
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French soldier stabbed in Paris, weeks before Olympics
The attack took place in the Gare de l'Est train station in Paris on Monday, according to France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. The soldier patrolled the area for Operation Sentinelle, an ant...
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Ukrainian forces use missiles to strike Russian air defenses
Ukrainian armed forces launched missiles that destroyed several Russian targets in the occupied Donetsk region, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Tuesday. The midnight strikes targe...
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Japanese forces drill with allies after Russia-China naval exercises
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday said one of its destroyers, the JS Sazanami conducted low-level joint drills with the air force of Seychelles, a small country of islands off East Afri...
