News
UN promotes greater universal health coverage investment – Vatican News
The UN chief is calling for greater investments to strengthen universal health coverage to enable societies and economies to deal adequately with the effects of Covid-19.
Month: October 2020
Europe
European Parliament adopts resolution on rule of law in Bulgaria
With 358 votes in favour, 277 against and 56 abstentions, MEPs adopted the resolution on the rule of law in Bulgaria. The document calls for full and unconditional respect for…
Europe
European Parliament urges leaders to snub Saudi G20
The European Parliament on Thursday voted to downgrade its attendance at the November G20 summit in Saudi Arabia over human rights concerns, and to urge for sanctions. The bill is…
News
Pope intention for October: that women have greater leadership roles in the Church – Vatican News
Pope Francis releases a video message accompanying his prayer intention for October, the missionary month, in which he calls for the promotion of greater integration of the lay faithful, especially…
Economy
Major Cities sign European Circular Cities Declaration and invite peers to join them
Cities including Budapest, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Ljubljana, Oslo, Prague, and Tirana have signed the European Circular Cities Declaration, committing to leading the circular transition, to new models of production and consumption,…
Food
Expert warns about strict regulation of new plant breeding methods in the EU
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New technologies in plant breeding, especially gene editing technologies such as nobel-prize winning CRISPR, enable the targeted and precise modification of the genetic material of plants.…
News
World Bank urges urgent action against extreme poverty – Vatican News
A report by the World Bank highlights a marked increase in global extreme poverty rates this year spurred by the coronavirus pandemic and other long-existing factors.
Europe
Amgen, Cytokinetics and Servier Announce Topline Results From GALACTIC-HF, a Phase 3 Trial of Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Patients With Heart Failure
Amgen, Cytokinetics and Servier Announce Topline Results From GALACTIC-HF, a Phase 3 Trial of Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Patients With Heart Failure - Book Publishing Industry Today - EIN Presswire <div…
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Gospel Truth: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11 October – Vatican News
In this week's edition of "Gospel Truth”, the late Jill Bevilacqua and Seán-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections from the Gospel of St. Matthew 22:1-14 of the Twentieth-Eighth Sunday…
Buddhism
Buddhist Times News – China’s dos and don’ts for Indian media ahead of Taiwan national day
Rezaul H Laskar for Hindustan Times. Read the original article here. File photo of Chinese ambassador in India Sun Weidong. (Photo@China_Amb_India) China on Wednesday issued a series of guidelines for the…