News
Religion: Webinar addresses racism in health care
BLOOMFIELD – The Office for Catholic Social Justice of the Archdiocese of Hartford will continue its webinar series on Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. The “Open Wide Our Hearts”…
Day: 3 December 2020
Health
New Africa alliance aims to tackle deadly COVID ‘infodemic’
A new network in Africa aims to combat the “infodemic” of misinformation online surrounding COVID-19 and other health emergencies on the continent, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday.
Books
Poetry? It’s the new pop: The best books for gifting those who love rhymes this Christmas
Staying Human by Neil Astley (Bloodaxe £12.99) The word ‘anthologia’ is Greek for a collection of flowers or beautiful things — thus we have the delight of poetry anthologies, perfect for…
Christianity
No surprises, conservative Christians helped Trump garner 74 million votes, but percentage was high, survey shows
Guess why Donald Trump did not lose by a landslide in the U.S. presidential election? Conservative Christians voted for him in big numbers. That is hardly surprising news, but their…
News
It’s No Mistake That Our First Freedom Is Religion
Religion - "But even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten." — Supreme Court of the United States, November 25, 2020 When teaching law students about the…
Europe
Progress on fishing in EU/UK trade talks, says Sky News reporter citing EU sources
… News reporter said on Thursday EU sources had told him there … and the European bloc. "EU sources suggest progress on fishing … sold to UK customers; and EU…
Health
COVID-19 recovery focus of UN General Assembly special session
Nations united on Thursday for a special session of the UN General Assembly to survey the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, reflect on the best response, and forge a path…
Europe
EU studying Kyiv’s proposal on ‘Crimean platform,’ EU special representative for Crimea – Stano
17:51 03.12.2020 The European Union is studying Ukraine's proposal to create a "Crimean platform" and an EU special representative for Crimea, and is awaiting additional information on the structure of…
Europe
WHO/Europe and the Turkic Council begin putting memorandum of understanding into action
WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge and Secretary General of the Turkic Council Mr Baghdad Amreyev met this week as the organizations work towards establishing a…
News
Spanish Scientologists Help the Country to put Pandemic Under Control
With the number of new cases finally dropping in Spain, now is not the time to relax on prevention, say the Scientology Volunteer Ministers of Madrid. In Madrid, Volunteer Ministers…