News
The most intriguing books on religion we read this year
(RNS) — Our reading list this year, like the rest of our lives, was colored by the triple whammy of 2020: the pandemic, the racial justice protests and the presidential…
Year: 2020
Health
The virus that shut down the world: 2020, a year like no other
COVID-19 is everywhere, literally, and during 2020 its spread and resulting impact has led to a global crisis of unprecedented reach and proportion. In a six-part series closing out this…
Europe
European Union, U.K. near post-Brexit trade deal as deadline approaches
European Union and British negotiators inched their way to within touching distance of a trade deal early Thursday, raising hopes a chaotic economic break between the two sides on New…
Europe
Trade deal between UK and European Union ‘imminent’ , says diplomat
A trade deal between Britain and the European Union is imminent and could be agreed as early as this evening, a senior EU diplomat said. The diplomat, who spoke on…
News
Amid pandemic, quiet Bethlehem Christmas offers ‘less business, more religion’ –
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Deprived of its usual tourist influx by the pandemic, Bethlehem will celebrate a quiet Christmas this year that is less about commerce and more about religion, says…
News
Church of Scientology Joins National Coalition Urging Biden to Make Historic Reforms to Criminal Legal System
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, December 23, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Criminal Legal System - The Justice Roundtable coalition has submitted a blueprint for criminal legal system reforms to the Biden transition…
News
The best religion books of 2020
2020 has been an odd and unsettling year — perhaps the oddest and most unsettling in our lifetimes. I am not one to find silver linings in clouds, but here…
Europe
EU and Britain Near Trade Deal, EU Sources Say
European Union and British negotiators are nearing … the 27-nation bloc approaches, EU officials said Wednesday. Two … in the talks. An EU diplomat said negotiators previously reached … a…
Europe
European Union Bans Exporting Hazardous Plastic Waste to Non-OECD Countries
… hazardous plastic waste from the European Union (EU) to countries that are … in fighting plastic pollution,” said EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans … plastic waste from the EU…
Christianity
Bethlehem inn rooms are empty for 2020 Christmas celebration
The inn rooms are empty in Bethlehem this year for the traditional Christmas celebrations as the Holy Land city battens hatches against the novel coronavirus pandemic at a time of…