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PM Modi Greets HHDalai Lama on Birthday
By — Shyamal Sinha Prime Minister Narendra Modi let the world know on his birthday that he had rung Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to wish him a happy 86th…
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Despite vaccinations, more than 25 percent of US churchgoers not planning in person attendance: Survey
When the novel coronavirus swept the world, many people stopped going to church in person and many started attending religious services online. But as the world gets increasingly vaccinated against…
America
Global Plan for Gender Equality: end gender-based violence and ensure rights for women
Trailblazing leaders commit to end gender-based violence, drive equality in technology and innovation, and ensure economic justice and rights for women and girls at the Generation Equality Forum Date: Friday, July…
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A new Act gives athletes the right to unionize and collectively bargain over health and safety
University of Maryland football player who died at the age of 19 in June 2018 after he suffered exertional heatstroke during a team workout. Jordan McNair Foundation is working with…
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New book lends artistry to trauma of Japanese internment
Were someone to create the ballet of the Japanese internment during WWII, it wouldn’t be any more meaningful than “Balancing Cultures,” the book created by Japanese American artist and photographer…
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(Video) With Presidential Election and New Laws, Iran Moves To Expand Crackdowns on Dissent
IRGC forces in an Iranian prison. #Iran Election 2020: Regime leader’s deafening chorus is fear of decisive election boycott Iranian regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and Ebrahim Raisi Ebrahim Raisi,…
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Belarus: ‘Full-scale assault’ ongoing against civil society amid massive human rights violations
Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, the independent expert appointed to monitor the country said on Monday, calling on authorities to immediately end their…
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86th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Celebrated in Belgium
Staff Reporter July 4, 2021 Dignitaries at the 86th birthday celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Antwerp, Belgium on 3 July. Antwerp: Tibetan Community in Belgium celebrated the…
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Pope Francis doing well after surgery – Vatican News
The scheduled surgery for a diverticular stenosis of the colon concluded Sunday evening.
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NY lawmaker proposes income limit after Gov. Cuomo’s $5M COVID book deal
Apparently outraged by Gov. Andrew Cuomo getting paid $5.1 million to publish his coronavirus memoir amid the pandemic, a powerful New York elected official has introduced a measure that would…