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Organic sector faces effective ban on exports
Organic food and drink businesses could face a ban on exports to the EU if there is no deal on equivalency with the EU. Alex BlackAlex is business reporter at…
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European Parliament to award Caruana Galizia prize for journalism
The European Parliament will be awarding The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism on a yearly basis from October next year. This prize was approved by the European Parliament’s Bureau…
Europe
European Council President Charles Michel To Discuss Recent And Next EU Summit With MEPs
From 9.15, MEPs are to assess the results of the special European Council meeting, in particular on escalating tensions between Turkey and its EU neighbours. …
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Only four countries in Europe are below a critical coronavirus threshold
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's (ECDC) coronavirus alarm threshold is 20 cases per 100,000 people on a seven-day average. Beyond that, the agency says, the risk of…
America
Kurdish authorities to remove Syrians from overcrowded al-Hol camp, leaving foreigners
Authorities in northeastern Syria have said they will remove Syrians from the al-Hol displacement camp, and relinquish any responsibility for foreign nationals being held there. The Kurdish Autonomous Administration of…
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Is Macron really working to de-radicalise Islam?
As he revealed his plan to fight “separatism” in France, President Emmanuel Macron referred to the preference given to religious law over the country’s republican and secular values by Muslim…
Christianity
Saving Lives by Donating Plasma: Why Are Shincheonji’s Good Deeds Ignored?
Eileen Barker, Europe’s most senior scholar of new religions, notes in her entry “New Religious Movements” in the 2020 SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religions, that “one does not…
Europe
European Parliament discussing rule of law in Bulgaria
At 8 pm Bulgarian time, MEPs are discussing a resolution on Bulgaria that is to be voted on October 8. Only speakers pre-selected by parliamentary groups are to talk. Positions…
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Grand Imam: ‘Pope Francis restores to humanity its consciousness’ – Vatican News
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, reacts to the release of Pope Francis’s Encyclical, "Fratelli tutti", on Sunday.
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US Hispanic/Latino culture mirrors Pope Francis’s vision of of fraternity and social friendship – Vatican News
Reflecting on the gifts of Hispanic/Latino Catholics in the United States, Bishop Cepeda says they understand Pope Francis’s vision because “he speaks our language”.