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Christmas, diversity, and religious traditions
As the Christmas holidays approach, heated debates rage over the maintenance of certain Christian traditions in the public sphere. For instance, in Spain in recent years, the placing of nativity…
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Europe
Animal welfare: MEPs urge a shift from live to meat-and-carcass transport
After 18 months of fact-finding, Parliament’s committee of inquiry into the protection of animals during transport adopted its conclusions and recommendations.Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport…
Europe
‘Bodyright’ campaign launched, to end rise in gender-based violence online
Corporate logos and Intellectual Property (IP) receive “greater protection online than we do as human beings”, the UN’s women’s health agency that works to end gender-based violence, UNFPA, said on Thursday, launching a new bodyright campaign to help shield bodies and minds from cyber violence.
International
Why did the Lenexpo hospital have to impose a ban on fortune-telling on Tarot cards?
During her work in the red zone of Lenexpo, clinical psychologist Yulia Mokhova provided assistance to 1,384 patients, 320 of them in the fourth wave. Yulia Mokhova notices the changes…
Human Rights
Scientologists will be celebrating the UN UDHR Anniversary
The Church of Scientology has since its very inception been a promoter of fundamental human rights. Therefore, for December 2021, the Church and its members launch a series of celebrations…
Human Rights
Despite COVID-19 connectivity boost, world’s poorest left far behind
Some 2.9 billion people still have never used the internet, and 96 per cent live in developing countries, a new UN report has found. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the estimated number of people…
News
Pope entrusts Cyprus & Greece visit to Our Lady’s protection – Vatican News
By Devin Watkins The Pope took a moment from his busy schedule on Wednesday afternoon to pray a while at the feet of the ancient Roman icon of Mary Salus…
Europe
PACE sets recommendations on the human rights implications of pornography
MPs at Council of Europe PACE set out recommendations on the human rights implications of pornography In a recommendation published last November 26th, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of…
Nature
Researchers have read the mind of jellyfish
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have genetically engineered jellyfish to watch their brains work. They used translucent jellyfish, Clytia hemisphaerica, about 1 cm in diameter. Scientists observed jellyfish…
America
Barbados stopped recognizing Queen Elizabeth II and declared Rihanna a national hero
Barbados, which became a republic at midnight and said goodbye to the reign of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, declared the singer Rihanna a national hero, world agencies reported. The decision…