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Pompeo to criticise Vatican’s renewal of China deal during visit
Mike Pompeo will visit the Vatican to protest against the imminent renewal of a deal between the Catholic church and China, which the US secretary of state claims endangers its…
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Trump’s Tax Returns, Coronavirus Deaths, Charlie Hebdo: Your Monday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.)Good morning.We’re covering the takeaways from more than two decades of President Trump’s tax returns, the global death toll from the…
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Fresh Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, as UN chief urges an end to fighting
The UN chief is “extremely concerned” over renewed hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone that erupted on Sunday.
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Scientology requests UN investigate Germany for violating religious freedom
As Scientologists celebrate the 50th anniversary of the German Church of Scientology and its peaceful and fruitful social actions to the benefit of German society, the representative of the European…
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Ancient engravings from former French College of St. Augustine to be put on display in Stara Zagora
The collection of the museum of the former French College of St. Augustine, put together in the course of decades by the monks, will be on display at the Art…
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Mike Pompeo to Host Top Vatican Officials for Religious Freedom Symposium
ROME — The Vatican’s secretary of state and foreign minister will join U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for a high-level symposium on international religious freedom on September 30. The…
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Statement by President Donohoe on the candidates for the post of ECB executive board member
The term of the European Central Bank's executive board member, Yves Mersch, will end on 14 December 2020. The European Council will appoint a new member on a recommendation from…
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Belarus must release opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, stress independent rights experts
A group of UN independent human rights experts have called on Belarus to release prominent opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, voicing serious concern over targeting and persecution of opposition politicians by…
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‘Pride was Their Downfall’: How Muslims Routed Christians at Nicopolis
September 25, 2020 Today in history, on September 25, 1396, a major military encounter with Islam that demonstrated just how disunited Christendom had become took place. '); googletag.cmd.push(function () {…