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Trump’s subliminal message in Davos “I am the UN, the new UN in action”
HISTORY is opening a new page to be dominated by private businesses with more power than a number of UN member states. What will be the place of human rights?…
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Blockchain Is Changing Online Gaming Security
From “trust us” to “verify it”: what provably fair cryptography and smart contracts mean for players—and for Europe’s regulators. For years, online gambling has asked players to accept a simple…
Opinion
‘Dangerous nostalgia’ poses threat to multilateralism, deputy UN chief tells Danish MPs
The founding document of the UN “is our moral compass,” she said, calling for a renewed commitment to multilateralism anchored in solidarity, international law and human dignity. She highlighted the…
United Nations
World News in Brief: Winter attacks in Ukraine, looming food aid cuts in Nigeria, drought in Kenya
They include attacks in Odesa region on Wednesday that killed a 17-year-old boy, according to UN child rights agency UNICEF which called for an “end to attacks on civilian areas and the infrastructure children rely on.” The UN Office for the Coordination of…
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Gaza: War Crimes Investigation Pledges to Continue Work for Justice and Accountability
“The Peace Council was established in accordance with a draft that was submitted to the Security Council that was voted on and accepted,” said Srinivasan Muralidhar, chairman of the commission…
Christianity
Modern Aton/Athos
Organization of Monastic Life The basic regulations for monastic life are contained in the Athonite Rule; more detailed details are recorded in the internal monastic rules (canonisms). The Rule provides…
Christianity
Athos after the fall of Byzantium
During the Ottoman era, Athos remained under the patronage (though not always unselfish) of the Turkish sultans, which allowed the Holy Mountain to retain at least some of its former…
Christianity
Athos History
Ancient Period In antiquity, the mountain, which, according to the ancients (Steph. Byz. Ethnica. P. 36), bore the name of the mythical Thracian giant Athos (αθως, αθων - of pre-Greek…
Christianity
Mount Athos
Athos [Holy Mountain; Greek: ̀Athos, ̀Agion ̀Oros], the world's largest center of Orthodox monasticism, located in Greece on the Agion Oros (Holy Mountain, Athos Peninsula). It is under the ecclesiastical…
Europe
Yellow Tent in Milan as Volunteer Ministers Mark 50 Years Worldwide, 20+ in Italy
KINGNEWSWIRE // Press Release // Scientology Volunteer Ministers Bring the Yellow Tent to Milan, Highlighting Practical Help and More Than Two Decades of Italian Relief Work Pop-up “Yellow Tent” initiative…