Europe
Ukraine: Guterres condemns deadly missile attack on Vinnytsia
The UN Secretary-General is appalled by the deadly missile attack on Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Thursday, that reportedly killed at least 22 people
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Christianity
Patristics after Neopatristics
Patristics as Orthodox self-identity Whether by coincidence or as a trend, in recent times Orthodox patristic studies have shown an increased interest in the nature of patristics - as such,…
America
Forbidden island with a dangerous biological laboratory
In 1979, an old DC-3 transport plane landed at a Marine Corps base near Beaufort, South Carolina. On board was an extremely unusual cargo, which even the military who served…
Environment
In the gold mines of the Klondike a baby mammoth found preserved in the permafrost
On June 21, at the Klondike gold mines near Eureka Creek in Canada, workers found the body of a baby mammoth in the permafrost that had died about 30,000 years…
Culture
Being Ukrainian Orthodox in a Time of War: Part One
By Myrna Kostash I began writing this post near the end of February 2022, on tenterhooks along with much of the world about the likelihood of a war being unleashed…
News
Animal-to-human diseases on the rise in Africa, warns UN health agency
Diseases transmitted from animals to people in Africa have jumped 63 per cent in last decade, compared with the previous ten year period, according to a World Health Organization (WHO)…
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Sustainable Development Goals can be reached ‘despite our grim times’: ECOSOC President
Despite two years of a “surreal struggle” against the COVID-19 pandemic, and amidst rising global challenges, optimism for achieving sustainable development persists, a senior UN official declared on Wednesday.
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Mystery child hepatitis outbreak passes 1,000 recorded cases, says WHO
In addition to tackling COVID and the monkeypox outbreak, the UN health agency has also been keeping a close eye on the puzzling spread of hepatitis in previously healthy children,…
Europe
Catalan Government promotes agreement “Religions for the language”
Catalonian Government promotes the Catalan language in the religious field through an agreement with the different denominations. ACN/TET - Barcelona - The Government signed an agreement on Tuesday with the…
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Syria: Security Council extends cross-border aid delivery for six months
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to extend lifesaving aid deliveries into northwest Syria from Türkiye for a further six months following a vote on Tuesday.