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Christmas Traditions: Book
By: N Mangi Devi * A Christmas celebration in Manipur Christmas is celebrated in all Christian countries on the birthday of Christ. The name Christmass comes from the early English…
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Faith leaders and religion influencers who died in 2020
(RNS) — 2020 has been a year of mourning of seemingly biblical proportions, including a mounting global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic, nearing 2 million as the year closes out.…
Europe
Opinion: European Union free at last
Blaming the victims is never a good look. As Britain finally leaves the European Union, more than 1,600 days days after the Brexit referendum of 2016, we should try to…
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Religion News Service: Our 11 best stories from a terrible year
A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd,…
Europe
European Union clears way for China investment pact
The diplomats noted “recent positive developments” in negotiations, with China reportedly addressing concerns over the alleged use of forced labour on its farms. EU member states gave political backing to…
Health
Be prepared for another, more severe pandemic: WHO officials
In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", and that there…
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City diplomacy offers opportunities
Published originally on December 26th 2020 at the TaipeiTimes. This year has been unusual on many levels. In the midst of a global health crisis ravaging the world, Czech Senate…
Europe
Message from the Vice-Chancellor regarding the UK and the European Union
… the impact of leaving the European Union with or without a deal … UK’s departure from the European Union will not deter us from …
Europe
EU nations spend Christmas assessing Brexit deal with UK
The fast-track ratification of the post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the European Union got underway on Christmas Day (local time) as ambassadors from the bloc's 27 nations started…
Europe
Pressure builds on Boris Johnson to allow more scrutiny of EU-UK deal
TOPSHOT - Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he holds a remote press conference to update the nation on the post-Brexit trade agreement, inside 10 Downing Street in central…