America
“Religion in US Diplomacy: From Bush to Biden”
On April 15, 2021, Shaun Casey, former Advisor to the Secretary of State, spoke to the Luther College community in a virtual lecture titled “Religion in United States Diplomacy: From…
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Europe
European Parliament Vice President calls on all EU countries to recognize Armenian Genocide
YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. The Vice President of the European Parliament Fabio Massimo Castaldo says the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is significant also in terms of preventing the attempts…
Europe
WHO, FAO, and OIE call for stronger coordination in mitigating health threats
In a joint statement released today, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and WHO, committed to strengthening multisectoral coordination…
Food
Margaret River’s new wave of wine
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeWhen Josephine Perry entered the Margaret River Wine Show in 2014, her ‘Skinnie’ was met with confusion. “Someone pulled it out and said…
Europe
Using the arts to improve health: WHO pioneers large-scale, arts-based health interventions
A new partnership project initiated by WHO/Europe and the Nordic Culture Fund sets out to explore effective and sustainable strategies for integrating arts and culture into the wider health-care sector.…
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United Kingdom: UN experts condemn “reprehensible” racism report
GENEVA (19 April 2021) – A group of UN human rights experts today strongly rejected a UK government-backed report into racism and ethnic disparities in the country, saying the review…
Food
The road to COP26 starts in urban biocanteens
Small towns, mega-cities, districts, regions, federal states, all sort of subnational territorities have at least two things in common: their inhabitants need to eat and, at the same time, they…
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Bishop Router: Peace, protection of family life needed to combat parental alienation – Vatican News
The Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland, has highlighted the importance of peaceful family bonds which foster healthy relationships between parents and children ahead of the International Parental Alienation Awareness Day…
Europe
EU electric-vehicle push short-circuits
BRUSSELS -- In line with its ambition to make Europe a greener place, the European Union wants to drastically reduce gas emissions from transport by 2050 and promote electric cars.…
Food
Healing with herbs
“Yes, Bonnie Bloom is my real name,” said Bonnie Bloom, a local herbalist. Sitting in her small greenhouse, she added, “When emigrating from Eastern Europe, my family was assigned the…