Mystical beliefs fuel Senegal’s illegal big cat trade and threaten lion’s survival
The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa ...
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Why is Bishop Robert Barron, a star of online evangelization, planning to create a religious order?
A religious order of videographers and producers, apologists, and missionaries serving the Catholic Church's mission could soon emerge in the United States. On January 15, U.S. Bishop Robert ...
Vogue14d
Burberry Trench Coats 101: A Guide to Shopping the Iconic Weatherproof Jackets
What has been equally as influential is the invention of Burberry’s trench coat. British soldiers enlisted during World War I were actually the very first to wear the iconic silhouette in the ...
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At least 30 killed in crush at India’s Mahakumbh Mela religious festival
Dozens of people have been killed and many others were injured in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious festival in northern India, police said. “Thirty devotees have unfortunately ...
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Dozens killed in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival
Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most ...
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Comparing Levels of Religious Nationalism Around the World
National and royal flags fly outside religious sites in Thailand, Turkey, the U.S. and Israel. (Clockwise from top left: Vera Tikhonova, Westend61, Samuel Corum and Paul Souders, all via Getty Images) ...
Pew Research Center22d
What makes someone ‘truly’ belong in a country? Views differ on language, birthplace, other factors
The factor perceived as least important is being a member of the historically predominant religion, according to Pew Research Center surveys conducted in 36 countries in 2023 and 2024. In many ...
The Financial Times22d
Ukraine arms procurement feud risks eroding western trust, G7 warns
Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Western officials and anti-corruption groups have warned that a dispute between Ukraine’s defence minister ...
Forbes22d
For Generations, Russia Was Syria’s Main Arms Supplier, That May Be Over
According to the extensive Stockholm International Peace Research Institute arms transfer database, Syrian acquisitions in this period included more T-62 tanks, newer MiG-23 Flogger fighters ...
Chicago Tribune24d
Faith leaders: The religion of America’s empire forsakes the whole for the sake of the few
Instead, we speak of an important lesson taught by Wes Howard-Brook about society in general, and religious traditions in particular. Wondering how we arrived at such a place where people feed the ...
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Local religious leaders react to new laws allowing officers to arrest undocumented immigrants in places of worship
BUT FIRST, KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S PETE CUDDIHY SPOKE TO LOCAL RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO FIND OUT HOW THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE BEING IMPACTED. PETE. BILL QUANECIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE WORRIED THAT THIS ...
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Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols Will Be Tested at the Supreme Court
Canada’s highest court will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols, violates their rights. By Vjosa Isai A Quebec law that ...