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Pompeo Thinks Vatican Too Soft on China’s Human Rights Violations
… betrays millions of Chinese Catholics, who normally worship at … those who liberated central and eastern Europe from communism, and those … , a U.S.-based Catholic magazine. Pompeo continued, … teaches the world about religious freedom and solidarity should …
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Tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke linked to more than 20% of deaths from coronary heart disease
A new report produced by WHO, the World Heart Federation and the University of Newcastle Australia for World Heart Day celebrated globally on 29 September, confirms a well-established causal link between tobacco smoking and morbidity and mortality related to coronary heart disease and urges all tobacco users to quit.
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From the Archives, 1990: Patrick White, author and stirrer, dies at 78
… , Cambridge. He travelled extensively in Western Europe and the United States and … entailed a pronounced, if questioning, religious dimension which confused the developing … childhood and later wanderings in Europe and America. On returning to …
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Handling soil with care: Conservation Agriculture’s role in post-2020 CAP
Despite being taken into consideration only slightly in the EU’s current farming subsidies programme, Conservation Agriculture is set to play a central role in the green architecture of the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Conservation Agriculture (CA) lends itself easily to misinterpretations, as the term ‘conservation’ often indicates activities involving the preservation and restoration of…
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Jaswant Singh Khalra was remembered at the Human Rights Council
Jaswant Singh Khalra was remembered at the Human Rights Council
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Much Upside Left In Pinterest
… and in Western Europe seem to be now bearing fruit. The international … of ad-spend in Europe happens through agencies. Hence … on Pinterest, for free organic promotion. Shopify merchants can … such as retail, travel, restaurants, and automotive, depends on …
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COVID-19: ‘Legitimate concerns’ must be heard, and fears addressed over misinformation
Amid continuing uncertainty, fear and anxiety around the world over the COVID-19 pandemic, senior UN officials are keen to stress the legitimacy of concerns, listen carefully to citizens around the world, and help them distinguish between misinformation and accurate information, based on science.
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Millionth death from COVID-19 ‘an agonizing milestone’
With over one million lives now lost to COVID-19 globally, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that while the “agonizing milestone” is a “mind-numbing figure”, the world must never lose sight of each and every individual life.
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Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: construction is approaching a new stage
Foundations of the inner structure have been completed and the permit for the next stages of work has now been acquired.
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Douglas Martin, 1927–2020
The Universal House of Justice has sent a message to all National Spiritual Assemblies on the passing of former House of Justice member Douglas Martin.