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‘Pride was Their Downfall’: How Muslims Routed Christians at Nicopolis
… another, larger host of Islamic horsemen became visible. The … outnumbered and now exhausted Christians. The latter valiantly fought … that prioritized nationality over religion in the West. As … to cannons developed by European turncoats contracted by the …
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Cyprus committed to resuming peace talks
President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus stands ready to resume talks on the reunification of the island nation, the UN General Assembly heard on Thursday.
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Corruption and tax-dodging ‘rampant’, urgent reforms needed: UN panel
Tax abuse, money laundering and corruption, plague the global financial system, a high-level UN panel reported on Thursday, launching an interim report that underscores the need for urgent reforms to achieve the 2030 Global Goals (SDGs).
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Buddhist Times News – Gilgit Baltistan is an integral part of India said Ladakh MP
Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering NamgyalBy — Shyamal Sinha Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal has said that Pakistan Army is planning to begin the most brutal genocide and ethnic cleansing in Pakistan Occupied Gilgit Baltistan of India. After the scrapping of Article 370 of the Indian constitution and the simultaneous bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into…
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‘To collaborate in order to build’ – Responding to the challenge of internal displacement – Vatican News
Ahead of the World Migrant and Refugee Day slated for 27 September, Lorena Margarita Pinilla Rojano shares her experience of fleeing from violence and becoming internally displaced
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United States: Trump announces executive order to protect babies born alive – Vatican News
Speaking during the annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announces he intends to sign an executive order to protect all babies born alive, and an increase in funding for neonatal research.
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WHO deploys help to refugees and migrants in Lesvos’s
In a catastrophic fire that broke out on 8 September 2020, the Moria reception and identification centre for asylum seekers and refugees on Lesvos, Greece, was burned to the ground. The world turned its attention towards the Greek island as some 12 000 refugees and migrants were left without shelter, food or access to health-care…
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Violette Haake, 1928–2020
The Universal House of Justice has sent a message to all National Spiritual Assemblies on the passing of former International Teaching Centre member Violette Haake.
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Countries urged to act against COVID-19 ‘infodemic’
The UN and partners have urged countries to take urgent action to address what they have described as the “infodemic” that has surfaced in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the real world and online.
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Impact on workers of COVID-19 is ‘catastrophic’: ILO
The bleak news from ILO Director-General Guy Ryder coincided with an updated mid-year forecast from the UN body. Lower and middle-income countries have suffered most, with an estimated 23.3 per cent drop in working hours – equivalent to 240 million jobs – in the second quarter. Previously, the ILO had suggested a 14 per cent average drop in global working time, equivalent to the loss of 400 million jobs, relative to the fourth quarter of…