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Is Tzom Gedaliah Canceled for 2020? — Pros and Cons
… over. Judaism is the world’s oldest monotheistic religion, dating … back nearly 4,000 years. Followers of Judaism … healthy or fragile. Although religion should promote good health, … However, in 1849, in Eastern Europe, nobody knew how the disease …
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Pope to Christian journalists: ‘be bearers of hope’
Pope to Christian journalists: ‘be bearers of hope’ – Vatican News Amid the confusion of voices and messages that surround us, a Christian journalist is called to be a new witness to the truth, thus becoming a bearer of hope and confidence in the future. By Robin Gomes This was the message at the heart…
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COVID-19: Regional coherence and a spirit of collective support are crucial
Statement to the press by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe’The response to the crisis has been very effective whenever the actions were prompt and resolute; but the virus has been merciless whenever partisanship and disinformation prevailed. Where the pandemic goes from here is in our hands. We have fought it…
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RELX Stays #1
A year after the RELX Group (formerly Reed Elsevier) wrestled away the crown of the world’s largest publisher from longtime leader Pearson, the STM, business, and legal publisher stayed #1 with revenue in 2019 of $5.64 billion, about a 7% increase from 2018.
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Frankfurt Book Fair: Going Virtual
American agents prep for a Frankfurt like no other—from their homes.
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ReBoot Kicks Off
ReBoot: Books, Business, and Reading, comprising an October 13 conference plus research tracks, is designed to analyze how Covid-19 could reshape the global publishing industry.
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From their blond locks to their brutality, new research claims we’ve got the Vikings all wrong
… from burial sites across Europe. Among the most striking … inherited genes from both Southern Europe and Asia so, far … advantage of embracing a religion which suggested that those … However, the Viking version of Christianity was characteristically violent. ‘It …
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‘Tens of millions of Yemenis’ devastated by unabated war and COVID-19
More than five years of war have “devastated the lives of tens of millions of Yemenis”, with experts estimating that up to one million may have been affected by COVID-19, the UN chief told the General Assembly on Thursday.
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Arab Muslim Philosopher Fights Against Islamic Fundamentalism
… Tibi’s thinking in Islamic rationalism. Bloch wrote about … new Arab Enlightenment. Instead, religious extremists rose to positions … I coined the term Euro Islam, European Islam.’ Using the language of … the greatest philosopher of Europe?’ In fact, he says …
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Protect health workers to save patients, WHO reiterates on World Patient Safety Day
COVID-19 has reminded the world of the vital role health workers play in relieving suffering and saving lives, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said, underlining the need to ensure their safety and protection.