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How Trump’s Republican National Convention speech wove faith into the ‘great American story’
(RNS) — Accepting the Republican nomination for a second term, President Donald Trump framed his remarks with what he called “the great American story.” Trump delivered the speech Thursday (Aug. 27) before a crowd of about 1,500 people seated outside the White House, with few wearing masks amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, as masks were…
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Church leaders confront South African government on COVID-19 corruption
Corruption bedeviling South Africa recently has entered the fight against the novel-coronavirus, and church leaders are furious about it. (Photo: Albin Hillert / WCC)Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has been outspoken from the pulpit. Makgoba, the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, preaches during a July 19 interfaith prayer service, held at the Roman Catholic Emmanuel Cathedral in…
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Buddhist Times News – Two Chinese firms invest in PPSEZ
Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ). Hong Menea By — Shyamal Sinha Two Chinese-owned manufacturers have decided to invest in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) despite Covid-19. PPSEZ is a 357ha industrial park in Kambol district’s Kantaok commune on the western outskirts of the capital and is operated by the Cambodian-listed Phnom Penh…
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Refugees in Germany: From the boat to the Bundeskunsthalle
Refugees in Germany – When you meet Raisan Hameed now, you can hardly believe it: the quiet young man, who had his first day as a student at the University of Graphics and Book Art (HGB) in Leipzig in October 2016, stands in the lively Eisenbahnstraße in Leipzig, speaking to a small crowd about his work, which…
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Kenya’s religious leaders call for accountability in the use of COVID-19 funds
A group of religious leaders from Kenya’s different faiths under the Dialogue Reference Group has demanded accountability in the use of funds meant for COVID-19.
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President Trump accepts presidential nomination
With 68 days to go until Americans go to the polls, incumbent President Donald Trump on Thursday accepted the Republican nomination for a second term in office.
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Fanny Lopez, paediatric nurse supporting premature newborns and their parents
“I am always amazed to see the potential and will in newborns to grow and develop. As caregivers, we are there help them develop to their full potential. Our care and support are particularly important when they are born premature,” says Fanny Lopez, a paediatric nurse working in the intensive care unit of the neonatal…
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Greif (GEF) Q3 2020 Earnings Call Transcript
… our Central and Western European steel drum volumes declined … slide. They are funding organic capex, delevering our balance … were very strong. But Central Europe and Western Europe, which is the predominantly … the retail sector and restaurant sector in the U …
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Amid pandemic, domestic and sexual abuse is skyrocketing
Amid pandemic, domestic and sexual abuse is skyrocketing. Activists worry that news is being buried VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Elections in the United States, a global pandemic and human rights protests have crowded the news coverage for most of 2020. But activists and sexual abuse survivors continue to ask that the protection of minors and…
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How the Met Was Made
Talk about a spoiled birthday. For years leading up to its 150th anniversary the Metropolitan Museum of Art had been planning a swell of celebratory programming: an overhaul of its British Galleries, debuts of major gifts of photography and drawing, new cross-cultural displays, an international symposium on collecting, a Great Hall photo op with the…