by Editor | Mar 10, 2022 | World Featured
The Perebyinis family The photograph has become a worldwide symbol of Russia’s brutality toward Ukrainian civilians. Four people lay near an intersection in Irpin, a Kyiv suburb, on Sunday. All were dead or soon would be, from the force of Russian mortars. There had...
by News Feed Editor | May 3, 2024 | Religion
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (RNS) — United Methodists concluded their General Conference on Friday (May 3) by removing the last barriers to full equality of LGBTQ+ members in the life of the church.After repealing a 52-year-old declaration on Thursday that the practice...
by News Feed Editor | May 3, 2024 | Religion
(RNS) — On Thursday (May 2), the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa ordained in Zimbabwe the first deaconess of any patriarchate in the global Eastern Orthodox Church, marking the culmination of years of efforts to revive the female diaconate in the...
by News Feed Editor | May 3, 2024 | Religion
(RNS) — Six churches are among 39 projects being awarded grants from the National Park Service to preserve historical examples of the Civil Rights activism of African Americans.The recipients of the $23.4 million in awards include the Historic Tabernacle Baptist...
by News Feed Editor | May 3, 2024 | Religion
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Calling the White House “a symbol of ongoing support for destruction of human lives,” Catholic Bishop John Stowe appeared at a prayer vigil outside the presidential mansion on Friday (May 3), joining a group of religious demonstrators as they urged...
by News Feed Editor | May 3, 2024 | Religion
LYPIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago, it also provided physical refuge from the horrors outside.Almost 100 residents...
by News Feed Editor | May 3, 2024 | Top Stories
IDF handoutOne of the hostages thought to have been abducted by Hamas on 7 October has been declared dead after his body was found in Israel, the Israel Defense Forces have confirmed.The IDF said Elyakim Libman’s remains were identified through a “thorough...
by News Feed Editor | May 3, 2024 | Financial
Squishmallows of Waren Buffett and Charlie Munger display at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting at Omaha, Nevada on May 3, 2024.Sarah Min | CNBCOMAHA, Nebraska — Warren Buffett’s annual shopping event, the pregame to Berkshire Hathaway’s...
by News Feed Editor | May 3, 2024 | Stock Market
Shares of Luminar Technologies Inc. dropped more than 9% in extended trading Friday after the maker of lidar and other sensors for self-driving vehicles said it was cutting its workforce by 20% as part of a restructuring plan. Article Attribution | Read More at...
by News Feed Editor | May 3, 2024 | Top Stories
Far out in the Atlantic Ocean is a chain of volcanic islands — a province of Portugal. We escape tor a mountain trek among the dairy cows and waterfalls of Sao Miguel island in the Azores. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat...
by News Feed Editor | May 3, 2024 | Top Stories
As protests over the Israel Hamas war roil college campuses across the U.S., similar protests are happening elsewhere in the world. We hear from some of them. And a quirky festival in Colombia celebrates the donkey. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source...