Pompeo: US “sparing no effort” for return of pastor detained in Turkey
Washington, DCRNS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated Trump administration promises to continue to work for the release of American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been held in Turkey for almost two years. “We are sparing no effort to return Pastor Brunson home to the United States,” Pompeo said on Friday at the annual […]
HEALTH INSIGHT: IS APPLE CIDER VINEGAR GOOD FOR YOU? A DOCTOR WEIGHS IN
In an article first published on The Conversation, GABRIEL NEAL, a practicing physician and professor of medicine at Texas A&M University, looks at the evidence for whether apple cider vinegar is good for you…
Churches destroyed, priests questioned in Myanmar’s Shan state
World Watch Monitor An ethnic armed group in Myanmar’s Shan state is destroying churches and holding clergymen for questioning, reports Radio Free Asia. The United Wa State Army (UWSA), the military wing of the United Wa State Party (UWSP), reportedly issued a statement on Facebook on 6th September, declaring that all churches built after 1989 (when […]
Plot, poison, or curse? Ebola rumours spread in Congo
Thomson Reuters Foundation Some think the disease is a plot to kill off opposition voters. Others believe it is a money-making scheme by foreign groups. These are among the rumours that have caused people to refuse Ebola vaccines and throw stones at health workers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where an Ebola outbreak has […]