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British PM pledges to exempt prayer from LGBT+ conversion therapy ban

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London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said prayer for someone exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity will not be criminalised in any conversion therapy ban, as LGBT+ activists and conservative Christians clash over the issue. Johnson said that “appropriate pastoral support (including prayer)” would remain legal, in a letter […]

“Time to end the forever war”: Biden to begin US Afghanistan exit on 1st May

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Washington, DCReuters US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he will begin withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan on 1st May to end America’s longest war, rejecting calls for US forces to stay to ensure a peaceful resolution to that nation’s grinding internal conflict. In a White House speech, Biden acknowledged that US objectives in Afghanistan […]