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Countries at risk of catastrophic wildfires should adopt ancient practices used by indigenous people, researchers said on Monday, after scores of deadly blazes engulfed parts of the northern hemisphere.
Wildfires have menaced villages and forests from Greece to the United States this summer, killing hundreds
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UK tea firm Twinings published a list of the Indian plantations it buys from on Monday, citing the need for transparency to improve conditions in an industry experts say is rife with abuse.
India's tea industry, the world's second largest, employs 3.5 million workers and
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A suicide attack on a Coptic church in north Cairo, Egypt, was thwarted on Saturday, 12th August, reports Coptic news site Watani.
A man wearing a suicide vest detonated the bomb about 250 metres from the Church of the Holy Virgin in the Mostorod district.
He was
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Britain's government pledged to end rough sleeping in England by 2027 on Monday, a target activists said could only be achieved by investing more in building affordable homes.
Homelessness has more than doubled since 2010 in England, where more than 4,100 people now sleep rough,
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As horrific details emerge of a young Muslim artist being tortured to death for alleged blasphemy, separately a young Christian man has been charged with blaspheming against Islam’s prophet, a crime punishable with death in Pakistan.
Farhan Aziz, 26, from Muslim Town in Gujranwala district, about
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Nearly 140 aid workers were killed last year, a 23 per cent rise on 2016, according to data released on Monday that showed South Sudan was the most dangerous country in which to deliver aid for the third year running.
The figures revealed a dramatic
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A Spanish Jesuit priest working among Indigenous people in Peru has been murdered.
Vatican News reports that the body of Fr Carlos Riudavets Montes was found last Friday morning with several stab wounds and his hands bound in the school he ran. Reports said the fact nothing seemed to be
Catholic Health Australia urges senators to vote against proposed bill opening door to euthanasia in territories
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The CEO of Catholic Health Australia has expressed "deep concerns" over a bill being presented in the Australian Senate which would give Australian territories the right to pass assisted suicide and euthanasia legislation.
The private members bill, put forward by Liberal Democrar Senator David Leyonhjelm, aims to overturn a
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The Orthodox Convent of St Thecla in the Syrian town of Maaloula will soon be open again to visiting pilgrims and tourists.
Catholic news agency Agenzia Fides reports that reconstruction work on the monastery is nearing completion and cites Russian media as reporting that nuns have already
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Thirty-seven per cent of Australian students identify as having 'no religion' - up from 29 per cent in 2006, according to an analysis of Census data.
The analysis, carried out by the Independent Schools Council of Australia, also found that the proportion of students who identified as Catholic
