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Kanye West is running for president, and he believes God told him to do it.
That’s according to an interview West conducted with Forbes magazine this week, in which he discussed his newly announced bid to win the White House as an independent candidate.
In
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- YONAT SHIMRON
The Supreme Court has ruled that religious school teachers who perform a religious role, even if they are not ordained, and even if religious instruction makes up a small part of their overall responsibilities, are subject to a ministerial exception from civil rights protections afforded to
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Rome, Italy
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Pope Francis denounced the unimaginable “hell” of Libya’s migrant detention camps as he celebrated a Mass on Wednesday in honor of would-be asylum seekers who risk their lives for a better future.
Wednesday marked the seventh anniversary of Francis’ visit to the Sicilian island of
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Geneva, Switzerland
Reuters
Global leaders called for a comprehensive approach to counter the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which International Labour Organization chief Guy Ryder said on Wednesday had plunged the world of work into "unprecedented crisis".
"Let's be clear: it's not a choice between health or jobs
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Vienna, Austria
Reuters
A rush by countries to buy personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic has created an opportunity for criminal groups, which are peddling sub-standard equipment and likely to move on to medicines soon, a UN report said on Wednesday.
Criminals have adapted quickly, also running
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- GOPAL SHARMA
Kathmandu, Nepal
Thomson Reuters Foundation
After conquering Mount Everest and shattering taboos, two Nepali Sherpa widows face a new challenge - the coronavirus pandemic which has shut down all climbing and trekking activities, leaving them without jobs.
Nima Doma Sherpa and Furdiki Sherpa made global headlines when they
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- EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER
Chicago, US
RNS
Wheaton College has fired its chaplain over allegations of “inappropriate comments and actions of a racial and sexual nature toward other staff.
The flagship evangelical Christian college announced Rev Tim Blackmon’s dismissal on Friday, 3rd July, in an email to the campus community from Wheaton
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London, UK
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The announcement that a Brazilian man has become the first person to go into long-term remission from HIV after taking an intensified multi-drug cocktail of AIDS medicines has raised hopes of a future cure.
His is thought to be the first case of
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- ELLEN WULFHORST
New York City, US
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The coronavirus pandemic has exposed complacency and "misplaced triumphalism" by international aid organisations that have taken credit for progress on eradicating extreme poverty, a top United Nations rights official said.
Global entities have failed to end severe hardship around the world,
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- VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Moscow, Russia
AP
A Russian court on Tuesday fined a coronavirus-denying monk who has challenged Kremlin lockdown orders for spreading false information about the pandemic.
The court in the Ural Mountains region ordered Father Sergiy to pay 90,000 rubles ($US1,250). The 65-year-old monk, who has attracted nationwide attention
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- ANURADHA NAGARAJ
Chennai, India
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The rare arrest of six police officers on murder charges over the death of two men in custody has emboldened victims to speak up against targeted police brutality in India, and demand an end to impunity.
Shopkeeper J Jayaraj, 59, and his son
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- Ana Mano and Lisandra Paraguassu
Sao Paulo/Brasilia, Brazil
Reuters
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus after months of playing down the severity of the virus and defying medical experts, even as the pandemic killed more than 65,000 people in his country.
The right-wing populist told
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- Stephanie Nebehay, Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi, Kate Kelland and Julie Steenhuysen
Geneva, Switzerland
Reuters
The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged "evidence emerging" of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between people.
"We have been talking about the possibility
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Updated: 11am, 8th July, 2020 AEST
New York City, US
AP
Churches connected to President Donald Trump and other organisations linked to current or former Trump evangelical advisers received at least $US17.3 million in loans from a federal rescue package designed to aid small businesses during the coronavirus
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Nairobi, Kenya
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Kenya's President on Monday ordered an investigation into rising reports of violence against women and girls - including rape, domestic violence, female genital mutilation and child marriage - as a result of coronavirus restrictions.
Lockdowns to curb the spread of the new coronavirus
