Why 1,500 years on, Matron Saint of Ireland fuels disillusionment with patriarchal and historically dominant Catholic Church
Brigid the goddess was associated with everything from poetry, healing and metal crafting to nature, fertility and fire. She was honoured on the midwinter holy day of Imbolc, still commemorated on February 1, which also became St Brigid’s Day.
Ethnic cleansing is not a crime on its own, but a general description of a string of crimes
To name just a few recent examples, ethnic cleansing has been used to describe: Israel’s mass displacement of Palestinians in Gaza; the flight of nearly the entire ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seized control of the contested enclave; the killing of civilians in Darfur in Sudan’s on-going civil war; and the Ethiopian military’s forced expulsion of people from the country’s Tigray region.
Globalists know they’re extremely unpopular, but won’t stop seeking total control over global population
Hinchliffe said the definite language used by the participants when referring to “Disease X” belies advance knowledge of – or preparation for – such an occurrence. “In my opinion, they already have ‘Disease X,’” he said. “It’s probably been engineered somewhere, and they’ve already been working on the cure, the vaccine for it.”
New member of Mormon Church leadership says it must do better to help sex abuse victims heal
The Utah-based faith has stuck by the system despite the criticism and increasing scrutiny from attorneys and prosecutors who argue it is inadequate to quickly stop abuse and protect victims.
Revealed: How American billionaire Bill Gates set up 20 shell companies to clandestinely buy Nebraska farmland
The buyer of those unassuming-sounding Nebraska farms wasn’t publicly listed. Until now, the financial details of the transaction and the gargantuan loan he’s taken out against it have remained publicly unknown.
UN report details how ethnic violence in Sudan’s West Darfur left up to 15,000 Masalit tribesmen dead
The monitors also described as “credible” accusations that the United Arab Emirates had provided military support to the RSF “several times per week” via Amdjarass in northern Chad. A top Sudanese general accused the UAE in November of backing the RSF war effort.
Puzzle for British PM as asylum seekers sent to Rwanda by UK report sexual abuse, harassment
Reports of abuse and harassment coincide with a tense legal and legislative battle by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to push through a controversial plan to deport hundreds of asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda for processing and eventual resettlement.
In Africa’s first ‘safe city’ surveillance reigns but crime levels are rising as CCTV cameras don’t work
Nairobi launched its massive traffic surveillance system in 2014 as the country was grappling with a terrorism crisis. A series of major attacks by al-Shabab militants, including the September 2013 attack at Nairobi’s Westgate shopping complex in which 67 people were killed, left the city reeling and politicians under extreme pressure to implement solutions. A modern, digitized surveillance system became a national security priority. And the Chinese tech hardware giant Huawei was there to provide it.
No longer stay-in-box player: Why goalkeepers are now ‘keeper-backs’ in new modern football
Goalkeepers had played the odd pass outside their area before but HSV are part of a distinct recent trend. In the last few years, the keeper-back has spread beyond a few adventurous teams to become a familiar tactic, especially in England.
Gaza war: Displaced children in Gaza have access to less than two litres of water per day
The lack of clean water is another major challenge for displaced people throughout Gaza, including al-Mawasi. While some local residents and charities are doing what they can to help, most people who have taken shelter in the area are forced to walk long distances and wait in queues to carry back litres of water
