Anugrah Kumar

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  Dec 6, 2021

  Biden has no plans to visit families of 6 killed, over 60 injured in Waukesha Christmas parade attack

  President Joe Biden has no plans to visit the families of victims from last month’s Christmas parade attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, which left six people dead and over 60 others injured.

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  Dec 6, 2021

  EU scraps inclusive language guidelines advising Christmas be replaced with 'holiday times'

  The executive branch of the European Union has withdrawn its “guidelines for inclusive communication,” which suggested that European Commission officials “update” the language they use by replacing the word “Christmas” with “holiday times" and avoiding “gendered” words.

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  Dec 6, 2021

  US gov’t raises ‘serious concern’ over UN resolution omitting Jewish ties to Temple Mount

  The United States has raised “serious concern” over a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly, which is part of what is known as the “Palestinian Package” and refers to Judaism’s most holy site, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, where the first and second Jewish Temples once stood, by only its Muslim name, al-Haram al-Sharif.

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  Dec 5, 2021

  German court agrees to hear appeal over prayer vigil ban near Planned Parenthood affiliate

  An appeals court in Germany has announced it will hear a challenge brought by the leader of a prayer initiative against a ban on silent prayer gatherings near organizations that promote abortion. The restrictions had been upheld by a lower court some six months ago.

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  Dec 5, 2021

  Pastor in Nepal sentenced to 2 years in prison for saying prayer can heal COVID-19

  A court in Nepal has sentenced a pastor to two years in prison under the country’s harsh anti-conversion law for merely saying that prayers can heal COVID-19, according to reports.

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  Dec 4, 2021

  ‘The Chosen’ Christmas special breaks record with $8M in ticket sales, bestselling movie for Fathom

  With its sales now topping $8 million, the Christmas special for “The Chosen,” the first-ever multi-season television show about Jesus, has broken another record by becoming the best-selling movie in the history of its distributor Fathom Events.

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  Dec 4, 2021

  Pakistan: Islamist mob tortures to death, burns body of Sri Lankan man over alleged ‘blasphemy’

  A mob, allegedly supporters of an Islamic party, in Pakistan’s Punjab province beat to death a Sri Lankan man and burned his body over allegations of blasphemy.

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  Nov 29, 2021

  Francis Collins says it will take weeks to know if vaccines, natural immunity protect against omicron

  National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins has warned it may take weeks before scientists ascertain the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines against the new Omicron variant.

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  Nov 29, 2021

  11-year-old girl finds rare ‘Holy Jerusalem’ coin minted during Great Revolt against Rome

  An 11-year-old girl in Israel found a rare silver coin from the first century, with the inscription “Holy Jerusalem,” while volunteering for an archaeological project, Israel Antiquities Authority has announced.

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  Nov 29, 2021

  Christians forced to dig up corpse from grave under threat from villagers wielding axes, clubs

  Villagers armed with axes and wooden clubs forced a Christian family in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh to dig up the body of their relative, a 25-year-old man, two days after they buried him on their own private land, according to a report.