Anugrah Kumar

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  Jul 3, 2021

  LinkedIn deletes account of mRNA vaccines inventor for warning about risks of COVID-19 shots

  The professional networking platform LinkedIn has deleted the personal account of Dr. Robert Malone, who helped create some of the mRNA technology used in the COVID-19 vaccine, after he raised questions over the possible risks involved in administering it to individuals younger than 18.

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  Jul 3, 2021

  Muslim father beats, poisons daughter for putting faith in Christ after ‘miraculous healing’

  A 38-year-old mother of three is recovering in a hospital in eastern Uganda after her Muslim father and other relatives attacked her with a blunt object and forced her to drink poison in her pastor's house, where she had been taking refuge since her conversion to Christianity following a “miraculous healing.”

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  Jun 28, 2021

  British street preacher awarded $4.5K over wrongful arrest

  A Christian street preacher arrested while preaching the Gospel has won his case against a police department that admitted liability in a lawsuit, agreeing to pay $4,500 in damages in addition to his legal costs for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and violating his human rights.

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  Jun 28, 2021

  2 injured in church bombing before confirmation ceremony in DRC; 2nd bomber killed by own IED

  At least two people were injured after a makeshift bomb exploded inside a Catholic church in the conflict-plagued eastern city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday. Hours later, a suspected bomber was killed by his own improvised explosive device at a busy intersection.

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  Jun 28, 2021

  Sex trafficking victims can sue Facebook for giving pimps platform to prey on kids: Texas Supreme Court

  Responding to civil actions involving teenage sex trafficking victims from Houston, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that lawsuits can be filed against Facebook for the conduct of pimps who use the social media site to prey on children.

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  Jun 28, 2021

  Mali: Gunmen release Christian leader, 4 others abducted en route to priest's funeral

  A Catholic priest and four other people have been freed by their kidnappers in Mali. In the West African country, jihadi insurgencies led by groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State are known for carrying out abductions and committing atrocities.

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  Jun 27, 2021

  Justin Trudeau demands apology from Pope Francis after 751 more graves of indigenous children found

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Pope Francis to visit Canada and apologize after 751 more unmarked graves were found at the site of what was once that country’s residential school under the administration of the Roman Catholic Church to assimilate indigenous people.

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  Jun 27, 2021

  Billy Graham trauma chaplains, Christian groups bring comfort to distraught families of 150 missing in Florida tower collapse

  As rescue crews carry on with their search for survivors, trauma counselors with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team and other Christian groups are ministering to the families of 150 people who remain missing and nine people who have died after a 12-story beachfront condo building in Florida partially collapsed Thursday night.

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  Jun 24, 2021

  Pakistani Christian girl forced to convert to Islam, kept as ‘slave’ cook

  A Muslim couple in Pakistan’s Punjab province forcibly converted a 13-year-old Christian girl to Islam so that she could work as a cook in their kitchen and touch utensils and food items. Now they are refusing to allow her to return home to her parents unless they pay a ransom, according to a report.

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  Jun 22, 2021

  China’s state-sanctioned churches to celebrate Communist Party’s centennial

  In the run-up to the Chinese Communist Party’s planned celebrations to mark 100 years of its existence on July 1, churches affiliated with the government are organizing and participating in events that seek to glorify the single-party rule that has persecuted religious communities.