Sun 21 November 2021: The Orthodox Church will never recognize the cohabitation of people of the same sex as marriage, it could only call it a sin, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said on Saturday. “Here’s a simple thing: the Orthodox Church does not agree and will never agree with the newfangled idea […]
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Fri 19 November 2021: According to media reports, a Chinese man was fined 200,000 Yuan ($31,000) and given a two-year suspended jail sentence for hiding COVID-19 symptoms after a travel overseas and violating quarantine restrictions, as the country toughens restrictions in an uphill battle to eliminate the virus. According to Chinese digital daily The Paper, […]
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Wed 17 November 2021: In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat …”: A new documentary from the History Channel aims to shed light on the history of the legendary Noah’s Ark and its supposed landing place in eastern Turkey. Said to have been discovered […]
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Wed 17 November 2021: Game rangers, vets, casino staff, construction and transport industry workers, as well as customs and other government officials, have been identified as role-players in the ecosystem of illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products. The finding was made by the South African Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force (SAMLIT) in its profiling […]
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Wed 17 November 2021: A painting by Frida Kahlo from 1949 sold for $34.9 million at Sotheby’s New York on Tuesday night, setting a new auction record for the artist. The work, named Diego y yo (Diego and I), had a presale estimate of $30 million to $50 million and was guaranteed by a third […]
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Wed 17 November 2021: According to sources quoted by Japanese news agency Kyodo on Tuesday, Honda has asked auto part suppliers to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Suppliers are required to reduce emissions by 4% annually from 2019 levels under the automaker’s long-term decarbonization plan, which is aimed at the whole supply chain. Each supplier […]
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Tue 16 November 2021: Inventors worked in groups to come up with ways to enable astronauts consume nutrient-dense foods as effectively as possible, boosting nutrition and taste while conserving resources and waste. Longer space voyages in the future will require the development of self-sustaining food systems that do not require resupply from Earth. Systems to […]
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Mon 15 November 2021: India is allowing quarantine-free entry to fully inoculated travelers from 99 reciprocating countries after halting tourist visas in March last year. The government only requires such tourists to monitor their health for 14 days after arrival. After a 20-month ban due to the Covid-19 epidemic, India reopened its doors to foreign […]
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Mon 15 November 2021: Activision the game developers behind the Call of Duty franchise have apologised after coming under fire over a scene in the latest instalment which has been deemed Islamophobic. The offensive scene appeared in Call of Duty: Vanguard depicting pages from the Holy Quran scattered on the floor, some of them smeared in blood. A big […]
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Mon 15 November 2021: After sparking a controversy with its unisex bathroom, a McDonald’s restaurant in Brazil was ordered on Sunday to comply with health regulations by installing separate male and female bathrooms. The controversy erupted after a viral video taken inside a McDonald’s unisex bathroom in Bauru, Sao Paulo state, went viral. In the […]
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