Anugrah Kumar

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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.

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  Nov 29, 2021

  Chinese authorities detain minister, fellow believer with ties to Christian conference

  Police in China have arrested a Christian minister and a believer from a house church in Shanxi Province for attending a Christian conference in Malaysia last year where Pastors Tim Keller and D.A. Carson were speakers, according to a report.

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  Nov 28, 2021

  Biden imposes travel ban from 8 African countries in response to Omicron COVID-19 variant

  President Joe Biden has announced the United States is restricting travel from eight southern African countries beginning Monday due to concerns about a new variant of COVID-19, first discovered in South Africa and dubbed Omicron, which is potentially more contagious and has more mutations than the other strains detected thus far.

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  Nov 28, 2021

  Colombian social media star wins free speech case over YouTube video removal

  The Colombian Supreme Court has ruled that social media star Erika “Kika” Nieto should not have been ordered to take down an online video wherein she expressed her belief in traditional marriage, giving victory to the YouTuber in the free speech lawsuit.

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  Nov 28, 2021

  10 Christians killed by militant herdsmen in overnight raid in Nigeria; over 100 homes burned

  In another brutal attack on Christians in Nigeria, heavily armed jihadist Fulani herdsmen stormed a village in Plateau state, killing 10 Christians, including children aged 4, 6 and 8, and set fire to 100 homes early Friday, according to reports.

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  Nov 27, 2021

  16 pastors falsely accused of disturbing peace after 40-strong Hindu mob storms church

  Sixteen pastors have been falsely accused of disturbing peace in the southern Indian state of Karnataka just because they met with an official regarding the case of another pastor who, too, had been charged for “disturbing peace” after radical Hindu nationalists attacked his church.

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  Nov 27, 2021

  School district reinstates 'pornographic' books despite parents' concerns over pedophilia content

  The largest school district in the United States said it's reinstating two books to its high school libraries after a review into concerns raised by a mother that they contain “pornography” with graphic descriptions of sex acts between men and boys.

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  Nov 27, 2021

  Convicted sex offender on the run for 20 years found living new life as pastor in Alabama

  Police say they have found an absconding sex offender, who had been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual misconduct, working as a pastor at a Baptist church in Alabama.