Anugrah Kumar

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  Aug 15, 2022

  Trial date set for Cardinal Joseph Zen, longtime critic of China’s communist regime

  A judge in Hong Kong has set a trial date for 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen, a longtime critic of China’s communist regime who was arrested in May for his role in a now-defunct humanitarian relief organization that helped people who participated in the large-scale 2019 pro-democracy protests.

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  Aug 15, 2022

  5 Americans, including a pregnant woman, injured in Jerusalem attack

  At least five Americans, including a pregnant woman, are among the people injured after a Palestinian man opened fire on a bus in Jerusalem, which the U.S. State Department called a “terrorist attack.”

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  Aug 14, 2022

  Pastors identify 8 ‘idols’ negatively influencing church members

  Idol worship is not only in the form of carved images; modern-day idols can be benign-looking desires. And U.S. Protestant pastors have identified at least eight such idols that are negatively influencing church members, according to a new study by Lifeway Research.

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  Aug 14, 2022

  ‘You’re next’: JK Rowling receives death threat after showing support for Salman Rushdie

  British author and philanthropist J.K. Rowling, who wrote the Harry Potter series, received a death threat allegedly from an Iran-backing extremist after she expressed support for author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed in New York Friday before giving a lecture.

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  Aug 13, 2022

  Benjamin Watson responds to Stacey Abrams ad: 'If your holy scripture sanctions abortion, explain how'

  Former Super Bowl champion and pro-life activist Benjamin Watson called out Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams for compromising her Christian values by saying that as a woman of faith, she must support abortion. 

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  Aug 13, 2022

  Raiders QB Derek Carr credits his parents for teaching him that ‘my faith was No. 1’

  Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr praised his parents for teaching him to make his faith his first priority and said that, as a child, he wouldn’t play if a game fell on a Sunday.

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  Aug 13, 2022

  Salman Rushdie, author of ‘Satanic Verses,’ remains hospitalized after stabbing attack in New York

  British author Sir. Salman Rushdie, who spent nearly a decade in hiding after the Iranian leader called for his murder over his book "The Satanic Verses," was stabbed about 15 times at a theatre in New York Friday allegedly by a 24-year-old Shia Muslim. The 75-year-old author is on a ventilator and could lose an eye, his agent said.

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  Aug 8, 2022

  Justin Welby agrees to meet with BBC host who says pastors are ‘bigots’ for opposing gay marriage

  The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says he is willing to meet with lesbian BBC host Sandi Toksvig, who criticized his recent declaration at the Lambeth Conference that the Anglican Communion still holds an official stance that homosexual sex is "incompatible with scripture."

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  Aug 8, 2022

  Biden visits flood-ravaged Kentucky as Christian charities step up to help survivors

  President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden traveled to flood-ravaged Kentucky Monday to visit families affected by the recent devastating floods that killed at least 37 people and damaged hundreds of homes and businesses as Christian charities are on the ground to meet the needs of the victims.

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  Aug 7, 2022

  Lenham memorial cross unscathed by field fire that scorched ground during UK heatwave

  A field fire sparked by the U.K. heatwave burned acres of land in the village of Lenham in Kent county but the blaze stopped at a giant cross that stands in the center of the field as a memorial for those killed in World War I.