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Are Trump and Harris particularly Christian? That’s not what most Americans would say – AP-NORC poll

United States AP Vice President Kamala Harris is a Baptist who was influenced by religious traditions in her mother’s home country of India. Former President Donald Trump grew up a mainline Presbyterian but began identifying as a non-denominational Christian near the end of his presidency. Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice […]

Exchanged prisoner Yashin condemns his “illegal expulsion” from Russia

Berlin, Germany Reuters Ilya Yashin, a Russian opposition activist freed from jail in Thursday’s prisoner swap, pledged to carry on his political fight against President Vladimir Putin from abroad, but expressed fury at having been deported against his will. The prisoner swap, the largest since the Cold War, saw eight Russians, including a convicted murderer, […]

US religious freedom report notes violence against Indian minorities

Washington DC, US Reuters The US State Department’s 2023 religious freedom report on India noted violent attacks on minority groups, especially Muslims and Christians, including killings, assaults and vandalism of houses of worship. The State Department report on international religious freedom released on Wednesday said that during the year, senior US officials continued to “raise […]

A third of Asian Americans say religion is very important in their lives – survey

Historic Chinese pagoda and church tower of Old Saint Mary's Cathedral in Chinatown, downtown San Francisco, California

United States RNS More Asian Americans identify as atheist, agnostic or nonreligious than before, according to a survey released Wednesday by Pew Research Center. But 40 per cent of those Pew surveyed, who included Americans of Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese backgrounds, said they feel close to a religion for reasons aside from […]

Artificial intelligence

Hasn’t AI – artificial intelligence – arrived quickly? And who knows what this is going to mean for the world? PICTURE: Mojahid Mottakin/Unsplash I heard about a CEO who gets ChatGPT to rewrite his emails before he sends them so they come across as authoritative, upbeat, encouraging and inspiring. (Maybe I should do that for these […]

Re-parenting

Parent with children

Many of our personal problems can be traced back to the way we were parented. Were we encouraged or ignored? Loved or Abandoned? Emptied of ego, taught to move from wants to needs? To care for others? PICTURE: Julianne Liebermann/Unsplash The research around this is challenging. Often what we need is re-parenting. Who will do that for […]