The Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response Monday to a question about whether Catholic clergy can bless gay unions. The answer, contained in a […]
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The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on Thursday announced that it has punished 16 merchants and institutions for refusing to take payments in cash during the fourth quarter of 2020. The central bank punished 16 violators, including parks, public service institutions, parking lots and insurance companies, as part of a […]
United States (US) President Joe Biden used his first day in office to reverse multiple immigration policies that formed the cornerstone of his predecessor’s time in the White House, including the 2017 travel ban on people from several predominantly Muslim countries. Out of the 17 orders, memorandums and proclamations revealed […]
Schools and colleges across Britain closed on Tuesday ahead of a national lockdown as the country battled to control surging coronavirus cases that are threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system. The tough new measures were announced Monday even as Britain began rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca shots, a possible game-changer in […]
Egypt’s self-proclaimed superstar Mohamed Ramadan has sparked a heated political debate after snapping selfies with an Israeli singer and footballer. Ramadan, a 32-year-old actor and rapper, boasts millions of followers in the Arab world, is a close friend of Morocco’s King Mohamed VI and the recipient of the 2019 All […]
Peru’s President Manuel Merino resigned Sunday, just five days after taking office, sparking celebrations in the capital Lima following street protests against him and the ousting of his popular predecessor. Merino, 59, stepped down shortly after a crisis session of Congress called on him to quit power before 6:00 pm […]
When networks projected he had lost his bid for reelection to Joe Biden, President Donald Trump was playing golf. He’ll soon have plenty more time to enjoy the links if he so desires. But if there’s one constant for Trump, it is his love of the limelight and few expect […]
United States (US) President Donald Trump lost. But Trumpism did not. It won in the parts of the country and with the voters whom Trump catered to over four years, constantly jabbing the hard edges of almost every contentious cultural issue into Red America, on the bet that fear and […]
Pope Francis’ endorsement of same-sex civil unions drew mixed reactions Thursday in the Philippines, Asia’s bastion of Catholicism, with a retired bishop saying he was scandalized by it while an LGBT group welcomed the pontiff’s remarks with relief. President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman said the Philippine leader has long expressed support […]
The pornography industry has been reported to be booming during the pandemic and this was attributed to factors like performers offering more web-cam shows. Moreover, it could be boring sitting at home during the COVID-19 lockdown. However, a shocking event was recorded in the United States at Louisiana, the 25th […]