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Ireland becomes first nation in the world to vote for gay marriage
Ireland has voted resoundingly to legalize gay marriage in the world's first national vote on the issue, leaders on both sides of the Irish referendum declared Saturday even as official ballot...
View ArticleHuman rights leaders denounce Putin’s signing of ‘undesirables’ expulsion bill
President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law this month giving prosecutors the power to declare foreign and international organizations “undesirable” in Russia and shut them down. Human Rights Watch...
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Pope Francis to issue encyclical on devastating climate change driven by greed
Anxiety has gripped American conservatives over Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on the environment. So much so that you might think a pope had never before blamed fossil fuels for global warming. Or...
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Univision dropping Miss USA pageant after Trump trashes Mexicans
Univision is dropping the Miss USA pageant and says it will cut all business ties with Donald Trump in a spiraling controversy over vicious comments the Republican presidential candidate made recently...
View ArticleWorld brands scored on social justice policies
Oxfam International recently ranked the world’s 10 largest food and beverage companies on their policies and commitments to improve food security and sustainability. The scorecard covers seven themes...
View ArticleEvents marking 70th anniversary of atomic bombings of Japan
The 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be marked with memorial services, peace concerts and art exhibits. More than 200,000 people died in the two blasts, which were...
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Cecil's slaughter will have major impact on region
When Cecil the lion’s carcass was finally found after he was lured out of a Zimbabwe wildlife reserve to be killed by an American hunter, it was a headless, skinless skeleton the vultures had been...
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11-year-old girl who was raped and denied abortion gives birth
An 11-year-old Paraguayan girl who had been denied an abortion gave birth last week, the culmination of a case that put a spotlight on child rape in the poor South American nation and drew criticism...
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U.S. Catholic leaders largely ignore pope’s call for curbing climate change
A new survey has found fewer than half of U.S. Roman Catholics said they knew of Pope Francis’ bombshell encyclical on curbing climate change — and only a fraction of those heard about it from the...
View ArticleU.S. welcomes U.N. discussion on ISIL attacking LGBT people
The United States welcomed the first-ever “Arria formula” discussion by the UN Security Council of how better to protect the lives and dignity of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender persons, who...
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