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Fast-moving wildfires are forcing evacuations across Washington State, US and nearby British Columbia, Canada., NewsFeed Fast-moving wildfires have scorched more than 250,000 acres across Washington state, forcing widespread evacuations around Spokane. Communities in neighbouring British Columbia, Canada are also under threat as the UN warns of worsening global heat. PublishedContinue Reading

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Interfaith volunteers rebuild war-damaged Catholic monastery in Lebanon’s Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh., NewsFeed Volunteers have united in an interfaith effort to rebuild a Catholic monastery destroyed in Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, one of Lebanon’s “pilot zones.” Following the withdrawal of Israeli forces, residents of the predominantly Shia Muslim village are returning home to rubbleContinue Reading

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Venezuela’s government and a section of the opposition plan to hold talks, backed by the US., Venezuela’s government and a section of the opposition plan to hold talks, backed by the US. The last seven months have seen Washington insert itself into Venezuela’s politics and economy. It started with USContinue Reading

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Vinita Prabhakar says she was dismissed after the college president objected to a story taught in freshman English Published August 2, 2026 3:00PM (EDT) Much of higher level education involves reading various stories, books and information. One professor was allegedly fired when one of her long-term assigned readings was questionedContinue Reading

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Of Pascal’s famous wager on the existence of God, Denis Diderot dryly remarked, nearly a century later, “Pascal says: If your religion is false, you risk nothing in believing it true; if it’s true, you risk everything by believing it false. An imam could say just the same.” It wasContinue Reading

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Times are changing, and Ubuntu’s keeping pace. In November, most of Canada will turn its clocks back an hour, but the Western Canadian province of Alberta won’t. It’s decided to stay on daylight saving time permanently rather than fall back to standard time as usual. Meanwhile, in September, Morocco is doingContinue Reading