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Majority of US adults support religious chaplains in public schools, a new AP-NORC poll shows
Few U.S. adults support allowing religious schools to become tax-funded public charter schools, but a majority favors ...
Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire ...
Who was Olga, the Alaska Native drawing devotion as Orthodoxy’s new saint?
St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female ...
International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary
The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary arrived at the International Space Station on ...
Cambodia ex-leader Hun Sen and Thailand’s prime minister make separate visits to tense border areas
Cambodia’s powerful former leader Hun Sen and Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, on Thursday made separate ...
College graduates face toughest job market in more than a decade as hiring slows
While completing a master’s degree in data analysis, Palwasha Zahid moved from Dallas to a town near Silicon Valley. The ...
Shell denies reports that the energy giant is in talks to take over BP
British oil giant Shell on Thursday denied media reports that it is in talks to buy rival BP. The Wall Street Journal on ...
Myanmar burns confiscated drugs worth around $300 million
Nearly $300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs were destroyed in Myanmar’s major cities on Thursday to mark the ...
EU leaders meet to discuss tougher Russia sanctions, US tariffs and Middle East conflicts
The heads of the European Union’s 27 member nations will meet Thursday in Brussels to discuss tougher sanctions on Russia, ...
Expert says why Permian oil producers don’t need to act amid U.S./Iran conflict
Oil prices took a dive the week of June 20, going back to levels last seen before the conflict with Israel and Iran -dropping ...
Asian shares are mixed as markets take a breather after recent volatility
Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday after U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high as financial markets caught their ...
An explosion and ensuing stampede kill 29 children in a Central African Republic school
An explosion and the stampede that followed killed at least 29 schoolchildren and injured more than 250 at a high school in Central African Republic’s ...