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Three Virgin Mary insulters have to memorise verses from Qur’an
13Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, Featured

Three Virgin Mary insulters have to memorise verses from Qur’an

    A judge’s punishment meted to three men who insulted the Virgin Mary went viral on Lebanese social media earlier this week. Instead of slapping them with jail time or a fine, Tripoli judge Jocelyn Matta ordered the three men to memorise verses from the Holy Qur’an’s Surat Al-Omran, which glorifies the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, reports the Arab News. The sentence sent shockwaves across Twitter in Lebanon, and even caught the attention of Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri. The PM tweeted: A salute to judge of investigations in North of Lebanon chief Jocelyn Matta. Her ruling against the three young men in Virgin Mary’s case, and sentencing them to memorize the Holy Qur’an’s Surat Al-Omran, is the epitome of justice and promotes co-existence between Christians and Mu...
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UK to send Royal Navy warship through disputed South China Sea in challenge to Beijing
13Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

UK to send Royal Navy warship through disputed South China Sea in challenge to Beijing

    A Royal Navy warship will sail through the South China Sea in an effort to assert freedom of navigation rights in waters where Beijing is increasingly extending its control. HMS Sutherland, a Type 23 frigate, will travel through the key trading lane after concluding a visit to Australia, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced. China claims large areas of the South China Sea and has been bolstering its military deployments there, including reclaiming land on reefs and atolls to build air bases. Mr Williamson made the announcement during a visit to Australia to meet his counterpart Marise Payne in Sydney, where they discussed North Korea, cyber warfare and terrorism. The trip was also designed to push Australia to buy the UK’s Type 23 replacement, the BAE built...
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Teacher fired days after gay wedding
12Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

Teacher fired days after gay wedding

    Jocelyn Morffi and Natasha Hass had booked the Key Largo Lighthouse estate for three days starting Feb. 2, turning their wedding day into a wedding weekend. They had a welcome bash at the Florida wedding venue on Friday, a goodbye barbecue on Sunday and their seaside nuptials in between. The women relayed important messages to their loved ones through their wedding website: Wear semiformal attire, contribute to the honeymoon fund instead of buying gifts and, of course, use the hashtag #MorffiHassTheKeys. Morffi’s messages were more somber a few days later. On Instagram, she explained to family, friends and anyone else who wondered why she hadn’t shown up at Miami’s Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School, where she had been a first-grade teacher for seven years. “This...
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School slammed over rule girls can’t say no to boys for dance
12Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

School slammed over rule girls can’t say no to boys for dance

    A mother has been left outraged after her daughter’s school introduced a policy that states students aren’t allowed to say “no” when asked to dance. Natalie Richard, from Utah, was speaking to her sixth-grade daughter about the upcoming Valentine’s Day dance at her school, Kanesville Elementary, when she was told about the controversial rule. Her daughter explained that teachers had told the students, aged between 11 and 12, that they had to say “yes” when someone asked them dance. In disbelief, Ms Richard said that she must have misunderstood what they were saying. However, after speaking to the school she soon realised that the statement was accurate. “The teacher said she can’t. She has to say yes. She has to accept and I said, 'Excuse me',” Ms Richard told Fo...
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released new wedding details
12Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, Uncategorised

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released new wedding details

    Prince Harry and Meghan Marke's upcoming spring wedding has delighted royal fans around the world, and now newly released details on their big day have been revealed in a statement via Kensington Palace. Harry and Meghan have confirmed that their wedding service will begin at 12:00 at St George's Chapel, with The Rt Revd, David Conner, conducting the service. The Most Revd. and Rt Hon. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, will officiate as the couple make their marriage vows. Following their vows at 13:00, royal onlookers will get the chance to catch a glimpse of the newlyweds as they undertake a carriage procession along a route from St George's Chapel, leaving Windsor Castle via Castle Hill and processing along the High Street and through Windsor Town, returni...
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London City Airport shut as WW2 bomb found
12Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

London City Airport shut as WW2 bomb found

    London City Airport is still closed today as disposal experts work to make safe a WWII bomb which was found in the Thames nearby. The device was found on Sunday and a cordon put up late on Sunday evening after discussions between the Royal Navy and Metropolitan Police. Transport for London said Docklands Light Railway services will not run between Pontoon Dock and Woolwich Arsenal owing to the 214-metre (700ft) exclusion zone. Robert Sinclair, CEO of London City Airport said: The airport remains closed this morning following the discovery of a World War Two ordnance in King George V Dock on Sunday. All flights in and out of London City on Monday are cancelled and an exclusion zone is in place in the immediate area. I urge any passengers due to fly today not to co...
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Accused Killer: Teen posted a craiglist ad asking to be murdered
12Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

Accused Killer: Teen posted a craiglist ad asking to be murdered

    Joseph Lopez, 22, claims he didn’t know Natalie Bollinger before the Broomfield, Colorado teenager allegedly wrote a disturbing Craigslist post. I want to put a hit on myself, Bollinger allegedly wrote on her local Craiglist’s women seeking men section in late December, according to an affidavit first reported . Lopez claims he answered the post posing as a hitman. Then, cops say, his make-believe profession became real. Police found Bollinger’s body in a wooded area on a dairy farm on December 29. Her boyfriend had reported her missing the previous day. The boyfriend’s was also missing from his home, he told police, according to the affidavit. The teenager’s murder was a mystery from the start. An autopsy report revealed her cause of death as a single gunshot wound...
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German union wins right to 28 hour working week and 4.3% pay rise
11Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Europe, Featured

German union wins right to 28 hour working week and 4.3% pay rise

    German workers won a key victory in their fight for a better work-life balance when a big employers group agreed to demands from the country’s largest trade union for the introduction of a 28 hour working week. The agreement between IG Metall, which represents a wide swath of industrial workers, and the Südwestmetall employers federation, shows how unions in Germany, that for years have been a model of wage restraint, are flexing their muscles in ways more typical of organised labour in France, home of the 35-hour working week. It also comes with Germany in the midst of its longest postwar stretch without a government and Angela Merkel struggling through her fifth month of coalition negotiations, raising questions about whether a country that once lectured Europe on...
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Government minister vows to back schools trying to ban hijabs
11Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Government minister vows to back schools trying to ban hijabs

    An education minister has pledged to provide Government backing to schools looking to ban hijabs and religious fasting. Lord Agnew of Oulter accused parents and religious leaders of attempting to intimidate and bully schools into allowing behaviour they are unhappy with. Writing in the Times on Saturday, he vowed to help head teachers with the process of making “sensitive” decisions. He said: They are completely within their right to make decisions on how to run their schools in the best interests of their pupils in line with the law and in discussion with parents, of course and we back their right to do so. What example do we set to the next generation if we fail to show tolerance and respect in how we engage in these debates? Particularly when these are values w...
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Professor Replaced After Insisting Australia Isn’t a Country
11Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Professor Replaced After Insisting Australia Isn’t a Country

    An online adjunct professor incorrectly told a student that Australia isn’t a country and gave her a failing grade, prompting Southern New Hampshire University to replace the instructor. Buzzfeed News reports that the 27-year-old student in Idaho was assigned to compare American social norms to that of another country. She chose to study social media use in Australia, but the professor gave her a zero on that portion of the assignment, saying Australia is a continent, not a country. Australia is actually both a country and a continent. University officials tell WMUR TV the instructor has been replaced following an investigation. In a statement, the university said it deeply regrets the interaction between the professor and student, and wished athletes from Austral...
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