Billboard Music Awards 2022: Complete list of winners – from Drake to Olivia Rodrigo Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Drake, and Kanye West scooped top awards The Independent UK · May 16, 2022
Billboard Music Awards winners' list: Olivia Rodrigo, BTS, Kanye West, Taylor Swift win big The Billboard Music Awards were held on Sunday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Hosted by Sean "Diddy" Combs, the award show saw artists like Olivia Rodrigo, BTS, Taylor Swift, Doja Cat, The Kid LAROI, and Megan Thee Stallion taking home top honours of the night. The Times of India · May 16, 2022
Lebanon's Hezbollah, allies likely to lose parliamentary majority Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies are likely to lose their majority in Lebanon's parliament, three sources allied to the group said on Monday, in a major blow to the heavily armed faction that reflected widespread anger at ruling parties. Reuters · May 16, 2022
Bengaluru: Residents raise stink over broken sewage line as 250 fish die in well BENGALURU: Occupants of PSI Sevagram, a home for elderly Christian priests in Chettupalya near Kengeri, were shocked to see their private well covered with dead fish. Just three days ago, the well was full of thriving Tilapia fish. The Times of India · May 15, 2022
Devasahayam Pillai becomes first Indian layman to be declared saint by Pope Francis ‘While preaching, he insisted on equality of all people, despite caste differences’, says a note by Vatican The Hindu · May 15, 2022
Buddhist chaplains on the rise in US, offering broad appeal Christian clergy have long dominated the chaplaincy in the United States The Independent UK · May 15, 2022
Center-right seeks to keep power in key German state vote Voting has begun in Germany’s most populous state, where the center-right Christian Democrats are hoping to retain power against a challenge from the left The Independent UK · May 15, 2022
Prince William booed by Wembley crowd at FA Cup final Fans also jeered the national anthem and a rendition of Christian hymn Abide With Me The Independent UK · May 15, 2022
Faithful to celebrate canonisation of Devasahayam Devasahayam Pillai had converted to Christianity in the 18th century The Hindu · May 14, 2022
Nigeria: Student's brutal killing triggers protest, curfew Nigerian authorities have ordered a curfew in a northwestern state, where hundreds protested to demand the release of suspects in the brutal killing of a Christian student accused of blasphemy against Islam The Independent UK · May 14, 2022
How Democrats found God — and doomed Roe Democrats' slide into Christian nationalism may have gotten Clinton and Obama elected. But it came at a big price Salon · May 14, 2022
Ky. Christian school asks middle schoolers to write warning against homosexuality LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Christian school in Louisville gave an assignment this week asking middle school students to write a letter to a hypothetical friend warning against homosexuality, resulting in public criticism and a review by school leaders. Tribune News Service · May 13, 2022
Joe Kennedy: How Christian conservatives made a hero of a high school football coach Case being considered by US Supreme Court among several likely to make history break with precedent, writes Andrew Buncombe The Independent UK · May 13, 2022
‘If he wins, they’ll implement a Christian version of sharia law’: The community divided by prayers of high school football coach US Supreme Court set to make another ruling with huge reverberations, writes Andrew Buncombe in Bremerton The Independent UK · May 13, 2022
Reuters · May 13, 2022 Nigerian Christians demand justice for student killed over alleged blasphemy Nigeria's largest grouping of Christian churches on Friday condemned the killing of a female student who was beaten and burned by fellow students for alleged blasphemy and demanded the authorities bring the culprits to justice.
The Independent UK · May 13, 2022 How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports
Reuters · May 13, 2022 Brazil's Ukrainian diaspora offers familiar comforts for homesick refugees Far from the bomb blasts and constant sirens in her ruined home city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, eight-year-old Arina Hashlova practices her gymnastics routine daily at her new school in Brazil.
Salon · May 13, 2022 Far-right Catholics, racists link arms Activist arm of right-wing Catholic outlet Church Militant is increasingly entwined with racist "groyper" movement
Reuters · May 13, 2022 Factbox-Who is running in Lebanon's election? Lebanon holds a parliamentary election on May 15, with candidates vying for 128 seats that are divided among 11 religious groups according to a sectarian power-sharing system.
WEKU · May 12, 2022 Supremacy movements unite over abortion restriction, though for different reasons The evolution of the anti-abortion coalition in the U.S. has long been a shared project of supremacist movements. Though they have shared a goal of overturning Roe, they have different agendas.
The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2022 Election 2022 seat explorer: how Australian electorates diverge on religion, country of birth and language Major political parties are drawing more extensively on diversity data to help them target marginal seats
Al Jazeera · May 12, 2022 Mob kills student over ‘blasphemy’ in northern Nigerian college Cases of mob attacks because of alleged blasphemy happen intermittently in Nigeria, especially in the north.
The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022 ‘I became the abortion lady of Mississippi’: the mother of seven who devoted her life to the pro-choice cause Raised a fundamentalist Christian, Laurie Bertram Roberts grew up believing abortion was evil. Then a pregnancy put her life at risk – and she was denied the termination she desperately needed
Salon · May 12, 2022 Right-wing youth culture finds God Nick Fuentes' racist "groyper" movement is building a coalition with far-right Catholics. They have a plan
ABC News · May 12, 2022 Mayo MP Rebekha Sharkie accuses Australian Christian Lobby of copyright infringement Mayo MP Rebekha Sharkie is launching legal action against the Australian Christian Lobby for copyright infringement over a brochure about her votes on the Religious Discrimination Bill.