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Lara Love Hardin's memoir 'The Many Lives of Mama Love' is Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick
Read full article: Lara Love Hardin's memoir 'The Many Lives of Mama Love' is Oprah Winfrey's new book club pickAn author and ghost writer’s life story, from prison and drug addiction to collaborating with the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu among others, is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club selection.
Friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in global Anglican church
Read full article: Friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in global Anglican churchFriction has been simmering within the global Anglican Communion for many years over its 42 provinces’ sharp differences on whether to recognize same-sex marriage and ordain LGBTQ clergy.
Nobel laureate and physicist Wilczek wins Templeton Prize
Read full article: Nobel laureate and physicist Wilczek wins Templeton PrizeNobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author Frank Wilczek has been honored with this year's prestigious Templeton Prize, recognizing individuals whose life’s work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality.
Tutu remains interred amid call to rename Cape Town airport
Read full article: Tutu remains interred amid call to rename Cape Town airportThe remains of South African archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu have been interred during a private family service at Cape Town's Anglican cathedral.
'Moral compass': Requiem for South Africa's Archbishop Tutu
Read full article: 'Moral compass': Requiem for South Africa's Archbishop TutuAnglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been remembered at his funeral for his Nobel Peace Prize-earning role in ending South Africa’s apartheid regime of racial oppression and for championing the rights of LGBTQ people.
A tense exchange highlights unsettled part of Tutu's legacy
Read full article: A tense exchange highlights unsettled part of Tutu's legacyAn anguished encounter between two titans of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle during the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings still rankles some Black South Africans.
Young South Africans learn of Tutu's activism for equality
Read full article: Young South Africans learn of Tutu's activism for equalityArchbishop Desmond Tutu’s legacy is reverberating among young South Africans, many of whom were not born when the clergyman battled apartheid and sought full rights for the nation’s Black majority.
South Africa's local vote will gauge support for ruling ANC
Read full article: South Africa's local vote will gauge support for ruling ANCSouth Africans are voting in local government elections that will offer an indication if support for the ruling African National Congress has rebounded after waning in recent years.
South Africa's Desmond Tutu turns 90 amid new racist slur
Read full article: South Africa's Desmond Tutu turns 90 amid new racist slurAs South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 90, recent racist graffiti on a portrait of the Nobel winner highlights the continuing relevance of his work for equality.
Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall wins Templeton Prize
Read full article: Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall wins Templeton PrizeRenowned conservationist Jane Goodall has been named as this year’s winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize, honoring individuals whose life’s work embodies a fusion of science and spirituality.
South Africa's Tutu gets jab to help start inoculation drive
Read full article: South Africa's Tutu gets jab to help start inoculation driveSouth Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 89, came out of retirement Monday to help the country launch its drive to inoculate older citizens against the coronavirus.
Africa welcomes COVAX doses but warns against ‘selfishness’
Read full article: Africa welcomes COVAX doses but warns against ‘selfishness’“It’s a concern, and everyone is talking about it.”The East African nation of 45 million people was receiving under 1 million vaccine doses — 864,000. It’s the first batch of a total of 18 million COVAX doses for Uganda, but when all will arrive is not known. While the COVAX initiative was created to ensure that low- and middle-income countries receive COVID-19 vaccines, it has faced delays and limited supply. And Nigeria began its vaccination campaign after Africa’s most populous country received almost 4 million doses. AdThe COVAX delays have pushed other African countries to seek more doses elsewhere, including via bilateral deals that can be unfavorable.
Prosecutor son seeks father's release in fatal Brink's heist
Read full article: Prosecutor son seeks father's release in fatal Brink's heistAndrew Cuomo for clemency for Gilbert, one of the oldest and longest held inmates in New York state. Four decades later, advocates for the 76-year-old inmate’s release include San Francisco’s chief prosecutor, the son left behind at 14 months old when both his parents were arrested. Boudin ran a progressive campaign in which he said visiting his parents Kathy Boudin and Gilbert in prison showed him the criminal justice system was broken. Hanchar contends Gilbert helped plan a crime that left a lasting hole in the lives of the slain men’s families. Shakur was convicted of leading a group responsible for a series of armed robberies in New York and Connecticut, including the Brink’s heist.
NYC cathedral gunman's note says he planned to take hostages
Read full article: NYC cathedral gunman's note says he planned to take hostagesNew York police officers move in on the scene of a shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in New York. A man was shot by police after shots rang out at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of the Manhattan cathedral Sunday afternoon. The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. at the church which is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and seat of its bishop. The note was first reported by NBC New York. In the note, the law enforcement official said, Vasquez wrote he did not expect to make it home.
Virus deaths top 600,000 as cases rise in SAfrica, Australia
Read full article: Virus deaths top 600,000 as cases rise in SAfrica, AustraliaChina confirmed 13 new cases in the northwestern city of Urumqi on Sunday, while South Korea reported less than 40 additional cases for a second straight day. The number of confirmed infections worldwide has passed 14.2 million, out of which 3.7 million are in the United States. Local governments in India continued to reimpose focused lockdowns in several parts of the country following a surge in cases. Iran has the Middle Easts worst outbreak with more than 270,000 confirmed cases. In Bangladesh, confirmed cases surpassed 200,000 but experts say the number is much higher as the country lacks adequate labs for testing.
Breathtaking virus numbers show normal life still far away
Read full article: Breathtaking virus numbers show normal life still far awayHealth workers wait to screen people for COVID-19 symptoms at a temple in Mumbai, India, Saturday, July 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)JOHANNESBURG South Africa was poised on Saturday to join the top five countries most affected by the coronavirus, while breathtaking numbers around the world were a reminder a return to normal life is still far from sight. Confirmed virus cases worldwide have topped 14 million and deaths have surpassed 600,000, according to Johns Hopkins University data, a day after the World Health Organization reported a single-day record of new infections at over 237,000. The country, however, remains the worlds most unequal, and health officials have warned that the pandemic will lay that bare. The two most populous states each reported roughly 10,000 new cases and some of their highest death counts since the pandemic began.