Day: April 5, 2024

From ‘end times’ to ‘karmic multiplier,’ this is how religions traditionally view a solar eclipse

1:46 pm April 5, 2024

Throughout history, solar eclipses have had profound impact on adherents of various religions around the world. They were viewed as messages from God or spiritual forces, inducing emotions ranging from dread to wonder. Ahead of the total solar eclipse that will follow a long path over North America on Monday, here’s a look at how […]

Norway plans ‘historic increase’ in defense spending of $56B over next 12 years

1:43 pm April 5, 2024

The Norwegian center-left government said Friday it plans “a historic increase” in defense spending of $56 billion over the next 12 years. “We need a defense that is fit for purpose in the emerging security environment,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said. “As our security environment is deteriorating, we need to spend more on and […]

RFK disavows campaign email calling Jan. 6 protesters ‘activists’ stripped of ‘constitutional liberties’

1:30 pm April 5, 2024

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disavows an email that spoke sympathetically of Jan. 6 protesters. The fundraising message — sent on Thursday and titled “We Must Free Assange!” — made a passing comment in support of those sentenced for participation in the riot at the Capitol. “This is the reality that every American […]

Nigerian film raises awareness about dozens of girls abducted from school in 2014

1:15 pm April 5, 2024

Not a day goes by without Lawan Zanna remembering his daughter Aisha in prayers. She was among the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped 10 years ago when Islamic extremists broke into their school in northeastern Nigeria’s Chibok village. “It makes me so angry to talk about it,” said Zanna, 55, whose daughter is among the nearly 100 […]

Hundreds of mass graves unearthed in Rwanda decades after 1994 genocide

1:05 pm April 5, 2024

The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The women then wipe the bone pieces with their hands as others watch in solemn silence. The digging goes on, a scene that’s become all too familiar in a verdant area of rural southern Rwanda, where the discovery […]