Francis sends a message to the Ecumenical Patriarch on the feast day of Saint Andrew, teh Patriarchate’s patron saint. The "primary duty" of Christians is to offer an example of dialogue, mutual respect, and cooperation to a world where war will end when people realise that they are brothers and sisters.
The scientist was laid to read in a cemetery north of the capital. At the funeral, images of Ayatollah Khamenei and General Soleimani were on display. President Rouhani pledged to take revenge in due course. But hardliners want immediate action, threatening the Israeli city of Haifa. The arrival of US president-elect Biden and the fate of the nuclear deal will come into the picture.
Japan's NEC will build the UK’s ultra-fast Internet after London bans Chinese technology. India picks Rakuten, another Japanese hi-tech giant. They join Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson. The US boycott campaign against Huawei is working.
“The Sisters serve those who are on the edges of the most remote peripheries of Odisha, in remote rural areas. They are witnesses to God's love, and spread the Gospel through words and social work.”
The government has decided to install statues of the country's founding father in many locations to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The Prime Minister's Awami League Party – a child of Mujibur - has drawn up an annual program of events. But the leaders of Muslim parties cry scandal.
The National Commission for Justice and Peace and Pahel Pakistan organised the event centred on respect for diversity and pluralism. Peace requires religious and political tolerance in society.
