Four preachers met for a friendly gathering. During the conversation one preacher said, “Our people come to us and pour out their hearts, confess certain sins, and tell us their needs. Let’s do the same. After all, confession is good for the soul.” In due time all agreed. One confessed he liked to go to […]
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Women at the DNC recall the power of watching Hillary Clinton make history
PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton made history Thursday evening when she became the first woman to accept the presidential nomination from a major political party. Women who were there in Philadelphia to watch the moment talked to Yahoo News about what it meant to them. Several described the experience as “overwhelming” and framed it as not […]
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B-1 Bombers to Patrol Skies from Guam
Pacific Air Forces said it is sending speedy and low-flying B-1B bombers to Guam for the first time in 10 years. The move comes with China vowing to up its bomber and fighter flights in the contested South China Sea and the United States adding to its own aircraft firepower in the unstable region. [restrict] […]
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Tokyo elects first woman governor as it prepares for its Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) – Voters in the Japanese capital elected their first woman governor on Sunday, after two predecessors stepped down over scandals that clouded the city’s preparations to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games. Yuriko Koike, Japan’s first female defence minister, beat former bureaucrat and fellow member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party Hiroya Masuda, […]
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Breastfeeding within hour of birth provides baby’s ‘first vaccine,’ says UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that some 77 million of the world’s newborns – or 1 in 2 – are not breastfed within the first hour of birth, depriving them of essential nutrients and antibodies and thus exposing them to an increased risk of death.[restrict] According to the agency, delaying breastfeeding by two […]
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How concerned should you be about Zika?
The announcement that the United States might have discovered its first cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus, and concerns raised by some of the athletes headed to the Olympic Games in Rio, are renewing fears about the disease, which the United Nations’ health agency declared a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ in February 2016.[restrict] While […]