Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship
For decades, members of the Rastafari community have been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic marijuana use.
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Japan birth rate hits record low amid concerns over shrinking and aging population
Japan’s birth rate declined for a seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low of 1.26, the Health Ministry says, adding to a sense of urgency in a country where the government is seen as too slow to take drastic measures to address its rapidly shr…
Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship
On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari in this small island nation are now legally growing and ritualistically smoking marijuana.
Terror attack victim dies more than two decades after Jerusalem bombing
A woman has died more than two decades after a terror attack in Jerusalem left her in a coma.
New Botnet Malware ‘Horabot’ Targets Spanish-Speaking Users in Latin America
Spanish-speaking users in Latin America have been at the receiving end of a new botnet malware dubbed Horabot since at least November 2020.
“Horabot enables the threat actor to control the victim’s Outlook mailbox, exfiltrate contacts’ email addresses,…
America’s religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade’s reversal.
In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America’s religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways.