Connecticut is forcing pro-life pregnancy care centers to promote abortion or risk fines for “deceptive advertising” even for “ordinary, truthful statements,” according to a federal lawsuit challenging the new state law.
Day: October 15, 2021
Canada Court Sentences COVID Sceptic Pastor
A Canadian court has sentenced an outspoken pastor, his brother, and an anti-mask cafe owner in the western Canadian province of Alberta for rallying against COVID-19 restrictions.
Dozens Killed As Nigeria Gunmen Raid Church, Villages
Christians have appealed for prayers after suspected Islamic militants raided a church and villages in northern Nigeria, killing dozens of people.
Britain hopes to join transatlantic trade agreement next year, no date for US-UK deal yet
While it is not known when post-Brexit Britain will be able to sign a full and comprehensive free trade deal with the United States, Boris Johnson hopes to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) partnership in 2022, Reuters reports.
US and Israel consider options on Iran, “We have to prepare for a world where Iran doesn’t have constraints on nuclear program”
The United States and Israel have announced they are considering alternative options for dealing with Iran in the event the Islamic regime refuses to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal and comply with the limits on uranium enrichment set out in the 2015 agreement, AP reports. After former president Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Iran, the Islamic regime began enriching uranium to levels exceedingly far above the amount agreed to in the deal.
US to rejoin UN Human Rights Council following Trump withdrawal
The United States is rejoining the controversial UN Human Rights Council (HRC) amid concerns that China has used America’s three-and-a-half year absence to grow its influence and power, AFP reports. Former President Trump withdrew the US from the Council in June 2018 to protest what UN Ambassador Nikki Haley described as the body’s “disproportionate focus and unending hostility toward Israel” which is “clear proof that the council is motivated by political bias, not by human rights.”
Norway ‘Bow-And-Arrow Attack Act Of Terror’
Norwegian police say the bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town near Norway’s capital appeared to be an Islamic terrorist act.