Anugrah Kumar

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  Feb 10, 2020

  Jennifer Lopez tells critics Super Bowl halftime wasn’t too sexy but a 'celebration of women'

  Latin pop artist Jennifer Lopez responded to critics who felt that her Super Bowl halftime show with Shakira was “too sexy,” saying the criticism is “silliness” and contending that the performance was “a celebration of women."

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  Feb 10, 2020

  Swiss voters support including sexual orientation in hate crimes law

  Voters in Switzerland approved on Sunday a proposal to include sexual orientation in the existing criminal law against hate crimes. Evangelicals have warned that it will conflict with freedom of expression.

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  Feb 9, 2020

  Postal worker says his rescue of toddler was ‘God-ordained’

  A U.S. Postal Service employee in Maryland, who saved the life of a missing 2-year-old boy walking barefoot along a highway, said he’s not a hero and that God ordained that he be there at that time.

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  Feb 9, 2020

  Nancy Pelosi leaves out Christians when naming persecuted religious minorities

  When Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic, spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., last week, she prayed for the persecuted, listing religious persecution around the world, but did not specifically mention Christians.

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  Feb 9, 2020

  Church leaders raise concerns over Christianity’s future in Iraq

  The Islamic State has been defeated and bombings and kidnappings have also decreased, but Iraq’s Christians still don’t find the cradle of Christianity livable and continue to leave the country that has now become a land of militias, causing concerns among church leaders.

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  Feb 9, 2020

  Franklin Graham surprised by backlash over UK evangelistic tour

  Evangelist Franklin Graham has said in a media interview that he’s surprised to see all the confirmed venues in the United Kingdom pulling out due to his views on homosexuality.

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  Feb 8, 2020

  Christians sharing love of Jesus in coronavirus hot zone; death toll rises to over 800

  As the death toll from the coronavirus reaches 724 and the number of confirmed cases rises to 34,546, Christians in China — where the illness originated — are distributing masks and sharing the love of Christ on the streets in the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak.

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  Feb 8, 2020

  Woman wins battle to hold Bible study at condo complex after Christian worship ban

  A Florida woman, who filed a federal complaint after her homeowners association barred her from continuing to host a Bible study in the social room of her own condominium complex, has reached a settlement allowing her to carry on with the religious activity, a legal group that represented the Christian woman said.

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  Feb 4, 2020

  Barna relaunches State of the Church survey in a ‘personalized’ version

  In this new decade of “cultural, digital and spiritual disruption,” the evangelical Christian polling firm Barna Group is relaunching its State of the Church survey report after a gap of 10 years of its public release, and using new technology to help churches personalize the insights, beginning with the 2020 report, the group announced.

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  Feb 3, 2020

  London stabbing attacker identified as terrorist on early prison release

  The man who was shot dead by police in south London’s Streatham area after he injured three people with a knife Sunday has been identified as 20-year-old Sudesh Amman, who had earlier been sentenced for terror offenses.