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Chatham’s 3 Tenors returning to Knox Church Kincardine this September
Following a much-appreciated concert in 2024, Knox Church is excited to announce that Chatham’s 3 Tenors will be returning to perform on Sept. 6 at 7 p.m.Article content Andrew Derynck, Colin Bell and Xander Bechard trace their musical roots back...

China condemns Czech President’s meeting with Dalai Lama and CTA President
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, July 29: China reiterated its familiar rhetoric on Monday, strongly opposing Czech President Petr Pavel’s meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the President of the Central Tibetan...

Experts: How Mexico Tariff Uncertainty Is Stalling North American Investment
When Diego Marroquín Bitar started his keynote speech in Atlanta Thursday, he held up his smartphone for the audience, advising them to keep theirs close by. “Don’t get distracted, but you might see a tweet from President Trump, and that might...

Florida AG threatens pornography sites for age-check violations
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — A group of online pornography websites is being sued for allegedly violating Florida's age verification laws. Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the legal action, stating that these sites do not require users to...

What is Katie Ledecky’s Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationality? Everything You Need To Know
Katie Ledecky is a name that most fans who follow swimming already know. And why wouldn’t they? She has clinched fourteen Olympic medals and twenty-one gold medals at the World Championships! She’s practically the queen of 200 m and 1500 m...

Nine EU Nations Race to Secure USD173B Defense Loans
(MENAFN) Up to nine European Union countries have officially requested loans through the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative, the European Commission confirmed Tuesday. During a midday press update, spokesperson Thomas Regnier outlined...

Brno Buď Láska: The City As a Space for Understanding Between Czechs and Ukrainians
From 21-24 August, the Brno Buď Láska festival aims to transform Brno into an open space of understanding, sharing and cultural proximity, with a four-day program connecting art, civic engagement and social dialogue. At a time when the war in...

Prague Pride returns to celebrate LGBTQ+ lives and ask “where my home is”
How many years has the Prague Pride Festival now been happening? Photo: René Volfík, iROZHLAS.cz “So this year marks the fifteenth edition of the Prague Pride Festival. The first Rainbow Parade in Prague took place in 2011, and there were just a...

Moldova bars Czech MEP over planned speech at pro-Russia event
PRAGUE – Moldovan authorities barred and deported Czech MEP Ondřej Dostál over national security concerns, linking his planned appearance at a pro-Russian event to efforts to undermine the country's democracy. Dostál was due to speak in Chisinau...

Online hate targeting LGBT+ youth on the rise
Hate speech against LGBT+ youth in Czechia is growing, with one in five encountering it daily, according to a survey by T‑Mobile, In IUSTITIA, and Ipsos. The study found that every LGBT+ respondent aged 11–21 had faced hate at least once, with 94%...

Czech police target Tokyo-born far-right leader over hate posters
PRAGUE – Czech police have proposed criminal charges against Tokyo-born far-right leader Tomio Okamura and his SPD party over anti-immigration posters used during last year’s EU election campaign, which investigators say incited hatred. “The...

New Front in Eurasian Geopolitics: Attacking the Church is to silence Armenia’s most influential voice
By Dr Shazia Anwer Cheema The crackdown on the Armenian Apostolic Church is not an isolated incident. Precedents have already been set in Donbass, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporozhia, where the Orthodox and canonical churches have been cancelled or...

RELIGION HEADLINES FRI 7-25-25
Audio By Carbonatix ( SRN NEWS ) In roughly six months the 2026 Winter Olympics will open in Italy and sports governing bodies around the world are making decisions on how to handle transgender athletes. So far the U.S. Olympic Committee, the...

Czechia’s First Trans Woman to Compete at Global Pageant
Martina Sobková has made history as the first transgender woman from Czechia to earn a spot at the Miss International Queen pageant — the world’s largest beauty contest for transgender women. The competition will take place in Thailand later this...

A fortress town on the Danube hopes tourism will bring it back to life
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Czech Fest to expand
By Conrad Dudderar Associate Editor Oklahoma Czechs, Inc. members already are hard at work preparing for the 59th Annual Czech Festival – a daylong fall celebration of Yukon’s rich Czech heritage and customs. Yukon’s Kim (Landes) Rex – the first...

Edinburgh Fringe celebrates Palestinian art and culture
Reviews & Culture As the world’s biggest cultural showcase gets underway in Edinburgh, theatre critic Mark Brown offers his guide to the 2025 festival including this year Welcome to the Fringe, Palestine. Downloading PDF. Please wait... Monday 28...

Story Agency European Space Education Resource Office 115566 views 263 likes Read
What is ESERO? The European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO) project is ESA's main way of supporting early years, primary and secondary education community in Europe. ESERO uses space related themes and the genuine fascination felt by young...

238 people rescued from floods in Czech Republic
Prague, July 28, (dpa/GNA) – Czech rescue teams have brought 238 children and adults to safety from two holiday camps after heavy rainfall. The camps in the Jeseník region, near the border with Poland, were threatened by flooding from the Cerný...

War's educational toll: NYU Tandon research reveals 78,000 Ukrainian students directly impacted by Russian war
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has displaced approximately 36,500 graduating high school students — 16% of the country's 2022 senior class — while causing an additional 41,500 students to abandon the traditional pathway to higher education entirely,...