4+ day, 15+ min ago   (1091+ words) In 2025, Argentina recorded 5,209 suicides, according to the report “When Suicide Appears as an Option in Argentina” by the Criminal Policy Observatory. The figure represents a 22.6% increase over 2024 and a rate of 11.8 suicides per 100,000 people. The report also notes that 45.3% of…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (868+ words) Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls are shut out of school beyond the sixth grade, and where women are barred from university. Five years into that ban, new research suggests the classroom doors closed but the…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (608+ words) A “disproportionate” number of ethnic minority people could choose assisted death in England and Wales if Parliament approves legislation allowing assisted dying, according to a new government equality impact assessment. Last month, palliative care expert Scott Murray told Christian Daily…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (758+ words) A Christian nurse who risked her life to rescue an infant from a deadly fire at a government hospital in Pakistan’s federal capital has been hailed as a hero across the country after CCTV footage of the rescue went viral…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (794+ words) African Christian health organizations have welcomed a major new U.S. commitment to faith-based health care but say they are still waiting for clarity on how local hospitals, clinics and community programs will participate in the new funding. The United States announced…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (440+ words) A coalition of Swiss pro-life organizations has launched a petition opposing a parliamentary decision that would make abortions fully funded by the country's mandatory health insurance starting next year, according to the Swiss evangelical news site Livenet.ch. The legislative…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (432+ words) A personalized cancer vaccine developed by Merck and Moderna has shown success in preventing the return of melanoma in a large clinical trial, raising hopes that the same approach could eventually be used against many other types of cancer, Reuters…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (816+ words) As the canton of Zurich moves toward a referendum on assisted dying, a Swiss elder-care advocate with more than a decade of experience accompanying dying people is urging churches and society to stop waiting for ballot results and start learning…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (319+ words) Ice cream manufacturers are overhauling recipes and shrinking portions as consumers worldwide increasingly scrutinize what they eat — and a growing class of appetite-suppressing drugs is accelerating the shift, Reuters reported. Rather than accepting declining demand, ice cream makers are betting…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (840+ words) A cyber-security attack has given hackers unauthorised access to the data of Christian organisations in the United Kingdom. Hackers infiltrated the systems of Beacon, a modern, cloud-based Customer Relationship Management platform for the charity and non-profit sector, based in Shoreditch,…...