US pastors struggle with post-pandemic burnout. Survey shows half considered quitting since 2020 | AP News

US pastors struggle with post-pandemic burnout. Survey shows half considered quitting since 2020 | AP News

Post-pandemic burnout is at worrying levels among Christian clergy in the U.S., prompting many to think about abandoning their jobs, according to a new nationwide survey.More than 4 in 10 of clergy surveyed in fall 2023 had seriously considered leaving their congregations at least once since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, and more than

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Jamaica probes police killings of four people in 24 hours, including a teenage boy | AP News

Jamaica probes police killings of four people in 24 hours, including a teenage boy | AP News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A government agency in Jamaica says it is investigating four fatal shootings by police officers in the span of 24 hours, including that of a 14-year-old boy.The Independent Commission of Investigations says police killed three people on Tuesday and another on Wednesday, with authorities alleging all four victims opened

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Grenade explosion in Afghanistan’s capital kills 2 people and wounds 12 in Shiite neighborhood | AP News

Grenade explosion in Afghanistan’s capital kills 2 people and wounds 12 in Shiite neighborhood | AP News

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A grenade explosion in Afghanistan’s capital killed two people and wounded 12 in a Shiite neighborhood of Kabul on Thursday, a police spokesman said. It was the second deadly blast in the Dasht-e-Barchi area in less than a week.The explosion occurred outside a commercial center in mid-afternoon. No one immediately claimed

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Microsoft lets cloud users keep personal data within Europe to ease privacy fears | AP News

Microsoft lets cloud users keep personal data within Europe to ease privacy fears | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Microsoft said Thursday that it is upgrading its cloud computing service to let customers store all personal data within the European Union instead of having it flow to the U.S. where national privacy laws don’t exist.The changes apply to services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365, the Seattle-based tech

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Gambia’s soccer team makes emergency landing after plane loses oxygen flying to tournament | AP News

Gambia’s soccer team makes emergency landing after plane loses oxygen flying to tournament | AP News

SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — A plane carrying Gambia’s national soccer team made an emergency landing after a sudden loss of oxygen during their flight to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament.A chartered flight Wednesday carrying the “Scorpions” returned to Gambia’s capital Banjul after being airborne for nine minutes when the crew realized there

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Migrants’ rights group criticizes Cyprus authorities for not condemning bomb attack on its offices | AP News

Migrants’ rights group criticizes Cyprus authorities for not condemning bomb attack on its offices | AP News

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A migrants’ rights organization on Thursday criticized authorities in Cyprus for failing to speak out against an explosion that damaged its offices following threats against it by what it calls far-right and extremist groups.Doros Polycarpou, who heads the Movement for Equality, Support, Anti-Racism nongovernmental organization, said a makeshift explosive device detonated

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Anđelković za BETU: Međunarodna korupcija je jedan od stubova Vučićeve vlasti

Anđelković za BETU: Međunarodna korupcija je jedan od stubova Vučićeve vlasti

Politika | 11.01.2024 | access_time 14:10 Politički analitičar Dragomir Anđelković izjavio je danas da je predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić korumpirao pojedine evropske i američke političare i diplomate od kojih dobija podršku za autoritarnu vladavinu.Anđelković je agenciji Beta kazao da je međunarodna korupcija jedan od stubova Vučićeve vlasti.”Vučić je izuzetno vešt u korumpiranju ljudi, bilo da

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Milivojević: Informacije o protivpravnom upisivanju u birački spisak dobio sam od domaćih službi

Milivojević: Informacije o protivpravnom upisivanju u birački spisak dobio sam od domaćih službi

Politika | 11.01.2024 | access_time 14:20 Potpredsednik Demokratske stranke (DS) Srđan Milivojević izjavio je danas da je informaciju o najmanje 98.135 birača koji su u prethodne tri godine protivpravno upisani u birački spisak dobio od “časnih pripadnika bezbednosnih službi, koji su zakletvu položili nad Ustavom Srbije, a ne nad partijskom knjižicom Srpske napredne stranke (SNS)”.”Pošto

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Aleksić: Bilčik se ponaša kao plaćeni zastupnik i lobista Aleksandra Vučića

Aleksić: Bilčik se ponaša kao plaćeni zastupnik i lobista Aleksandra Vučića

Politika | 11.01.2024 | access_time 14:10 Predsednik Narodnog pokreta Srbije Miroslav Aleksić ocenio je danas da se izvestilac Evropskog parlamenta za Srbiju Vladimir Bilčik ponaša kao “zastupnik i lobista (predsednika Srbije) Aleksandra Vučića”, nakon što je Bilčik izjavio da ne treba predviđati međunarodnu istragu o izborima u Srbiji i da je na institucijama Srbije da

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