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Trump Jr offered campaign help by Gulf princes' emissary in 2016

The meeting was a chance for the envoy to offer help to the Trump presidential campaign, according to The New York Times.

Texas school shooter 'non-emotional', lawyer says
Texas school shooter 'non-emotional', lawyer says

The teenager, identified by law enforcement as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, has been charged with capital murder.

Conservative leader Tony Perkins named as newest addition to US Commission on International Religious Freedom
Conservative leader Tony Perkins named as newest addition to US Commission on International Religious Freedom

Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council (FRC), has been appointed to a position at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent federal government board that monitors violations of religious rights across the world.

The fire of love: the text of Michael Curry's Royal wedding sermon
The fire of love: the text of Michael Curry's Royal wedding sermon

The text of the sermon Presiding Bishop Michael Curry preached at the Royal wedding.

WATCH: The Royal wedding – meet Windsor's wildest fans
WATCH: The Royal wedding – meet Windsor's wildest fans

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be greeted by an estimated 100,000 Royal fans when then emerge from St George's Chapel after their wedding on Saturday.

Texas to name Santa Fe school shooting victims today
Texas to name Santa Fe school shooting victims today

Santa Fe High School, southeast of Houston, joined on Friday a long list of US campuses where students and faculty have been killed in mass shootings.

Plane crashes on take-off in Cuba, killing more than 100
Plane crashes on take-off in Cuba, killing more than 100

The passenger plane, on a domestic flight to Holguin in eastern Cuba, crashed at 12:08 pm.

Windsor's wedding fever: Thousands gather to wish Harry and Meghan well
Windsor's wedding fever: Thousands gather to wish Harry and Meghan well

US actress Meghan Markle will become a duchess when she marries Prince Harry on Saturday after Queen Elizabeth bestowed the title of Duke of Sussex on her grandson hours before their glittering wedding.

How to live in the tension and grace of the liminal space
How to live in the tension and grace of the liminal space

Liminal comes from the latin 'limen' which means 'on the threshold'.

Past its sell-by date?  5 reasons to close your mission agency
Past its sell-by date? 5 reasons to close your mission agency

I thought I'd take the bull by the horns and suggest some criteria by which agency boards could assess whether they should keep going, or close their agency.

Assisted suicide decisively rejected by Guernsey's parliament
Assisted suicide decisively rejected by Guernsey's parliament

Proposals to make the Channel Island of Guernsey the first part of the British Isles to legalise assisted dying have been resoundingly defeated in a vote welcomed by Christian campaigners.

Chile's bishops offer mass resignation following Pope Francis' rebuke

'We have put our positions in the hands of the Holy Father and will leave it to him to decide freely for each of us.'

Disestablishment of CofE 'not a disaster' says Justin Welby
Disestablishment of CofE 'not a disaster' says Justin Welby

The disestablishment of the Church of England would 'not be a disaster', according to the archbishop of Canterbury.

'Radical answer to decline': Church in Wales launches £10 million evangelism fund
'Radical answer to decline': Church in Wales launches £10 million evangelism fund

The Church in Wales has announced £10 million in funding to support evangelism projects across its dioceses, as part of its first ever 'Evangelism Fund'.

How Puritanism explains Trump: Why the 17th century taught the US and UK different lessons
How Puritanism explains Trump: Why the 17th century taught the US and UK different lessons

US and UK Christians have drawn hugely different lessons from their common history.

Vatican crisis meeting on Chile's clerical abuse ends, pope laments 'tragic' damage done
Vatican crisis meeting on Chile's clerical abuse ends, pope laments 'tragic' damage done

A 'frank' crisis meeting between Pope Francis and Chilean bishops ended yesterday with 'the firm intention to repair the damage done,' by the clerical abuse scandal in the Chilean Catholic Church, Pope Francis has said.