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Christians abroad, non-Christians at home.
That is the case for an increasing number of Chinese students who converted to Christianity while studying overseas but who give up their faith once they're back home in China, Foreign Policy reported.
The news outlet blamed this on Chinese authorities' hostile treatment of Christians.
Eight countries have joined an initiative to raise millions of dollars to replace shortfalls caused by President Donald Trump's ban on U.S.-funded groups around the world providing information on abortion, Sweden's deputy prime minister said.
Isabella Lovin told Reuters a conference would be held on March 2 in Brussels to kick-start the funding initiative to help non-governmental organizations whose family planning projects could be affected.
The Netherlands announced in January the launch of a global fund to help women access abortion services, saying Trump's "global gag rule" would cause a funding shortfall of $600 million over the next four years.
It used to be that sex before marriage was taboo. But now, it seems, it’s the norm to have sex before even going on a date.
Young people are more likely to have sex before going on a date as a way to size up a potential partner, according to a study
It found that 18-34-year-olds are 48 per cent more likely to get into bed with somebody before going for dinner or a drink than all other generations.
It is thought to be the oldest police force in Britain yet prospective criminals lurking around York Minster, beware: not only can God punish you for your sins, the cathedral’s police force has the power to arrest you too.
The officers are to regain their powers of arrest for the first time in 80 years amid heightened concern about terrorism.
The cathedral constables of the private police force at the minster — established in the 13th century — have been given specialist training and will begin using their new powers in the spring. They may not have the resources of their colleagues at North Yorkshire police but they will carry discreet batons and handcuffs.
On the books, abortion in Italy is legal. In practice, it is out of reach for many women.
An unprecedented wave of so-called conscientious objectors — doctors declining to perform abortions for personal or religious reasons — is sweeping the country. Today, 70 percent of Italian gynecologists and 48.4 percent of anesthesiologists decline to perform terminations, according to a report from the Italian health ministry presented in December.
In more conservative regions such as Sicily and Campania, as much as 84 percent of doctors object to abortion. That leaves a tiny group of abortion providers to deal with a huge demand for terminations.
Britain's first Asian bishop has cautioned that the UK's fight against extremism must not come at a cost to personal liberties at home.
Michael Nazir-Ali also criticised the idea of secularism being neutral. He claimed that by ignoring the religious heritage of Britain, its citizens have become ill-equipped to understand and communicate with newcomers from countries where faith plays a major role in public life, leading to challenges with integration.
A council Equalities boss who intervened in a row about a Catholic school banning a Muslim girl from wearing a hijab is related to the child.
St Clare’s School in Handsworth made national headlines after asking the child’s parents to respect their strict uniform policy, which includes no headwear or scarfs.
The stance ignited a debate among community leaders after the young girl’s father called on council officials to intervene.
Few people will be acquainted with an unassuming hero for the disabled, the Conservative peer Lord Kevin Shinkwin. He is a rather unusual looking, smallish man, who was born disabled. The explanation for his physical unusualness is a congenital disorder called osteogenesis imperfecta, which affects the bones, causing them to become brittle and subject to breakage.
He is a formidable campaigner for the rights of the disabled and leads a campaign called simply We're All Equal.
There is no doubt about his ability to speak out strongly for disabled people like himself. He does so eloquently and gently, but with powerful persuasion and dry humour.
Unmarried partners could be entitled to a "survivors pension" following a landmark Supreme Court ruling today.
A case won by a woman who was denied access to her long-term partner's pension after he died suddenly will improve the pension rights of millions of unmarried couples across the UK.
Denise Brewster, in her early 40s, argued she was discriminated against after being told she was not entitled to payments from her late partner's occupational pension because he had failed to sign a form nominating her as a beneficiary.
Parents-to-be could soon be able to watch their unborn bundles of joy stretching, wiggling and even swallowing while in the womb thanks to a revolutionary new MRI scan.
Expectant parents have had to be content with grainy ultrasound images but a leap in technology means the pioneering scan can even show high quality clear images of a 20-week-old baby's heart, about the size of a one pence piece, thumping - and how a hefty kick ripples through a mother-to-be's tummy.
The £10million development by a London-based team of medics of the new-style scan offers a glimpse of how all mothers might view their babies in the not too distant future.