Daily Meditation: Invocation Of Peace
We all need help maintaining our personal spiritual practice. We hope that these Daily Meditations, prayers and mindful awareness exercises can be part of bringing spirituality alive in your life….
Tag: peace
10 International Women’s Day events you’d be crazy to miss
The list is jam-packed with inspiring women from all walks of lifeamong them scientists, comics, musicians, coders, activists and actors. Whatever you’re into, there’s probably something for you here. SheTalksYVR…
Monks Celebrate Snowstorm With Massive Snowball Fight
“Peace be with you.” THWAP! – According to Vatican Radio, the men are Franciscans.
Monks Celebrate Snowstorm With Massive Snowball Fight
“Peace be with you.” THWAP! – According to Vatican Radio, the men are Franciscans.
Jennifer Aniston And Justin Theroux Photobomb Jennifer Lopez
Can’t a lady take a selfie in peace? Jennifer Lopez had some unexpected visitors — Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux, if you’ve ever heard of them — hop into her…
Norwegians Plan Human ‘Peace Circle’ Around Oslo Mosque
One peace ring begets another. A group of Norwegians plans to link hands and encircle a mosque in Oslo, Norway, next Saturday, offering the symbolic peace gesture as a “thank…
Terror groups take advantage of power vacuums, insecurity to thrive at home
For all the well-founded worries in the West and elsewhere around the developed world, these kinds of locales are more likely stopping points than long-term homes for terror groups. Such…
How To Tell If Your Stress Level Is Normal
Do you handle your worries well, or do you let them spiral into something more? – Stress can have a huge impact on our health. Constant, high levels of anxiety…
Ukrainian ceasefire goes into effect amid mistrust on both sides
President Petro Poroshenko ordered the Ukrainian military to hold its fire against pro-Russian militants in the nation’s east. The separatist Donetsk People’s Republic also announced a truce. The ceasefire aims…
Colombian FARC Rebels Invite Miss Universe To Peace Talks
She isn’t the first beauty pageant winner to talk of wanting peace, but she actually got an offer to help achieve it. – CNN noted that FARC is considered a…
Ukraine, Rebels Agree On Humanitarian Corridor To Evacuate Civilians Trapped By Fighting
Pro-Russia rebels and the Ukrainian authorities agreed Friday on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine as German and French leaders prepared to…
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste arrives in Australia after being held in Egypt
Greste, whom Egypt released and deported over the weekend, landed in Brisbane early Thursday morning. – Inside the airport Thursday, Greste, wearing a checkered shirt and jeans, was cheered by…
Botched Philippine Police Raid Jeopardizes Peace Deal With Rebel Group
MANILA — In the aftermath of a botched raid that left 44 elite police officers dead, several key lawmakers in the Philippines have withdrawn their support for legislation that would…
A view from Liberia: How the Peace Corps continues to fight Ebola
In a matter of months, the widespread belief that Ebola didn’t even exist gave way to a gripping fear across Monrovia, the capital city. When the decision was made to…
South Korea pushes for DMZ eco peace park
Home to five rivers and several mountains, it’s become a thriving natural habitat for thousands of plant and animal species. And if South Korea has its way, the DMZ will…
After Pope’s Dove Debacle, Vatican Makes Balloons New Symbol Of Peace
Dove lovers, rejoice. Balloons, not doves, were released as a gesture of peace Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, a year after an attack by a seagull and a crow on…
Making A Home Inventory Could Be The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do For Your House
We spend years building and creating the perfect home, somewhere that everyone in the family feels at peace. But it’s frightening how quickly that can all disappear. In 2010, a…
Dozens killed in clashes between police, Muslim rebels in Philippines
Six militants were killed and 11 wounded in the clashes, which raged for 12 hours in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao, police said. Members of both the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),…
The Vatican Switches to Balloons for Peace
VATICAN CITY — Balloons, not doves, were released as a gesture of peace on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, a year after an attack by a gull and a crow…
Rocket Fire Kills 30 Civilians In Ukrainian City Of Mariupol
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools, homes and shops Saturday in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol, killing at least 30 people, authorities said. The Ukrainian president called the…
Ukraine Rebels Reject Peace Talks As Conflict Escalates
Signs emerged Friday pointing to a major offensive in eastern Ukraine by rebels fighting to break off from the rest of the country. A rebel leader said they will continue…
Daily Meditation: One Day There Will Be Peace
We all need help maintaining our personal spiritual practice. We hope that these Daily Meditations, prayers and mindful awareness exercises can be part of bringing spirituality alive in your life….
‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ actor and comedian Taylor Negron dies
“I want to inform you that my cousin Taylor Negron just passed away,” he said in a YouTube video posted Saturday. “His mother, his brother, Alex, and my brother, Rene,…
United Nations Security Council Fast Facts
There are five permanent members: the United States, the Russian Federation, France, China, and the United Kingdom. Ten temporary members elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms. In 2014,…