28 June 2015
US same-sex marriage ruling likely to impact other countries
The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages
has no legal force outside the United States, but gay rights activists
in many parts of the world believe the court ruling will help their
cause.
In the Philippines, in India, in Australia and elsewhere, gay rights advocates think the U.S. ruling may help change attitudes, just as American activists — and judges, educators and legislators — had earlier been influenced by the easy acceptance of same-sex marriage in some European countries, where the laws were changed smoothly without much fuss.
In the Philippines, in India, in Australia and elsewhere, gay rights advocates think the U.S. ruling may help change attitudes, just as American activists — and judges, educators and legislators — had earlier been influenced by the easy acceptance of same-sex marriage in some European countries, where the laws were changed smoothly without much fuss.
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19 June 2015
UK police probe whether 2 men stowed away beneath plane
A man was in critical condition in a London hospital after he was found
stowed away in the undercarriage of a plane that had just completed a
10-hour flight, and police are investigating whether a man found dead on
a west London rooftop fell from the same plane.
Authorities at Heathrow Airport found the man in the undercarriage of a British Airways plane after it landed Thursday morning on a flight from Johannesburg. Police say they believe they know his identity and that he is 24 but they are awaiting confirmation before they release any details.
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18 June 2015
Muslims worldwide to mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday
Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday, a
month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts.
Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the start of Ramadan a day or two apart. However, this year religious authorities in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Indonesia and most other parts of the world announced based on their sightings of the moon that daily fasting would begin Thursday.