Death, in most cultures, is marked by burials beneath the earth or cremation by fire, but in Tibet and parts of Mongolia, a centuries-old tradition takes a strikingly different path with the Sky Burial. Sky Burial, known locally as “Jhator” (meaning giving alms to the birds), is a funeral practice where the body of a...
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Brown Rice: A Nutritional Powerhouse That Offers More Health Benefits Than Its Refined Counterpart
Brown rice is a whole grain that gives rich health benefits. Unlike white rice, brown rice keeps its bran and germ, which are packed with nutrients. This makes it a nutritional powerhouse, offering more fiber, vitamins, and minerals than its refined counterpart. HEALTH BENEFITS OF BROWN RICE. VARIETIES OF BROWN RICE. There’s also brown basmati...
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French President Emmanuel Macron Discloses Inability Of 193 Member States To Resolve Major Conflict At The United Nations General Assembly
Emmanuel Macron: “We were 51 in San Francisco; today we are 193 Member States in this United Nations General Assembly. “And yet, we are dividing. The fracturing of our world is holding back our collective ability to resolve major conflicts and to meet our common challenges. “Now more than ever, we must restore the spirit...
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Bangkok Road Collapse Creates Sinkhole, Disrupts Traffic And Prompt Evacuations
Part of a road in Bangkok collapsed on Wednesday, leaving a large sinkhole that disrupted traffic, damaged infrastructure and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area. There were no casualties but three vehicles were damaged by the collapse, said Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt. He said officials believe the collapse was caused by ongoing construction of an underground train...
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Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh, Dies
Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia ‘s grand mufti who served the kingdom’s top religious figure over a quarter century that saw the ultraconservative Muslim nation socially liberalize, died Tuesday. He was in his 80s. Sheikh Abdulaziz’s role as grand mufti put him as one of the top Islamic clerics in the world of Sunni Muslims....
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Typhoon Ragasa Batters Hong Kong And Southern China After Causing Deaths In Taiwan And Philippines
Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese coast on Wednesday after leaving deadly destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines. In Taiwan, 14 people died in a flooded township, and 10 deaths were reported in the Philippines. Nearly 1.9 million people...
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South Korea Jails CEO Of Battery Maker For 15 Years Over Deadly Fire
The chief executive of a South Korean lithium battery maker where 23 workers were killed in a fire last year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday in the toughest ruling over an industrial accident in the country. Park Soon-kwan, CEO of the battery maker Aricell, had been charged under the country’s industrial safety law,...