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LINCOLNSHIRE, IL., January 24, 2022 – Klein Tools , a family-owned and operated hand tools manufacturer, today announced a new partnership with the Home Builders Institute (HBI). Through this partnership, Klein Tools will serve as the title electrical sponsor of the Home Builders Institute’s 55 electrical programs nationwide, which prepare students with the skills, knowledge,…Continue Reading

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ERBIL – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO) signed a new agreement on research into food security, to support informed decision-making on efforts to support vulnerable families in the Kurdistan Region. An important element of the partnership is training, and helping strengthen the skills and expertise of KRSO…Continue Reading

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(RNS) — The best decision Bob Harris, president of Christian College of Georgia, ever made for his school was to apply for an obscure Federal Communications Commission license. In the 1990s, Harris learned that schools like his could apply for Educational Broadband Service licenses to allow them to broadcast educational programs. Such a license, he…Continue Reading

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(RNS) — The National Association of Evangelicals has hired a director of its new Racial Justice & Reconciliation Collaborative, an initiative aimed at providing resources and training for churches in its 40 member denominations. Mekdes Haddis, the new initiative’s director, was hired for the full-time role a month ago after serving in church and nonprofit…Continue Reading

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(RNS) — On April 14, Jains will celebrate the birth anniversary of Vardhaman Mahavir, founder of what is today the smallest of India’s six major religious groups — after Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism and Buddhism — but one of the oldest. Mahavir is honored as the Jains’ 24th and last tirthankara, a line of spiritual…Continue Reading

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HYDERABAD, India — Fire raged through a pharmaceutical factory after an explosion in southern India, killing at least six workers on night shift and burning 13 others, police said Thursday.The fire broke out due to a chemical reactor leaking monomethyl nitric acid — used for manufacturing several types of polymers — which caused an explosion on Wednesday…Continue Reading

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The deportation of a Rohingya women back to Myanmar has sparked fears that India is preparing to expel many more refugees from the country.Hasina Begum, 37, was deported from Indian-administered Kashmir two weeks ago, despite holding a UN verification of her refugee status, intended to protect holders from arbitrary detention. Begum was among 170 refugees…Continue Reading