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"No Religion" Is Now Australia's Number One Religion

Worshippers gather for The Stations of the Cross as part of Good Friday Easter services at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney.

For the first time ever, "no religion" has overtaken any single religious denomination, toppling Catholicism as the number one religious affiliation for Australians, the latest national census released on Tuesday revealed.

Australia remains a fairly religious country, with 60% of people reporting a religious affiliation.

In 1966 only 0.8% of Australians ticked the box for "No religion", which includes atheists, secularists and agnostics.

The proportion of people reporting no religion increased to 30.1% in 2016 – up from 22% five years ago, and nearly double the 16% reported in 2001.

Those aged from 18 to 34 were most likely to report not having a religion (39%) than other age groups.

Those aged 65 years and over were more likely to report a religious affiliation. »

Sisters apart for 40 years reunited by working in the same US hospital!

Authored by feedster.com

Two orphaned sisters separated decades ago in South Korea have been reunited after being hired at the same hospital in Florida.

The women, now both in their 40s, were stunned to learn that they were related, having not seen each other since the early 1970s.

Both women had suffered tragic losses and spent time at orphanages in South Korea before being adopted by American families. »

2 Million Free Eclipse Glasses Coming to US Libraries

Authored by space.com

Over 2 million pairs of free eclipse glasses will be distributed by libraries and library organizations across the U.S. for the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse.

Public libraries across the United States will distribute more than 2 million pairs of free eclipse glasses to skywatchers for the total solar eclipse that will sweep over the country on Aug. 21, 2017.

Although applications to receive free eclipse-viewing glasses have closed, libraries and educators can still purchase discounted glasses from American Paper Optics. »

The £1 billion Theresa May spent on votes of ten Ulster MPs could have replaced all flammable cladding on country’s high flats – twice – The Scottish Sun

Authored by thescottishsun.co.uk

THERESA May has paid an enormous price to persuade the DUP to keep her teetering government in power.

For £1billion, Mrs May bought the votes of ten Ulster MPs for the next two years.

For £1billion she could have replaced all the flammable cladding on the country’s high flats. »

EU fines Google record $2.7 billion in first antitrust case

Authored by reuters.com

FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is seen on a door at the company's office in Tel Aviv January 26, 2011.

FILE PHOTO: Euro coins are seen in front of a Google logo in this picture illustration, April 21, 2015.

BRUSSELS EU antitrust regulators hit Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google with a record 2.42-billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine on Tuesday, taking a tough line in the first of three investigations into the company's dominance in searches and smartphones. »