News and Prophecy Staff

“Police detained seven Jewish men suspected of planning to sacrifice goats in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday in honor of the Passover holiday… Two of the young men were picked up on Friday morning on their way to carry out the sacrifice” (Times of Israel, April 22, 2016).

Earthquakes are causing increasing concern year after year.

“China was a net seller of U.S. Treasuries for the first time in history last year. [China]… liquidated $292 billion in Treasury debt, along with $92 billion in U.S. stocks” (Wall Street Daily, April 18, 2016). Economists are concerned that “Without China’s ongoing commitment to Treasuries, the U.S. federal government” will not be able to service its growing debt (ibid.).

“The United States, Russia and China are now aggressively pursuing a new generation of smaller, less destructive nuclear weapons. The buildups threaten to revive a Cold War-era arms race and unsettle the balance of destructive force among nations that has kept the nuclear peace for more than a half-century” (New York Times, April 16, 2016). The U.S.

“Something in modern life is undermining mental health… Specifically… young people’s mental health, especially girls” (Quartz, March 21, 2016).