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Bird Flu Global Outbreaks

  1. 15th March 2017
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

An article in Deutsche Welle warns, “More than half a million poultry in Germany have been killed since the latest outbreak of highly contagious bird flu… Nearly 40 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa have reported outbreaks of various strains of avian flu in poultry or wild birds since November, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Sweden Reinstitutes Military Draft

  1. 13th March 2017
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

Recently, Sweden “reintroduced a military draft for both men and women because of what Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist called a deteriorating security environment in Europe and around Sweden” (Time, March 2, 2017). A major reason for this move was the ominous threat to the Baltic nations from Russia and its increasingly aggressive activity across Europe (ibid...

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France and the Future of Europe

  1. 10th March 2017
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

The Economist reports, “This year’s [French] presidential election, the most exciting in living memory, promises an upheaval” (March 4, 2017).

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Benefits of Marriage

  1. 08th March 2017
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

A recent study published by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University indicates that married people experience lower stress levels (on average) than those not yet married or previously married (Time, February 16, 2017). Basing their conclusions on lower cortisol levels among married couples, researchers hypothesize that the lower cortisol levels may lead not...

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Netanyahu Warmly Welcomed in Australia

  1. 06th March 2017
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warmly welcomed on a recent visit by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. During the visit Mr. Turnbull expressed a great deal of praise and support for Mr. Netanyahu and Israel. “Mr Turnbull received a round of applause after denouncing a recent UN resolution condemning settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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Two-Speed Europe Involving the Pope?

  1. 03rd March 2017
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

The concept of a two-speed Europe is back in the news again (Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2017). This week Joseph Muscat, the Prime Minister of Malta and current EU president revived the call for a two-speed Europe where nations ready to move forward without the others can do so! At the same time, he called for greater involvement from the Roman Catholic pope...

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Playing God Without His Wisdom

  1. 01st March 2017
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

“E coli microbes have been modified to carry an expanded genetic code which researchers say will ultimately allow them to be programmed… Now, the first living organisms to thrive with an expanded genetic code have been made by researchers in work that paves the way for the creation and exploitation of entirely new life forms” (The Guardian, January, 24, 2017).

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China’s Future Impact

  1. 27th February 2017
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

The 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently met in the Philippines and were “unanimous in their expression of concern about what they see as a militarization of the region” (Reuters, February 21, 2017).

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A Coming “Post-Western” Age?

  1. 24th February 2017
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

“The world is ‘on the brink’ of a ‘post-Western age’, a leading German think tank has warned” (EU Observer, February 14, 2017). The Munich Security Conference (MSC) report suggested that the age we may now be entering is “one in which non-Western actors are shaping international affairs”—a reference to nations such as China, Russia, and Turkey (ibid.). The MSC...

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Africa’s Armyworm Invasion

  1. 22nd February 2017
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

“Scientists warn that parts of southern Africa already hit by record droughts now face another potential food crisis because [of] the invasion of a crop-eating pest, known as the ‘fall armyworm’” (BBC, February 14, 2017). Experts are unsure of how this caterpillar, native to the Americas, arrived in Africa, and the pest has arrived following two years of drought...

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