“Monsoon rains have claimed hundreds of lives across Asia, authorities reported Monday, as rescuers scrambled to reach remote areas of India, Pakistan and Myanmar after flash floods and landslides. Authorities in India say more than 120 people have died across the country in recent days, while more than a million have been displaced by rains worsened by a cyclone that barrelled through the Bay of Bengal last week”  (L’Agence France-Presse, August 3, 2015).

“The Chinese government is struggling to contain the collapse of a stock-market rally it helped engineer, announcing late Monday that it will step up its purchases of shares to prop up sagging indexes.

“California’s historic drought appears to be matched by severe dry spells on three other continents. Brazil, North Korea and South Africa are bearing the brunt of much lower-than-average precipitation, wreaking havoc on millions of peoples’ lives and livelihoods” (USA Today, July 27, 2015).

“Christians are facing growing persecution around the world, fuelled mainly by Islamic extremism and repressive governments...

Thankfully, my wife and I are only temporarily “homeless” due to selling our house and living in temporary quarters until we relocate in a couple of weeks. However, there are many genuinely homeless people, even in America. And our nation’s houses are being turned over to foreigners. Why?