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Thursday, 24 February 2022 20:49
Burkina Faso: goldmine explosion
About 60 people were killed and dozens wounded on 21 February in an explosion at an informal gold mining site in Burkina Faso. TV images showed a site of felled trees, destroyed tin houses and bodies…
Thursday, 24 February 2022 20:45
Global: business as mission
God gives some the vocation of serving Him by running a business. Kingdom businesses are businesses with God's perspectives. The world is hungry for thousands of new businesses to be created, and places where the gospel…
Thursday, 24 February 2022 20:42
China: Hong Kong healthcare overwhelmed
Hong Kong is compulsorily testing all its 7.5 million citizens as the city battles surging coronavirus infections. Residents must undergo three rounds of tests starting in March. Hong Kong is trying to adhere to China's ‘zero…
Thursday, 24 February 2022 20:40
USA: Trump’s version of Twitter
A year after Donald Trump was banned from Twitter he launched his own social-media platform, Truth Social, in a limited form, on the US Apple app store. Commentators noted the app had similarities to Twitter. Some…
Thursday, 24 February 2022 20:35
Nicaragua: critics of president ‘guilty of conspiracy’
A court in Nicaragua has found seven critics of the government of Daniel Ortega guilty of conspiracy in what human rights groups have denounced as a ‘political trial’. Among those convicted are three opposition leaders who…
Thursday, 17 February 2022 21:26
Message from Help the Persecuted
A missionary’s message: ‘There is much happening right now. Persecution and hardships abound, yet our Mighty Lord reigns over it all! One member of our team and his young family have been receiving threatening messages due…