A new study finds that even the best-case scenario of “only” a 1-degree rise in global temperatures could increase the likelihood of extreme weather — including floods, droughts and heat waves — in the U.S. and around the world. The frequency of…

Some times unexpected things happen prophetically. Bermuda has become the first country to legalize and then repeal same-sex marriage. They have swapped same-sex marriage law for a domestic partnerships law for LGBT couples. Needless to say the move was criticized…

The US is being ravaged by a deadly strain of influenza with over 4,000 deaths a week at the time of this briefing, and rate is still raising. It rivals levels normally seen when an altogether new virus emerges, decimating…

In a special investigation by The Age, Melbourne’s major paper, it has been revealed that the value of the Catholic Church’s wealth in Australia is at least $30 billion, and raises serious questions about compensation payments to victims of child sex…

Reflecting the spirit of the age, the Canadian Senate has approved new gender-neutral wording for O Canada, Canada’s national anthem. And now the new lyrics to are official. Canadian Heritage Minister Melanie Joly says the two word revision to the…

At least ten people died as Taiwan was hit with a 6.4 earthquake just after midnight on Wednesday the 7th of February. Rescuers combed through rubble at Hualien, a tourist city of about 100,000 people about 120km south from Taipei,…

Weather manipulation, known as geoengineering, has been around for millennia and is just as controversial as ever. Now the US government has recommended studies into two areas of geoengineering research. It is even talking about spraying sulfur dioxide in the…

The editor of the Barbados Advocate has published an article that advocates the union of church and state and getting the nation back to God. Here is his article. “For some time now, there have been calls for God to…

A railroad track switch locked into the wrong position apparently caused an Amtrak passenger train to crash into a stationary freight train in South Carolina at 2:30 in the morning, Sunday February 4, killing two Amtrak employees and injuring 116…

In an effort to further ecumenical dialogue with the Catholic Church, the Lutheran bishops from Finland made their annual pilgrimage to Rome. They presented Pope Francis with a document to help address remaining differences between the two communions. The document…

Nuclear war, Cyberattacks and environmental disasters top the list of threats to global stability in 2018, according to a survey of 1,000 international leaders from business, government, education and service groups. Some of them are man-made, while others are natural. The…

According to a letter published by the European Evangelical Alliance, the Religion and Civil Society Ministry of Kazakhstan prepared a draft bill, called an Amending Law, which proposes changes to three codes and nine laws, including the 2011 Religion Law….