AP News, by Jill Lawless: Church of England priests offered officially sanctioned blessings of same-sex partnerships for the first time on Sunday, though a ban on church weddings for gay couples remains in place amid deep divisions within global Anglicanism…

Reclaim The Net, by Didi Rankovic: EU DisinfoLab, a non-profit officially operating independently but regularly making policy recommendations to the EU and member-states, is now pushing for a security structure created by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and…

Crossway, by Jason S. DeRouchie: Moses matters for Christians, and yet he spoke in a context that’s very different from our own. The old covenant is not the covenant we’re under. We are under the new covenant. So all of…

Reclaim The Net, by Didi Rankovicp: US federal law enforcement and courts have gone a step further in the extreme efforts they are making to surveil people’s activities online, including on Google’s vast platforms. The latest is that the tech…

Express, by Alessandra Scotto Di Santolo: In a bold move amid escalating tensions in the region, Sweden has confirmed plans to station troops in Latvia, aligning with NATO’s presence there. Ambassador Axel Wernhoff affirmed Sweden’s commitment, indicating troop deployment to…

Barrons, by Nina Larson: The situation in chaos-wracked Haiti is “cataclysmic”, with more than 1,500 people killed by gang violence so far this year and more weapons pouring into the country, the UN said Thursday. In a fresh report, the…

CBN, by Talia Wise: The White House is vowing to repeal a provision in the newly passed government spending bill that blocks U.S. embassies from flying the LGBT pride flag. The ban was a provision tucked inside the $1.2 trillion…

AP News, by Christopher Bodeen, Johnson Lai, and Simina Mistreanu: The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan Wednesday morning, killing nine people, stranding dozens at quarries and a national park, and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of…

Fox News, by Greg Norman: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that a person in Texas has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, otherwise known as H5N1 bird flu. “This person had exposure to dairy cattle…

Digital Assets, by Javier Bastardo: With the anarcho-capitalist and libertarian leader Javier Milei taking power in Argentina in December 2023, many felt that his plans to rebuild the national economy and dollarize it would help Bitcoin BTC 0.0% and cryptocurrencies…

Newsweek, by Natalie Venegas: Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s friend, Viktor Medvedchuk, recently predicted that a nuclear strike will “most likely” be coming. Putin and senior Russian officials have repeatedly threatened nuclear escalation against Kyiv and…

Daily Express, by Lucy Sarret: Taiwan has officially confirmed the presence of US troops stationed on its islands in the Taiwan Strait permanently, a development that could further escalate mounting tensions with China. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed…