Articles
Flood defences
11 Dec 2015
It is going to be a grim Christmas for many in Cumbria as they clean up after the floods. Those who were also affected by the 2009 floods might not be inclined to believe the ‘once…
EU meeting to discuss UK proposals
11 Dec 2015
On Thursday and Friday next week a meeting of the EU Council will be held in Brussels. David Cameron was warned that a central demand to curb immigration might be asking too much. Donald Tusk, president…
EU says IS has chemical and biological weapons
11 Dec 2015
Islamic State is armed with biological and chemical weapons but Europeans don’t take the existential threat seriously, according to a European Union parliament document. Also, Israeli experts say IS is armed with weapons forbidden by the…
Dominican Republic: pro-life landmark victory
11 Dec 2015
The constitutional tribunal of the Dominican Republic has issued a landmark ruling overturning a law pushed through by President Danilo Medina. The new law, which had been personally advocated by the president as part of a…
112 people per second open a Bible app
11 Dec 2015
Every second, the world conducts 40,000 Google searches, creates five new Facebook profiles, and opens YouVersion’s Bible App 112 times. In the app, three bookmarks are created, four verses are shared, and 18 verses are highlighted.…
Sister Hayat, an Iraqi nun, lived a quiet life of devotion in a Dominican monastery near Mosul. She worked in an orphanage and taught anthropology at a local university. Then IS overran the city and the…