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Global: Putin finally goes too far
30 Mar 2018
When Britain expelled 23 Russian diplomats in response to a Russian assassination attempt on UK soil, Vladimir Putin shrugged it off, no doubt believing the cost was predictable and bearable. Then 27 countries, including the USA,…
Cameroon: challenges for prayer
30 Mar 2018
Mission networking in Cameroon is bearing fruit through evangelical cooperation to reach the unconverted. Please pray for three initiatives: 1) Christian Missionary Fellowship International has remarkable ministries in prayer, missions and publishing, all having a global…
Syria: Turkish action in Afrin
30 Mar 2018
Turkey’s flag flew over Afrin while Turkish-led factions, including Salafi jihadi groups, were plundering the city. Images emerging from Afrin resembled a medieval army taking booty. Experts, observers and international anti-IS coalition officials expected Syrian Kurdish…
New Zealand: new Asian era?
23 Mar 2018
China’s Xi Jinping is now ‘president for life’, which many believe will cause NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s government to change its Asian foreign policy and identify potential new paths. President Trump has been inconsistent in…
South Korea: work ethos
23 Mar 2018
South Korea has some of the longest working hours in the world. Government employees work approximately 2,739 hours a year, 1,000 hours more than workers in other developed countries. The Seoul metropolitan government is introducing an…
Syria: another crisis developing
23 Mar 2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the Bundestag in Berlin on 21 March and condemned as ‘unacceptable’ Turkey’s military offensive in Syria’s northern town of Afrin. She criticized Russia for ‘just watching’ the continuing attacks by Syrian…