Today’s news briefs include a 6-second kiss study; Canada oks weapons use in Russia and Dennis Quaid on his movie “Reagan” being censored by social media. Canada gives green light to using ...
Read More »Persecution of Christians in West on the rise, watchdog leader says
Persecution of Christians in the United States and throughout the West is on the rise, according to Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern in Washington. “Basically, we are frogs in the ...
Read More »U.S. issues advisory to all citizens traveling overseas
Area residents planning overseas travel this fall are advised to stay alert. The U.S. State Department has issued a worldwide travel advisory, urging Americans abroad to exercise increased caution because of heightened tensions ...
Read More »Smoke from Canadian fires blankets cities
In an apocalyptic scene, New York and other major Northeastern cities are shrouded in heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires. Meteorologists say wildfire smoke blanketing the Midwest and Northeastern US is the worst ...
Read More »Canadian faces punishment for preaching outside drag queen story hour
Nathaniel Pawlowski, the son of a pastor in Calgary, faces potential punishment for preaching and reading the Bible outside a drag queen story time for children at a public library. “We went ...
Read More »Google blocks news from Canadian users as gov’t debates bill
Google says it is blocking some Canadian users from viewing news content in response to the Liberal government’s online news bill. The proposed Online News Act, also known as Bill C-18, would require ...
Read More »Netflix sharing crackdown expands to four more countries
Netflix this week expanded its crackdown on sharing to Canada, Portugal, New Zealand, and Spain, the company stated in a blog post. The move comes after it tested the plan in Latin ...
Read More »Canada to purchase missile defense system for Ukraine
Canada will supply Ukraine with a new surface-to-air missile system to protect its cities and infrastructure. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau informed President Joe Biden of the purchase on the sidelines of the ...
Read More »Report: Lasting impact from supporting child living in poverty
A child in poverty who is sponsored by someone from a Western country is up to 80 percent more likely to graduate from college, a new report from Gospel for Asia found. ...
Read More »Canadian court acquits pastor jailed for keeping church open during pandemic
A Canadian pastor is thanking God after being acquitted on charges of violating public health orders for opening his church despite government pandemic lockdowns. As reported on Metrovoicenews.com, Pastor Tim Stephens of ...
Read More »Judge rules in favor of Canadian pastor jailed for holding services during lockdown
Artur Pawlowski, the Canadian pastor who was jailed for holding church services during Alberta’s pandemic lockdown, has won a major victory in court. An Alberta appeals court panel ruled that the health ...
Read More »G-7 creates $600 billion global plan to counter China’s ‘debt trap’
The Group of Seven (G-7) nations are confronting China head-on with $600 billion for a global infrastructure program. The new initiative, spread out over 5 years, will serve as a “positive alternative” ...
Read More »Kansas City selected to host World Cup soccer matches in 2026
The world is coming to Kansas City in four years. FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, announced the host cities for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday, with 11 U.S. cities, ...
Read More »Exxon responds to Biden letter that threatens “emergency powers”
Exxon Mobil fired back at President Joe Biden who has moved from blaming Vladimir Putin to now blaming U.S. energy producers for soaring gas prices. The White House is now threatening to use ...
Read More »Canadians warned of huge housing market correction
Canadians could see housing prices drop by as much as 18% by the end of 2023, according to a new real estate outlook report. The report comes as, like recent U.S. Federal ...
Read More »Sen. Josh Hawley calls for Canada to be listed as religious liberty violator for imprisonment of pastor
Canada should be added to a special watch list of religious liberty violators as a Canadian pastor continues to be jailed after addressing the Freedom Convoy on the U.S.-Canada border last month, Missouri ...
Read More »Today In Christian History: Chaplains, death, and heroism on the high seas
February 3, 1943: Four Chaplains Set a High Standard of Heroism Captain Hans J. Danielsen of the Dorchester was uneasy. The coast guard had warned him that a U-boat was prowling the ...
Read More »U.S. pastors fear Canadian law that jails pastors, counselors over Bible teaching
Pastors across North America are concerned about a new Canadian law that could effectively make it a crime to affirm biblical teaching about sexual morality. The controversial legislation went into effect January ...
Read More »Justin Trudeau has Covid as Canadian truck convoy protests in Ottawa
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has imposed some of the most strict Covid mitigation measures in the world, now has Covid. “This morning, I tested positive for COVID-19,” Trudeau said in a tweet. ...
Read More »Church that defied in-person ban helped lead drug user to Christ
Trinity Bible Chapel in Ontario, Canada, was fined $100,000 last year for refusing to shut its doors in defiance of the Reopening Ontario Act, as well as the Emergency Management and Civil ...
Read More »John MacArthur urges pastors to preach on sexuality in response to new Canadian law
A new Canadian law effectively bans pastors from teaching that homosexuality and transgenderism are sins according to the Bible. C-4 unanimously passed both the House of Commons and the Senate before receiving ...
Read More »Report: Western nations soft-peddle China’s persecution of Christians, other minorities
The belief that downplaying Beijing’s human rights abuses would lead to reforms in China has not only validated the Chinese Communist Party’s approach against Christians and other religious minorities but has also ...
Read More »Israel bans citizens from traveling to United States over Covid
The Israel cabinet on Monday approved a ban on travel to the United States because of concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant. All travel restrictions, including those entering Israel, ...
Read More »Missionaries snuck past numerous guards in daring Haiti escape
Escaping captors in the middle of the night, 12 Christian Aid Ministries missionaries hiked silently through the moonlit jungle of Haiti, pausing at times to pray for the direction that led to ...
Read More »Energy Secretary Granholm criticized for laughing at energy crisis
Although rising gasoline and heating oil prices are no laughing matter for most Americans, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently laughed when asked about them. Thomas Keene, a host on BloombergTV, asked the ...
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