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The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) have called on Christians to hold a day of prayer in order to see an end to the war in Ukraine. The groups are asking for evangelical churches to set aside the 24th August, Ukraine’s Independence Day, to “declare our dependence on God, the One who can bring true peace to the hearts of each individual person, each family and even entire peoples”. The 24th August will mark six months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Over the past six months, millions of Ukrainians have been displaced within their nation or...

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination for governor in Florida on Tuesday, setting him up to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall in a campaign that the Republican incumbent sees as the first step toward a potential White House run. In selecting Crist, Florida Democrats sided with a candidate backed by many in the party’s establishment who viewed him as the safest choice, even after he lost his previous two statewide elections. The 66-year-old moderate, who served as Florida’s Republican governor a decade ago, hopes to appeal to voters in Florida’s teeming suburbs as Democrats seek to reverse...

The largest private employer in the U.S. is now covering procedure and travel expenses for abortions up until “fetal viability,” which would include the great majority of sought-after abortions.(LifeSiteNews) – Walmart told its employees on Friday that it will now cover the cost of abortion and related travel expenses in cases up until the point of “fetal viability.” The health care plans of the largest private employer in the U.S. will now pay for abortion “when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability,” according to an internal memo,...

Outgoing National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday on FNC’s “Your World” that he was not responsible for the COVID shutdowns. Host Neil Cavuto said, “You had said a number of times, doctor, on this show as well, that your response to COVID might not have been perfect, but it was in the times and the fast moments in which you lived and were making those decisions. So, looking back at some of those decisions, including masks – you were first opposed to them and then embraced them – the severity of the epidemic...

ROME – An exiled Nicaraguan bishop appeared to challenge Pope Francis Sunday, after the pontiff appealed for an “open and sincere dialogue” with the government of President Daniel Ortega about the recent imprisonment of another Catholic prelate. “It is necessary to ask for freedom. We must not negotiate with the person [Ortega]. We must ask for freedom, because they are innocent,” said Bishop Silivio Báez in a Mass celebrated in Miami and broadcast through his social networks. Báez was calling for the freedom of Bishop Rolando Álvarez, recently arrested, along with several of his companions, on charges of trying to...

The Scottish Government has confirmed they will host another abortion care summit and discuss the introduction of protest buffer zones at local authority level this month.The summit is planned for late August, the Scottish Government has said, and will aim to look at using byelaw powers to prevent patients feeling harassed by anti-abortion vigils or protests. This will be the second summit the Government has convened after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon hosted one in June.

Outgoing National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci claimed Tuesday on FNC’s “Your World” that the COVID shutdowns did not “forever irreparably” damage anyone. Cavuto said, “In retrospect, Doctor, do you regret that it went too far, whatever your original intentions were, and it’s easy to be a Monday morning quarterback here, but that it went too far, that, particularly for kids who couldn’t go to school, except remotely, that it’s forever damaged them?”

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky responded to a question on whether coronavirus lockdowns went too far by stating that she doesn’t “want to re-visit the question of lockdowns that predated me.” Host Neil Cavuto asked, [relevant exchange begins around 3:35] “Director, do you think the lockdowns went too far?”

JEFFERSON CITY — John Wood, a former investigator for the Jan. 6 committee who launched an independent bid for U.S. Senate in Missouri, said Tuesday he was withdrawing from the race. Wood, who positioned himself as a conservative alternative to the Democratic and Republican nominees, said there was no path forward for his bid after controversial ex-Gov. Eric Greitens lost to Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Aug. 2 in the Republican primary.

A trial researching treatment for patients with sight loss as a result of diabetes has shown a type of laser treatment to be both cost effective and non-invasive. There are several treatment options offered to people with Diabetic Macular Oedema (DMO), including two types of laser treatment and eye injections. DMO happens when blood vessels in the retina at the back of the eye leak, causing fluid build-up at the macula, which provides central vision. The leakage occurs when high blood sugar levels damage blood vessels. Patients with severe DMO are treated with injections into the eye of drugs, known...

Friend of the Brett Winterble Show + author and lawyer Gordon Chang rejoined the program to discuss his article about why he thinks China is preparing for war.

Russian state TV has claimed military targets on UK soil should be attacked if British soldiers are deployed in Ukraine. Igor Korotchenko, a pro-Kremlin military journalist, said Russia doesn't "desire" war with the UK, but would react harshly if any soldiers were sent to the frontline. Speaking on the state-owned Russia 1, Korotchenko said Russia "reserved the right to resort to any possible action" if British soldiers engaged with the Russian armed forces in Ukraine. Britain has been an ally of Ukraine since Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion on 24 February, providing more than £2bn in weapons and aid to...

Žarko Pejanović, champion of Montenegro in lying down The 12th lying down competition, traditionally organized by the Ethno village of Montenegro in Brezni, has ended. The title of the most relaxed was won by Žarko Pejanović, known as "Knele" from Zabjela. After approximately 60 hours of lying down, the title of the biggest champion in lying down goes to Zabjelo! Of the nine contestants who took part in this year's competition, the finalists Žarko Pejanović from Zabjela and Vuk Koljenšić from Danilovgrad fought for the title. As it was previously unofficially announced, there were negotiations on the division of the...

MOSCOW. Aug 22 (Interfax) - Germany, Europe's leading gas market, has reaching its minimum target of stocking 80% of underground gas storage (UGS) capacity. However, the EU's primary economy intends to continue active gas injection ahead of the coming winter. The gas transit request via Ukraine was unchanged from previous days and months. UKRAINE TRANSIT Gas Transport System Operator of Ukraine or GTSOU has accepted a request from Gazprom for Monday to transport 41.6 million cubic meters of gas through the country, data from GTSOU show. The request for Sunday was 42.2 million cubic meters. Capacity was requested only through...

Army members have been told that they "must be prepared" for the possibility of being deployed to Ukraine to fight in the war against Russia. Warrant Officer Paul Carney issued the warning six months on from Vladimir Putin's invasion of the country in February, saying that British troops “must be prepared for new realities” as the UK military was now “shaping itself to meet the threat from Russia”. WO1 Carney, the Army’s highest-ranking Warrant Officer, instructed soldiers to check that they were physically fit enough for operations, as well as taking the time to have conversations with family members, The...

America First politician Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Tuesday night successfully fended off a primary challenge from Mark Lombardo, according to projections. Dave Wasserman, the House editor for the Cook Political Report, said late Tuesday night that Gaetz defeated his primary opponent Lombardo in Florida’s first congressional district.

This was supposed to be hotly contested- 66% of the vote in and Nadler up by almost 40pts. President Trump trolled this one and endorsed fat Nadler.

“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out” [Proverbs 24:17-20].

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Former Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf debates the existence of measurable levels of election fraud with CNN's Jim Acosta. "Any type of election fraud should be addressed," Wolf said. "I don't think we should say there was just a little bit of fraud, so it is OK." "There is fraud in our election system. If people don't acknowledge that, that becomes part of the problem," Wolf said. Acosta replied: "You were the former acting secretary of homeland security and you’re spreading doubt and fear about our election process."