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Thursday, 28 July 2022 22:08
China: Christians, Covid, and cholera
Chinese officials locked down a popular resort city after 450 Covid-19 cases emerged, causing over 2,000 tourists to be stranded as the city conducts mass testing. China’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy puts immense pressure on regional leaders to…
Thursday, 28 July 2022 22:06
Global health emergency: monkeypox
WHO has declared monkeypox a global health emergency. The first case was in a child in 1970. Since then, outbreaks were small and traceable to an individual returning from a country with monkeypox. But the current…
Thursday, 28 July 2022 22:03
Papua New Guinea: election violence
Over 24 people were killed and 3,000 displaced this month as the nation battled a surge of election violence in the runup to choosing the next prime minister: either incumbent James Marape or the PM who…
Thursday, 28 July 2022 22:00
Iran: new nuclear research reactor
On 27 July Mohammed Eslami, head of the national atomic energy organisation, announced that Iran is building a new nuclear research reactor at a facility in Isfahan. The reactor will be able to test fuel for…
Friday, 22 July 2022 05:52
Ghana / Ivory Coast: Marburg virus
Ghana has confirmed two deaths from the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as Ebola. No treatment yet exists for Marburg. Ghana Health officials said 98 people were under quarantine on 19…
Friday, 22 July 2022 05:51
Global: Christians persecuted and displaced
When our brothers and sisters are displaced because of their faith in Christ, we can support them through prayer. As we pray, we open our hearts to their needs and grow deeper in fellowship with them.…