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Thursday, 14 June 2018 23:09
Hungary: proposal to end homelessness
MP Istvan Bajkai hopes homelessness will become a thing of the past if his proposed law is taken on by the government. Bajkai previously worked as prime minister Viktor Orban’s lawyer. He wants to amend the…
Thursday, 14 June 2018 23:06
Catholic hospitals must carry out abortions
Irish hospitals with a Catholic ethos will be expected to carry out abortions when the country’s new laws on terminations come into effect, the Taoiseach has made clear. Leo Varadkar said that while individual doctors, nurses…
Thursday, 14 June 2018 23:04
Singapore summit - current prayer needs
Donald Trump appears to have succeeded in negotiations with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un where his predecessors failed. However, the lesson of previous deals (in 1994 and 2005) is ‘it is easier to reach agreements than to…
Thursday, 14 June 2018 23:02
USA: pray for trade tariff turnaround
One of the underlying motivations for the American Revolution was to industrialise, and reverse the crippling trade deficit with Britain. Protectionism and trade barriers were the USA's de facto policy for trading until 1947, when it…
Thursday, 14 June 2018 22:58
Yemen: UN warnings ignored
The UN has said that, in a worst-case scenario, as many as 250,000 people could be killed in a new offensive against Hodeidah, currently under the control of Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The city is a lifeline…
Thursday, 14 June 2018 22:57
North Korean Christians
Intellectual and religious freedom in North Korea is atrocious, but God could use Trump and Kim’s meeting to initiate freedom from the constant oppression Christians receive for following Jesus. They are imprisoned for their faith, often…