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Wednesday, 29 July 2015 17:13
World Special Olympics begin
On 25 July, the World Summer Games in Los Angeles kick off with 6,500 Special Olympians competing. Across the world people working with adults with special needs recognise the power of sport to inspire hope, build…
Wednesday, 29 July 2015 17:08
Yemen: First UN aid ship in four months in Aden
Last week Prayer-Alert readers prayed for an end to the situation where Yemen was being blockaded by a Saudi-led military coalition that was preventing 21 million Yemenis receiving urgent humanitarian assistance in a deteriorating war situation.…
Friday, 17 July 2015 13:30
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: A living wage
A compulsory National Living Wage was announced by the Chancellor, George Osborne, this week, in the first purely Conservative budget for 19 years. ‘Britain deserves a pay rise, and Britain is getting a pay rise,’ he…
Friday, 17 July 2015 13:29
Ukraine: Facing up to high cost of cheap gas
President Petro Poroshenko, in promising to clean up Ukraine's corrupt energy sector in his annual speech to parliament, said ‘opaque gas fumes will no longer light up Forbes Global Rich List with Ukrainian names.’ Ukraine’s energy…
Friday, 17 July 2015 13:28
Sweden: Swedish police call for tougher bridge checks
Police in Malmö are aiming to crack down on a recent wave of gun crime in the city. Violence in Sweden's third largest urban centre has escalated in the past two months, including shootings, explosions, hand…
Friday, 17 July 2015 13:28
Switzerland: Fifa bans ex-official for life over massive bribes
On 9 July Zurich-based FIFA banned Chuck Blazer, a central figure in the corruption scandal that has engulfed world football, for life for taking millions of dollars in bribes. ‘Mr Blazer committed many and various acts…