Headlines Around The World
*Energy experts in the U.K. are going to visit every home in the country in order to "help them go green".
*A new U.N. report says that the world is in denial about human trafficking.
*Is Nigeria moving towards a cashless society?
Persecution News
*A major academic publisher is recalling copies of the Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization because the articles in it are "too Christian" and "too anti-Muslim."
*A primary school receptionist in the U.K. is facing the prospect of being fired after her daughter talked about Jesus to a classmate.
*ABC News is slamming Christian missionaries in Brazil.
Charles Darwin's Birthday
*Charles Darwin's birthday was during this past week, and many churches were actually celebrating it.
*The Vatican says that Charles Darwin was on the right track when he claimed that humans descended from apes.
*One secularist group is celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin by putting ads on billboards that encourage people to "Evolve Beyond Belief".
*On "Darwin Day", myths were paraded about as facts.
Moral Collapse
*A new study reveals that teens spend 87 hours per year looking at online porn.
*Batwoman has made her comic book comeback as a lesbian.
*One group is warning the public about "sex kitten" toys that are targeted at young girls.
Economic Problems
*The net worth of Americans has fallen 20 percent since the beginning of the economic downturn.
*Home prices in the United States fell 12.4% during 2008. That was the biggest one year decline since the National Association of Realtors began keeping comprehensive records in 1979.
Bird Flu News
*Time magazine is asking this question: Is China Making Its Bird Flu Outbreak Worse?
*The Taipei Times has this startling headline: A Bird Flu Epidemic In The Making
Earth In Travail
*Russian scientists are genetically engineering goats to produce the same milk as a human mother.
*Hospitals and long-term medical care institutions across the U.S. are flushing 250 million pounds of pharmaceutical drugs directly into public sewer systems each year.
*Lastly, the devastating drought in Texas is becoming absolutely brutal.
No comments:
Post a Comment