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Thursday, 06 August 2020 22:56
Australia: chemical stockpile much larger than Beirut
The explosion in Lebanon has reignited fears among Sydney residents where a huge chemical plant sits within three kilometres of the Sydney central business district (CBD). Residents have been demanding for years that the stockpile, four…
Thursday, 06 August 2020 22:52
Turkey: deporting foreign Christians
Dozens of foreign Christians in Turkey have been forced to leave the country or been banned from returning, in what appears to be government targeting of the Protestant Christian community. Many, like Carlos Madrigal of Spain,…
Thursday, 06 August 2020 22:48
Kazakhstan: church buildings confiscated
The authorities in Kazakhstan's capital Nur-Sultan ordered the confiscation of the buildings of both Grace Presbyterian Church and Agape Pentecostal Church, which is building a place of worship on the same site. City authorities claim the…
Thursday, 06 August 2020 22:43
Mozambique: churches burned, beheadings and coronavirus
On 23 July the Catholic bishop of Pemba spoke out deploring the world’s indifference to escalating extremist violence in northern Mozambique, where multiple churches have been burnt, people beheaded, young girls kidnapped, and over 200,000 people…
Thursday, 06 August 2020 22:40
China: typhoon follows floods
On 4 August, Typhoon Hagupit struck while the Yangtze flood levels were still high (see). Two months of heavy continuous rain had caused 433 river levels to rise above flood control lines, devastating 27 of the…
Thursday, 06 August 2020 21:29
USA: Portland police and press in riots
On 1 August, demonstrators in Portland damaged property and set fire to American flags and Bibles. Again, little law enforcement presence was visible, and no arrests were made. After weeks of similar violent rioting and nightly…