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Southern Baptists are ready for the World Cup  It’s the biggest single sporting event on earth and this year it’s taking place in North America — mostly here in the U.S. — and the opportunities for evangelism are significant.  SBC spokesman Tim Dowdy tells Baptist Press “The World Cup presents a unique chance for our family of churches to engage people from all over the world with the Gospel.”  The matches, […]

MADRID (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for newfound respect for the rights of migrants and international law during an address to the Spanish parliament that signaled a new level of acceptance of the Catholic Church in the public sphere in the overwhelmingly secular country. In the first papal address to the Spanish legislature, the American pope said a “moral renewal” was necessary in legislatures and public life to […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and Iran traded fire early Monday in their first attacks since the U.S. struck a ceasefire two months ago, threatening to drag the Middle East back into a full-scale war. The war, launched by the U.S. and Israel on Feb. 29 with strikes on Iran, has shaken the global economy, driven energy prices up around the world and made many basics, including food, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. prepares for an extravagant celebration of its founding principles, fewer Americans see their country as exceptional, a new poll finds. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research highlights many Americans’ feeling of unease over the future of its representative government — particularly among young people. It presents a jarring contrast as communities around the country commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary. […]

By Ed White, May Angel and Oliver Griffin WINNIPEG, Manitoba/LONDON/SAO PAULO (Reuters) June 8 – Brazil’s cheap, abundant land has long helped the country’s farmers create vast, low-cost farms, allowing them to wrest export markets from U.S. farmers hurt when China began switching suppliers during President Donald Trump’s tariff wars.  While U.S. farm acreage has not grown this century, Brazil’s has soared about 50%, making it an agricultural powerhouse. But […]

By Akash Sriram and Echo Wang June 8 (Reuters) – When SpaceX goes public on Friday with what is expected to be a record-setting IPO, it will cap two decades of founder and CEO Elon Musk’s ambition to transform rocketry, satellite communications and humanity’s reach into space. Each step of the way, there has been a guiding hand largely out of view: the company’s president, Gwynne Shotwell, who has spent […]

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan early Monday claimed victory in the country’s general election, as preliminary results showed his governing Civil Contract party came first with 49.81% of the vote. Pashinyan and the governing Civil Contract party are looking for a strong mandate for a new geopolitical course for Armenia, including distancing the South Caucasus country from Moscow and seeking to join the European Union. His […]

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan early Monday claimed victory in the country’s general election, as preliminary results showed his governing Civil Contract party came first with 49.81% of the vote. Pashinyan and the governing Civil Contract party are looking for a strong mandate for a new geopolitical course for Armenia, including distancing the South Caucasus country from Moscow and seeking to join the European Union. His […]

DUBAI, June 8 (Reuters) – Overnight exchanges of fire between Iran and Israel will only worsen an already “chaotic diplomatic process” with the United States, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday, adding that Tehran was exchanging messages with Washington in an atmosphere of “extreme suspicion”. Baghaei said Israel’s actions in Lebanon, whether carried out with U.S. knowledge and consent or not, were aimed at sabotaging diplomacy. He […]