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(SRN NEWS)- If you were a Christian adolescent in America 100 years ago you probably would have seen aspects of your faith being supported in the culture generally.  That’s not the case now.  A new poll from the Barna Group finds 44% of Christian teens feel their beliefs are in conflict with modern culture and 51% say their faith is pretty much something they just keep to themselves.  Barna says the […]

(SRN NEWS)-Many are killed, beaten or jailed for their faith.  But how many are forced into exile?  The Pew Research Center has been adding up the number of people who have been driven from their homes because of their religious beliefs.  In 2023, 58 countries saw some amount of displacement caused by persecution.  It was the worst in the Middle East and North Africa where 60% of countries saw displacements.  44% […]

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, are set to find out Friday how many millions of pounds they will have to pay initially to the publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper following their failed invasion of privacy case. Following their defeat in a High Court case in London last month alleging malpractice, such as the illegal hacking of phones, the high-profile figures will learn the […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 21 (Reuters) – An Israeli man guarding a group of Jewish settlers who walked onto Palestinian village land on Friday opened fire towards Palestinians who confronted them, killing a 17-year-old and wounding a 70-year-old man, officials said.  The incident in the occupied West Bank village of Sa’ir followed the latest in what the Israeli military describes as “unauthorized hikes” by settlers, who enter the outskirts of […]

By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Ticket sales for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, which have been dubbed the “biggest sporting event in history,” have topped 6 million, organizers said on Friday, with the next public sale planned for 2027. LA28 said most available tickets from its first two sales rounds have been sold for the Games, which will have a record 353 medal events, up from […]

By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO, Aug 20 (Reuters) – A Ukrainian man suspected of being involved in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blasts has been placed into pre-trial detention in Croatia pending a decision on his extradition to Germany, court officials said on Friday. The suspect – described as a scuba diver by German prosecutors who have identified him only as Vladimir Z. – was arrested in the early hours on […]

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese authorities are moving to finish cleaning up the mess left by the collapse of the Evergrande real estate empire, years after its default with some $300 billion in liabilities. A court in southern China’s Guangzhou said Friday it had accepted a bankruptcy liquidation case against Evergrande’s mainland Chinese property development unit, which according to industry data accounted for much of the group’s overall debt. That […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia n authorities warned Friday they would take legal action against anyone who starts an open fire, as huge blazes on Borneo and elsewhere created a choking haze that blanketed cities and dense smoke drifted into neighboring Malaysia. The fires are concentrated on Borneo, the world’s third-largest island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Indonesia occupies about three-quarters of the island, where more than 5,000 hot […]

For students starting at a new school, the first day holds many questions: Will they see any familiar faces? Who will they sit with at lunch? Who will they play with at recess? “I’m this much nervous,” said Iman Fair-Seldon, 5, holding her hands about 4 inches (10 centimeters) apart. Iman will start first grade next month at a new school in southern New Jersey, near Philadelphia. Despite the nerves, […]