Language is not merely a means of conveying messages, but an essential component of culture. Through language, memory, identity, values, and worldview are shaped. This becomes clear when we consider American, British, or Indian English: Not only do we encounter differences in pronunciation or vocabulary, but also entire cultural worlds. The same applies to the German language as it is spoken in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. Even the way people greet one another reveals history, social...

In her annual State of the European Union address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Canada and the EU would build on their existing free trade agreement, known as CETA, with a broader “Alliance for the Future” aimed at creating “a common prosperity and economic security space.” “Above all, dear Mark, Europe and Canada believe in democracy,” von der Leyen said to [Canadian PM] Carney, who received a standing ovation at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. A...

Moldova’s pro-European leaders said that they were asking parliament to declare a state of emergency for energy and water supply in connection with dangerously low levels on the Dniester River ‌it shares with Ukraine. President Maia Sandu, who has spearheaded a drive for Moldova to ‌join the ⁠European Union by 2030, had earlier chaired the Security Council meeting and said its members had recommended introducing emergency regulations quickly. “The share of renewable energy sources has...

Mohammad Saeed had just turned 18 when he fled to Iran with his parents and younger brother and sister, escaping the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in 2021. Now Saeed and his family are among thousands who have returned home to escape the economic crisis in Iran triggered by the conflict with the U.S. and Israel. The family came back nearly empty-handed, Saeed said. “The Iranian currency had fallen so sharply,” he said, that the family’s ‌savings, held in Iranian rials, lost over...

Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire who co-founded PayPal and Palantir Technologies, will soon deliver a four-part lecture series on the Antichrist in Nashville. “The Nashville Antichrist Lectures will draw from history, literature, art, theology and politics to explore the biblical Antichrist through Thiel’s unique vantage point at the frontier of science and technology,” the event page reads. Thiel has spoken publicly about his belief that humanity faces threats from the biblical Antichrist...

The Special Representative: About the Apostle Paul’s special assignment. Part 3. The Bible mentions Saul/Paul for the first time in Acts 7:58: “And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.” The Lord didn’t call Paul without reason; He’d appointed him to his role from the womb (Gal 1:15-16). And so, God gave him access to new revelations and developments in redemptive history. Yet beyond that, Paul was very...

As maritime conflict disrupts the Strait of Hormuz and instability reshapes routes connecting Asia, the Middle East and Europe, another trade corridor is moving from geopolitical theory toward commercial reality thousands of kilometers to the north. On August 15, China launched regular seasonal operations on a container service between Ningbo-Zhoushan and Northern Europe through the Northeast Arctic Passage. Eight voyages are planned during the 2026 navigation season, with ships traveling...

The United Kingdom, France and Canada will ban goods produced in the West Bank settlements and Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament, explaining that all such communities were deemed by his country to be illegal. Israel, he said, is responding by closing the British Consulate in Jerusalem that services Palestinians. It will also remove British representatives from the International Gaza Support Center in Kiryat Gat and halt the British...

Radware’s threat intelligence team recorded 784 DDoS attacks against Israeli organizations during the first six months of 2026, compared with 390 against second-place Ukraine, 359 against the United States and 285 against the United Kingdom. The surge was closely tied to events in the region. After months of declining attack volumes worldwide, the Israeli and U.S. campaign against Iran reversed the trend in March. Hacktivist groups claimed more than 1,300 DDoS attacks that month, roughly...

After working under the radar, Gidi Littwin and Hagai Lalazar, the co-founders of Hemispheric have now come out with Descartes, which they say will be able to decipher the electrical activity of the human brain to help diagnose neurological and psychological conditions such as depression and PTSD. “The challenge has always been variability: the same brain signal can look completely different across individuals,” said Littwin. “At a very large scale, it becomes something you can model, making...

Having never seriously read or studied the Bible prior to faith in Christ, the experience of this writer was similar to that of Peter in reading the letters of the Apostle Paul, “in which are some things hard to understand” (2 Pet 3:16). Searching for quality works that would explain the Bible was rather futile in the local bookstore, as most of the books in the religious section were obviously heretical or distortions of Scripture (even to a new believer). Locating a couple independent...

More than 20,000 new immigrants arrived in Israel during the Jewish year 5786 (September 23, 2025 to September 3, 2026), coming from over 100 different countries worldwide, according to a new data report released by the Aliyah and Integration Ministry and the Jewish Agency. The breakdown of the Aliyah figures for the past year shows that Russia topped the charts with 5,685 olim (immigrants to Israel) arriving in Israel, followed by 4,364 from France, 3,333 from the United States, and 975 from...