News from the Past Week-1/27/22

Breaking World News

Survey finds "shocking and saddening" lack of Holocaust knowledge among millennials and Gen Z - CBS News

World Remembers Holocaust Amid Fears Of Antisemitism
Israel’s parliamentary speaker wept in the German parliament Thursday as he and survivors remembered the Holocaust, or Shoah, amid fears of a resurgence of antisemitism.

Truckers inspired by Canada begin ‘freedom’ convoys around the world
Truckers around the world are creating their own convoys to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates after being inspired by the Canadian Freedom Convoy, which reportedly has thousands of trucks.

Latest World News Headlines

Ukrainian National Guard Soldier Kills 5 – January 27, 2022

Germany, US ‘To Target Russian Pipeline’ If Invasion Goes Ahead – January 27, 2022

US Makes No Concessions Over Ukraine, Angering Russia – January 27, 2022

Britain’s Johnson Refuses To Resign Over COVID Parties – January 27, 2022

Dutch Tourist Fined Over Nazi Salute In Auschwitz – January 27, 2022

US Embassy in Ukraine to citizens: ‘consider departing now’ – January 27, 2022

US sends 300 Javelin missiles to Ukraine in latest military aid during Russia standoff – January 27, 2022

Biden Warns Of Invasion ‘Changing World’ As Ukraine Urges Calm (Worthy News In-Depth) – January 26, 2022

Netherlands Slightly Reopens After Europe’s Toughest Lockdown Amid Outrage – January 26, 2022

Breaking Israel News

More COVID cases confirmed in Israel in January than all of 2021, data shows
There were more COVID-19 cases identified in Israel during January this year than the entirety of 2021, according to a report released Thursday.

Israel to offer 4th Covid-19 vaccine dose to most vulnerable

Israel approves fourth COVID vaccine shots for vulnerable over-18s
Health Ministry Director-General Nachman Ash approved on Wednesday a fourth round of COVID-19 vaccines shots for those over the age of 18 who have medical conditions that put them at greater risk from the coronavirus.

Latest Israel News Headlines

US updates Israel on nuclear talks in virtual meet of national security advisers – January 27, 2022

Knesset passes ‘COVID law,’ ending state of emergency in place for most of pandemic – January 26, 2022

Omicron wave could mark end of pandemic, Israeli COVID expert says – January 24, 2022

Israel concerned joint Syrian-Russian jet patrol to limit IAF airstrikes – January 24, 2022

Report: Israeli fighter jets, refueling planes hold massive drill aimed at Tehran – January 24, 2022

Breaking U.S. News

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Court overturns $135K fine for Christian bakery that refused lesbian wedding cake but upholds ruling
An Oregon appeals court told a state agency Wednesday to reconsider its order for a Christian couple to pay $135,000 in damages for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding on grounds that the state’s actions did “not reflect … neutrality toward religion.”

Federal judge halts Noem’s abortion pill restriction rule
A federal judge has temporarily halted a South Dakota rule from taking effect that would have made the state one of the hardest places in the U.S. to get abortion pills.

Latest U.S. News Headlines

Debt Up $2 Trillion in 1 Year of Biden – January 28, 2022

GDP in fourth quarter of 2021 grew at annualized rate of 6.9%, exceeding expectations – January 27, 2022

Michigan agrees faith-based adoption agencies can refuse to place children with same-sex couples – January 27, 2022

Heart patient taken off transplant waiting-list for refusing COVID-19 vaccine – January 27, 2022

Federal Reserve indicates interest rate hike arriving in March – January 27, 2022

Reports: Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire – January 27, 2022

US Trade Deficit Tops $1 Trillion for First Time – January 27, 2022

Supreme Court to Revisit Affirmative Action as Conservative Majority Flexes Muscle – January 27, 2022

Blizzard likely to strike parts of New England this weekend as “bomb cyclone” forms – January 27, 2022

California city passes first gun law requiring annual fees, liability insurance – January 27, 2022

Breaking Christian News

US Christian ministries reach out to help vulnerable children in Iran
US Christian ministry Heart4Iran has joined with CBN’s Superbook to conduct an outreach to thousands of desperately vulnerable children in Iran, CBN News reports. Many of these children are from families of Afghan refugees who escaped the Taliban, and many are orphans who lost their parents to COVID-19.

Pakistan: Christian teenager kidnapped, drugged and raped by Muslim in “epidemic” of abductions
A 16-year-old Christian girl in Okara, Pakistan was repeatedly raped after being abducted earlier this month, in what rights group Open Doors USA said is a “silent epidemic of kidnappings of Christian girls” by Muslim men in Pakistan, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Myanmar Army “Massacres” Civilians In Christian Area
Myanmar’s army massacred at least ten civilians whom they had detained in a mainly Christian area of the troubled nation, aid workers and residents say.