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No Goodness Without God

11:07 05.04.2026

No Goodness Without God

“An ungodly man shall fall by his own ungodliness" [Prov. 11:5]. Ungodliness means a false view of God, or forgetting Him altogether, including disbelief in His existence and in His providence for the created universe. Some people, under pressure of such ungodly thoughts, still desiring to be good, take the …

NYT: Placing U.S. troops in Middle East hotels may violate laws of war

11:05 05.04.2026

NYT: Placing U.S. troops in Middle East hotels may violate laws of war

The U.S. military’s decision to move troops away from bases under Iranian attack to hotels and office spaces in civilian areas may amount to violations of international humanitarian law and the U.S. military’s own laws of war, human rights officials and experts say, ‘The New York Times’ quotes. The constellation …

POLITICO: Trump’s rage at Western ex-allies is binding them together — against him

11:03 05.04.2026

POLITICO: Trump’s rage at Western ex-allies is binding them together — against him

Leaders and defense officials have started hedging against the risk America will pull out of NATO, the bedrock of European security since 1949, POLITICO stresses. Donald Trump’s anger at NATO allies for refusing to join the war against Iran has so far achieved one thing: uniting them against him. In …

WSJ: How Hollywood is collapsing

11:01 05.04.2026

WSJ: How Hollywood is collapsing

Hollywood studios are making fewer movies and shows than they did just a few years ago. The ones they do make are increasingly being shot outside the U.S., ‘The Wall Street Journal’ notes. Witnesses testified about the devastation caused by a nationwide downturn in television and film production that has …

FT: ‘Desperate’ Asia turns to Russian oil amid Iran energy shock

11:00 05.04.2026

FT: ‘Desperate’ Asia turns to Russian oil amid Iran energy shock

Asian countries facing domestic energy shocks due to the conflict in the Gulf are turning to Moscow, agreeing to buy millions of barrels of Russian oil, ‘Financial Times’ writes. Asian economies are among the most exposed to the global energy crisis stemming from the US and Israel’s war in Iran …

View from USA: A potential crack in the petrodollar system through non-USD oil settlement

10:58 05.04.2026

View from USA: A potential crack in the petrodollar system through non-USD oil settlement

Iran just offered Europe a Hormuz deal, ‘Citizen Watch Report’ reports. On the surface: Iran offered the EU transit access through the Strait of Hormuz. Sounds like a small diplomatic move. Standard geopolitics. It is not. This is a goddamn financial nuclear bomb. Let that sink in: The Hormuz Strait …

Sergey Lavrov: “The high level of the traditionally friendly Russian-Egyptian relations”

22:45 04.04.2026

Sergey Lavrov: “The high level of the traditionally friendly Russian-Egyptian relations”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a joint news conference following talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Egyptian Expatriates of the Arab Republic of Egypt Badr Abdelatty. - Ladies and gentlemen, I held substantive and insightful talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, …

Idle Talk

11:20 04.04.2026

“In the multitude of words sin cannot be avoided” [Prov. 10:19]. Attentive Christians call their senses “windows of the soul”: if they are opened, all warmth will go away from the soul like from a room in winter. But the biggest opening, a wide door ajar which is letting warmth …

Trump opens a new front: GOP weighs health care cuts to pay for Iran war

11:06 04.04.2026

Trump opens a new front: GOP weighs health care cuts to pay for Iran war

Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement, Axios stresses. Why it matters: New efforts to rein in health programs are sure to be controversial and open the GOP …

A humanitarian and military Russian aid to Madagascar

11:04 04.04.2026

A humanitarian and military Russian aid to Madagascar

A special aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations delivered humanitarian aid to residents of Madagascar affected by Cyclone Gezani. This was reported in the press service of the department, Izvestia reports. It is noted that the cargo with a total weight of 60 tons was delivered to Antananarivo …

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