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Looking at the Opposite Sex

10:18 27.06.2026

Looking at the Opposite Sex

“Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart"’ [Mt. 5:28]. Is it possible, living in the world, not to look at women? Adultery, however, is paralleled not merely to looking at a woman, but to looking at her with lust. …

Europe on high alert as killer heat spreads

10:16 27.06.2026

Europe on high alert as killer heat spreads

Health authorities across Europe were on high alert on Friday as a killer heatwave progressed across the continent, prompting alcohol bans in France and cracking road surfaces open in Germany. From Britain and France to Germany, Italy, Austria and Serbia, Europe sizzled under a record-breaking ball of heat rolling across …

Bloomberg: Why anti-migrant attacks are flaring in South Africa

10:14 27.06.2026

Bloomberg: Why anti-migrant attacks are flaring in South Africa

South Africa has seen a wave of xenophobic attacks and demonstrations against the presence of undocumented migrants in recent months. There are mounting concerns that the violence could escalate, particularly as protesters demand that these foreign nationals leave the country by June 30, Bloomberg writes. Scores of Malawians, Mozambicans, Zimbabweans, …

View from London: How Ukrainian war could dismantle Europe’s welfare state

10:12 27.06.2026

View from London: How Ukrainian war could dismantle Europe’s welfare state

Cradle-to-grave support is in the crosshairs as nations battle to reach 5pc defence targets, The Telegraph notes. And ever since Donald Trump returned to the White House, it has been clear that the luxury of relying on an American security blanket of weaponry and manpower is coming to an end. …

Asia Times: How America’s war crowned Iran as the Gulf’s new Hegemon

10:11 27.06.2026

Asia Times: How America’s war crowned Iran as the Gulf’s new Hegemon

US credibility with Gulf partners is long gone while Iran’s new war-forged leadership is harder, younger and smarter, Asia Times stresses. There is a particular irony — the kind that history savors — in the fact that the United States set out in February 2026 to destroy Iran as a …

FT: How Benjamin Netanyahu’s big moment backfired

10:11 27.06.2026

FT: How Benjamin Netanyahu’s big moment backfired

Just four months ago Benjamin Netanyahu witnessed the fulfilment of his decades-old political dream: the start of a joint US-Israeli war on Iran. But what was billed in Israel as the “final” battle against its arch-foe did not go to plan, financial Times writers. Donald Trump’s interim deal with Iran …

Sergey Lavrov: “In Alaska, the US proposals were discussed and were accepted by the Russian side”

15:00 26.06.2026

Sergey Lavrov: “In Alaska, the US proposals were discussed and were accepted by the Russian side”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a media question. Moscow, June 26, 2026 Question: The other day, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that during the meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska, where the situation surrounding Ukraine was discussed, only a proposal for an approach …

US biolabs, energy situation, West’s role – top Russian security official’s statements

13:20 26.06.2026

US biolabs, energy situation, West’s role – top Russian security official’s statements

The shortfall in energy and fertilizer supplies caused by the situation in the Middle East and attempts to attack Russian ships and facilities cannot be offset by global reserves, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said at the BRICS national security advisers’ meeting. According to him, the events unfolding in …

Exceeding Scribes and Pharisees

11:02 26.06.2026

Exceeding Scribes and Pharisees

“Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven" [Mt. 5:20]. A typical feature of the Scribes was the knowledge of the Old Testament Law with no concern for living according to the Law; a typical …

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov: "The anti-Russian consensus in the US elite is a ballast that is dragging relations to the bottom"

10:59 26.06.2026

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov: "The anti-Russian consensus in the US elite is a ballast that is dragging relations to the bottom"

Russia and the United States are planning to hold a new round of expert consultations to eliminate "irritants" in bilateral relations. This was stated to Izvestia by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov at the Primakov Readings forum, which is taking place on June 23-24 in Moscow. According to the …

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