2 Apr 2023

Thailand Arrests 63 Chinese Christians Seeking Asylum
Members of a Chinese house church spent the night at a Bangkok police facility Friday after paying fines for overstaying their visas. Human rights groups fear that the 28 adults and 35 children who were detained Thursday could be repatriated to China where they would likely face prison time.

Major tornado outbreak — Large and destructive tornadoes hit Little Rock and Wynne, Arkansas 
A major tornado outbreak hit a wide area of the U.S. Midwest and South on Friday, March 31, 2023, producing several large and destructive tornadoes. At this time, it appears the worst affected were Little Rock and Wynne in Arkansas.

AI could replace equivalent of 300 million jobs 
Artificial intelligence (AI) could replace the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs, a report by investment bank Goldman Sachs says.

BuzzFeed is using AI to write SEO-bait travel guides
BuzzFeed has taken its next step into AI-written content and started publishing AI-generated travel guides, as reported by Futurism. The publisher’s first AI-generated articles were ad-lib quizzes that were largely innocuous, but the travel guides appear to be a more brazen play to attract search traffic about different destinations.

Europe Pushing the ‘Criminalisation’ of Physical Cash, MEP Warns
The European Union is in danger of “criminalising” the use of physical cash with its new anti-money laundering laws, an MEP has warned.

Regulator explains ‘fish kill’ near leaky US nuclear plant 
A state regulator in Minnesota has said that hundreds of fish were killed after a nuclear power plant was forced to shut down due to a radioactive leak. A previous breach at the same site caused hundreds of thousands of gallons of contaminated water to spill into the environment.

European ammunition maker says plant expansion hit by energy-guzzling TikTok site 
One of Europe’s largest manufacturers of ammunition is facing a roadblock to the planned expansion of its largest factory because a new data centre for TikTok is using up all the spare electricity in the area.

The Trump Indictment: Making History In The Worst Possible Way
…the prosecution came about in the most overtly political way from Bragg campaigning on charging Trump to a public pressure campaign to indict from his former lead prosecutor…

US Falls Behind In Hypersonic Weapons Race After Another Failed Test 
America is lagging behind its international competitors in the hypersonic weapons race. This week’s test provided more insight into just how badly the U.S. is behind.

COVID vaccines are not needed for healthy kids and teens, says World Health Organization
Healthy children and teens likely don’t need COVID-19 vaccinations, according to updated guidance posted on the website of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.

Young Women Who Took AstraZeneca Vax Had More Risk of Heart Death
The United Kingdom’s official statistician has released data which indicates young women experienced three and a half times more risk of dying from heart-related issues in the three months following taking a single dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.

“They’re All Libertarians” Until Their Deposits Are At Risk
The result of this folly is another deferral of the inevitable re-balancing of our abstract economies with the natural world…

Evangelical Anglican clergy opposed to CofE’s blessing of same-sex marriage launch new group
A new deanery chapter for the city of London has been formed by a group of evangelical Anglican clergy opposed to the Church of England’s plans to introduce gay blessings.

Why Christians should be prepared for persecution
Remaining in our comfort zones to avoid persecution is not the right thing to do.

High activity spotted at North Korea nuclear complex after Kim’s bomb-fuel order
Satellite images show a high level of activity at North Korea’s main nuclear site, a U.S. think tank reported on Saturday after the North Korean leader ordered an increase in production of bomb fuel to expand the country’s nuclear arsenal.

Death toll rises to 21 after tornadoes sweep across the South and the Midwest
At least 21 people were killed after a powerful storm system barreled through large swaths of the South and Midwest on Friday. The series of grueling tornadoes come just a week after a rare, long-lasting twister left 25 people dead in western Mississippi and one person in Alabama.

Three Israelis Wounded in Car Ramming Attack in West Bank
In a statement by the Magen David Adom (MDA) Spokesperson they state that 3 pedestrians were hit by a vehicle in a hit-and-run attack on Route 3514 between Beit Omer and the Gush Etzion intersection.

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