Tokyo stocks hit 28-year low as investors flee risky assets

JAPAN - The Tokyo market slumped to a 28-year low on Monday as Asian shares dived on fears of a nightmare scenario of eurozone breakup, US economic relapse and a sharp slowdown in China. "Investors are just fleeing risk assets," said ATI Asset Management chief investment officer Simon Burge.

Three Months to Save the Euro: George Soros

EUROPE - Eurozone governments have around three months to ensure the survival of the single currency, billionaire investor George Soros said in a speech on Saturday. “We are at an inflection point. After the expiration of the three months’ window, the markets will continue to demand more but the authorities will not be able to meet their demands,” he warned in a speech at the Festival of Economics in Trento, Italy.

The week that Europe stopped pretending

EUROPE - The euro has essentially broken down as a viable economic and political undertaking. The latest rush of events reeks of impending denouement. Switzerland is threatening capital controls to repel bank flight from Euroland. The Swiss two-year note has fallen to -0.32 per cent, not that it seems to make any difference.

Israel fitting nuclear arms on German-supplied subs

GERMANY/ISRAEL - Israel is arming submarines supplied and largely financed by Germany with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, influential German news weekly Der Spiegel reports in its issue to be published on Monday. The magazine said in a cover story that Berlin had until now denied any knowledge that German submarines were being used as part of an Israeli atomic arsenal.

No respite for pope as more documents leaked

VATICAN - Pope Benedict got no rest on Sunday from a leaks scandal when an Italian newspaper published documents showing that his butler was not the only person in possession of confidential correspondence indicating a Vatican in disarray.

Greenspan: ‘Fear of the Future’ Hinders Investing, Economic Growth

USA - Fear and uncertainty are preventing companies from making long-term investments in America, says former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan. Meanwhile, investors could turn on the country in a moment's notice thanks to political unwillingness to tackle deficits, which would send markets tanking and interest rates soaring, Greenspan adds.

‘Tarantulas’ invade Assam town, ‘kill’ two

INDIA - Jintu Gogoi's neighbourhood in Sadiya, Upper Assam, is no longer friendly. Over two weeks ago, an army of eight-legged freaks invaded it. It all happened in the evening on May 8.

'Beware a rerun of the Great Panic of 2008'

USA - Head of World Bank warns Europe is heading for 'danger zone' as world markets suffer bleakest day of the year so far. Raft of dismal news from around world wreaked havoc on market. Manufacturing output crashed in Britain, jobless up in Europe and US. Fast-emerging economies such as Brazil and China running out of steam

More Fed Easing Might Not Help Much Now: Pros

USA - A confidence-crushing May jobs report has turned market talk back to the idea of more Federal Reserve easing. But the question is: How much more can the central bank do with Treasury yields at record lows.

This Summer an 'Eerie Echo' of Pre-Lehman: Zoellick

EUROPE - The summer of 2012 is looking like an “eerie” echo of 2008 but euro zone sovereign debt has replaced mortgages as the risky asset class that markets are anxious about, said Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank.

Vatican leaks - synopsis

VATICAN - The murky saga of the leaked Vatican documents has damaged the worldwide image of the Catholic Church, just as it was trying to recover from the paedophile priest scandals, writes Nick Squires. Its massive walls, topped by stone eagles and statues of saints, dwarf the crowds of tourists queuing to see the treasures inside its museums.

Hamburg warzone: 700 arrested as leftists clash with neo-Nazis

GERMANY - Violent clashes have broken out in Germany between the supporters and opponents of the neo-Nazi movement. Hamburg police have detained over 700 people after the demonstrators started throwing projectiles, injuring several officers.

Spanish PM tries to send 'message of calm'

SPAIN - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy tried to play down fears the country would need an international bailout, saying the country would eventually find its way out of the financial crisis on its own. After a dismal week that saw the country's borrowing costs soar, Rajoy, speaking at an economic forum in Sitges in eastern Spain, said he was sending a "message of calm".

Merkel Rejects Debt Sharing as Obama Urges Europe to Do More

GERMANY - German Chancellor Angela Merkel hardened her opposition to joint debt sharing in the euro region as President Barack Obama singled out Europe’s leaders for not doing enough to arrest the financial crisis.

Dare nine men defy the siren call of Christine Lagarde?

LONDON, UK - All eyes on Threadneedle Street this week as the City waits (prays) for the Bank of England to fire up its magic money machine at the June gathering of the monetary policy committee. Apart from the economic repercussions of the MPC's deliberations, the two-day meeting gives it a shot at making history and becoming the first body to summon the fortitude to resist the charms of Christine Lagarde, beguiling head of the International Monetary Fund.

“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
Just what is an Apostle?

Today we find the Church of God in a “wilderness of religious confusion!”

The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!

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Listen to Me, You who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My Law: …I have put My words in your mouth, I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “you are My people” (Isaiah 51:7,16)