The Statistic
28th February, 2020
Diameter of the 'mini Moon' which has been found orbiting Earth: 1.9 to 3.5 metres
Source: ABC
Moments
28th February, 2020
KILLED: At least 22 Turkish troops in an airstrike by the Syrian regime in Idlib, Syria, according to Turkish officials.
RULED: Illegal, by a UK court, the proposed third runway for London's Heathrow Airport, on environmental grounds.
ANNOUNCED: The Canadian Government, that it will no longer provide security for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan once the couple are no longer working members of the British royal family in the coming weeks.
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- MARIANNE BRAY and BEH LIH YI
Hong Kong, China/Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Handing out soap to street cleaners in Hong Kong might sound like piecemeal work in the battle against coronavirus.
But with schools and offices shut in the Chinese-ruled city and across Asia, social enterprises - businesses that seek to
They Said It
"This despicable ad is straight out of the Republican disinformation playbook."
- Katie Hill, former US President Barack Obama's communications director, speaking in a statement made after an advertisement put out by a pro-Trump group targeting Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden twisted words spoken by Obama in an audio version of his 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father (as quoted on BBC).
This Week on the Web
28th February, 2020
Iran-supported fighters are "making life hell" for Christians living in Iraq's Nineveh Plains. XAVIER BISITS, in an article published by America magazine, reports on how...
The Word Explained
24th February, 2020
(Dynamic) Monarchianism: Unorthodox belief that Jesus was miraculously born but is the Son of God only because He received more power and divine wisdom than any other.
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For February and March, 2020 - we're reading American Andrew Brunson's account of his arrest and imprisonment in Turkey, God's Hostage: A True Story of Persecution, Imprisonment, and Perseverance.
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