Around the World
Syria’s Assad Wins 4th Term With 95% of Vote, in Election the West Calls Fraudulent
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of the votes in an election that will extend his rule over a country ruined by war but which opponents and the West say was marked by fraud.
New study claims China created COVID-19 in lab, then ‘retro-engineered’ to cover their tracks
A new study alleges that Chinese scientists developed COVID-19 in a lab and then sought to obfuscate by reverse-engineering virus versions to cause it to appear the illness evolved from bats.
Vietnam finds new virus variant, hybrid of India, U.K. strains
Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the Vietnamese health minister said Saturday.
EU Drugs Agency Approves COVID Vaccines For Children
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved vaccinating children against the coronavirus despite concerns about side effects. Germany already said it plans to start in early June, Germany’s broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) reported Friday.
Hong Kong Jails Pro-Democracy Leader And Activists
Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for participating in an unauthorized assembly in 2019.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
With his party’s support, Bennett says he’s heading into government with Lapid
Yamina leader Naftali Bennett told his party’s lawmakers Sunday that he intends to join with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid in forming a coalition, a move that, if completed in the next few days, would end more than 12 consecutive years of rule by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah coordinated Gaza fighting in joint war room
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah coordinated with Hamas on the recent fighting in Gaza between Palestinian terrorists and Israel, according to the editor-in-chief of a Lebanese daily affiliated with Hezbollah.
Egypt, Israel turning the financial screws on Hamas, ‘not so fast’ for the $1.3 billion to Gaza
Negotiations between Egypt, Israel and Hamas on the details of the recent ceasefire in Gaza are expected to be held in Cairo in the coming days, but Egypt and Israel are demanding major changes that Hamas opposes, Channel 12 reported Thursday.
Netanyahu claims Bennett instigating ‘the fraud of the century,’ but can yet be thwarted
Speaking just a few minutes after Yamina leader Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister Netanyahu accuses his right-wing rival of misleading the Israeli public in claiming that Netanyahu has no options to form a coalition.

Inside the United States
Biden Pushes for Taxpayer-Funded Abortion in Budget
President Joe Biden's proposed federal budget throws open the door for taxpayer-funded abortion by forgoing a longstanding measure he supported as a senator.
Biden Budget: $14.5 Trillion in Deficits Over Next 10 Years
The budget proposal that President Joe Biden released today calls for the federal government to run a cumulative deficit of $14.53 trillion ($14,531,000,000,000) over the next ten years.
Employers can require COVID-19 vaccine for workers returning to office, government says
U.S. employers could require all workers physically entering a workplace to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the federal government said Friday.
Supreme Court To Decide Landmark Case
When child custody cases come before family courts, judges endeavor to base their rulings on the best interests of the child. Overall, the court is less interested in which parent might have the most right to the children than in how best to help the children thrive. The Supreme Court might now be walking a very similar line. It is on the verge of deciding a landmark case that could have a profound impact on the more than 400,000 vulnerable children who find themselves in the U.S. foster care system. Its ruling could also have major implications for LGBTQ rights, religious liberty and nondiscrimination laws across America.
Censorship reversal: Facebook will no longer spike posts claiming COVID-19 is man-made
Facebook will no longer eliminate posts that allege coronavirus is man-made or manufactured.
U.S cities reverse ‘defunding’ police department amid rising crime
Elected officials in cities across the country – including New York and Los Angeles – that cut law-enforcement budgets after George Floyd's death last year and the subsequent "defund" the police movement are now reversing such decisions amid an increase in crime.
More than 100 employees sue Houston hospital over vaccine mandate
A total of 117 employees filed a joint lawsuit against Houston Methodist Hospital, alleging top brass in the medical facility planned on firing unvaccinated staff by the first week of June if they refused a shot.
In key test, U.S. warship twice fails to intercept ballistic missile in Pacific
A Navy warship and the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency on Saturday failed twice in a key test to shoot down a medium-range ballistic missile, raising questions about America’s readiness to intercept potential enemy attacks.
Key inflation gauge rises 3.1% in April as economists warn of overheating
An inflation indicator rose from a yearly pace of 3.1% in April, topping the expectations of forecasters and adding to concerns about overheating.
‘Hoping something sticks’: Arizona election audit promises more intrigue than answers
The ongoing audit of the 2020 election in Arizona has the state’s Republican leaders at each other’s throats and their disputes over the process are raising doubts about the outcome of the high-tech recount.
Republicans Block Investigation Into Deadly Capitol Riots
Senate Republicans have blocked creating a bipartisan panel to study the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol housing Congress.

Christian News
More Protestant Churches Closed Than Opened Before Pandemic, Study Shows
More Protestant churches closed than opened in 2019, a trend that is expected to continue amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which greatly restricted church activity and religious services.
Newsom ordered to pay $1.35 million for COVID-19 church discrimination
California's embattled Gov. Gavin Newsom has been dealt a fresh blow after a federal judge ordered him to pay $1.35 million over the state's draconian lockdown of 3,000 churches during the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Gentle Giant’ Missions Leader Floyd McClung Dies At 75
Floyd Lee McClung, Jr., the global missions leader, bestselling author, and international speaker, has died after a long illness, his wife confirmed Saturday. He was 75.

Worthy Watch
Thousands of Londoners Protest Covid Vaccines and Covid Passports
ABC’s John Karl on Covid Revelations
Benjamin Netanyahu Response to Bennett’s Decision
BLM co-founder calls for the “end of the imperialist project” called Israel
Founder Of Black Lives Matter In St. Paul: ‘I Resigned’ After ‘I Learned The Ugly Truth’ As ‘Insider’
Blue’s Clues song shows drag queen teaching children about gay, transgender, and nonbinary characters
Kellogg’s LGBTQ-Themed Rainbow Cereal Latest in Trend of ‘Pride’ Products
Two illegal MS-13 gang members murdered girl in satanic ritual and sentenced to 40 years in prison