(Worthy News) – Jobless claims in the United States fell to their lowest level in nearly 50 years, Department of Labor statistics showed Thursday.
New claims fell by about 10,000 to 210,000 at the end of last week, the data showed — the lowest level since Dec. 6, 1969, when that figure was at 202,000.
The four-week moving average of claims was 220,500, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week — also its lowest level since December 1969. [ Source: UPI (Read More…) ]
(Worthy News) – The United States on Wednesday slammed the United Nations Human Rights Council for its biased treatment of Israel and for providing a platform to human rights abusers such as Iran.
“It is unacceptable that the HRC treats Israel differently from every other UN member,” US Ambassador Mary Catherine Phee said.
“The institutional integrity of the Council demands that the efforts to delegitimize and isolate Israel through such blatant bias must end,” Phee told the council as it met this week in Geneva for the start of its 37th session that ends on March 23rd. [ Source: Jerusalem Post (Read More…) ]
(Worthy News) – Iran is “playing with fire” in its efforts to entrench itself in Syria, Israel’s northern neighbor, a senior Israeli defense official warned Wednesday.
The statement followed a Fox News report that included satellite images that prove Iran is building another permanent military base in Syria.
The images, taken by Israeli firm ImageSat International, clearly show what is believed to be a new Iranian base in Jabal ash Sharqi, a mountainous area eight miles northwest of Damascus. The structures include two hangars that Western intelligence sources said are likely to store medium- and long-range missiles capable of hitting all of Israel. [ Source: Israel Hayom (Read More…) ]
(Worthy News) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Israel-Palestinian peace plan will call for an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital, the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported Wednesday,
A French diplomat told the Arabic-language daily that the Trump administration is expected to reveal its peace plan at an upcoming international conference in Cairo.
The report says that under Trump’s peace plan, the U.S. will recognize an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital on condition that the disputed old city, home to sites holy to Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is administered by an international custodian. [ Source: Israel Hayom (Read More…) ]
(Worthy News) – The United States wants the United Nations Security Council to create a new inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria, and U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Thursday she hopes to put it to a vote as early as next week.
A previous international investigation, known as the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM), ended in November after Russia blocked for the third time in a month attempts to renew the inquiry, which Moscow has slammed as flawed.
Russia then in January proposed its own draft resolution to create a new inquiry, but has never put it to a vote. The United States slammed the Russian text as a bid to distract from a French initiative to target perpetrators of toxic gas attacks. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]
(Worthy News) – The Voice of the Martyrs presents “Tortured For Christ” the movie, a true-life cinematic retelling of the testimony of VOM founder Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, who kept his faith despite facing 14 years of torture in a communist prison.
The film will tell the powerful account written in Wurmbrand’s international bestselling book, Tortured for Christ. The timing of the film lines up just in time to honor the 50th anniversary of the book’s 1967 release.
In keeping the cinematic portrayal as real as possible, filmmakers shot the picture in Romania – in the very prison where Pastor Wurmbrand was tortured and spent so much time in solitary confinement. The dialogue will be presented in English, Romanian and Russian (with English subtitles) to also hold to the authenticity of this true story. All scenes were acted out rather than being in interview form. [ Source: Christian Post (Read More…) ]
(Worthy News) – A rare volcano wall collapse was captured recently on Kīlauea volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The collapse occurred on February 10th, at 8:21 a.m. local time when a massive chunk of the volcano collapsed.
The sudden collapse was on Kīlauea volcano’s active East Rift Zone, specifically on the northeast rim of the west pit in Pu’u O’o. This collapse was coincident with subsidence as the adjacent ground fell. Kīlauea volcano is actively monitored by the USGS on the island, looking for evidence of new eruptions and danger to local communities.
While there have been several new lava channels and points where lava has breached the surface of the island, there are no active threats to the local communities. This is, in part, due to the protected Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which protects some of the most active volcanic areas of the island from development and tourists. [ Source: Forbes (Read More…) ]
(Worthy News) – A rare volcano wall collapse was captured recently on Kīlauea volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The collapse occurred on February 10th, at 8:21 a.m. local time when a massive chunk of the volcano collapsed.
The sudden collapse was on Kīlauea volcano’s active East Rift Zone, specifically on the northeast rim of the west pit in Pu’u O’o. This collapse was coincident with subsidence as the adjacent ground fell. Kīlauea volcano is actively monitored by the USGS on the island, looking for evidence of new eruptions and danger to local communities.
While there have been several new lava channels and points where lava has breached the surface of the island, there are no active threats to the local communities. This is, in part, due to the protected Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which protects some of the most active volcanic areas of the island from development and tourists. [ Source: Forbes (Read More…) ]
(Worthy News) – Stocks tumbled on Wall Street while the U.S. dollar fell on Thursday after President Donald Trump said the United States would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, sparking fears of a harmful global trade war.
U.S. steelmaker stock prices jumped on the news after Trump vowed to rebuild American steel and aluminum industries at a meeting of U.S. industry officials at the White House.
But many stocks fell on concerns industry inputs would be as the cost of imported steel and aluminum rose, pushing up costs for consumers also. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]
(Worthy News) – A memorial service was held in honor of late evangelist Billy Graham in the United States Capitol Rotunda Wednesday morning, featuring remarks from President Donald Trump, congressional leaders and a performance from Christian musician Michael W. Smith.
“Here lies America’s pastor,” Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said in his short message after Graham’s casket was carried in and placed in the center of the Rotunda by members of the U.S. military.
“A man made great not by who he was but by who he served with all of his heart and all of his soul and all of his mind. We give thanks to God for the life and the works of this humble servant now and forever.” [ Source: Christian Post (Read More…) ]