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The long-running legal battle over a Christian business refusing to bake a cake advocating gay marriage appears to have finally reached an end today after the European Court of Human Rights ruled it ‘inadmissible’ – with supporters of the bakers hailing the decision a ‘victory for free speech’. The high-profile controversy began when Gareth Lee, a member of the LGBT advocacy group QueerSpace, ordered a £36.50 cake from the Ashers bakery in Belfast, run by Daniel and Amy McArthur, in May 2014. The couple refused to fulfil the order because they disagreed with the slogan – ‘Support Gay Marriage’ -…

A New York public school science teacher has been arrested after she was accused of vaccinating a 17-year-old student without parental consent. Nassau County police said in a news release that Laura Parker Russo, 54, appeared to give a student a dose of what appeared to be a COVID-19 vaccine at her home in Sea Cliff, a village on Long Island. The teenager, who has not been publicly identified, later told his mother after he went home, according to the release, and the mother called the police. Russo was arrested on New Year’s Eve, police said, noting that the teacher…

The U.S. Supreme Court, which has restricted its own operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, is preparing to decide whether to block President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates for large businesses and healthcare workers in a test of presidential powers to address an unyielding public health crisis. The court will hear in-person arguments on Friday on emergency requests in two separate cases by challengers including business groups, religious entities and various Republican-led U.S. states for orders blocking the vaccine requirements, with rulings expected in short order. The challengers maintain that Biden and his administration have overstepped their authority. The court’s 6-3 conservative majority in the past…

The travel industry is calling on ministers to remove all remaining Covid testing requirements for international travellers, arguing they are damaging the travel sector and will not affect the spread of the Omicron variant. Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and the trade body Airlines UK said in a joint statement that research they commissioned into travel restrictions supported the position that the removal of travel testing requirements would not affect overall cases rates and hospitalisations in the UK. The two organisations said the research showed that domestic rather than international restrictions would be the only way to reduce Omicron’s spread within the…

The crowning moment of the Global New Year’s Eve Service with Pastor Chris came shortly after the midnight bells had rung as the man of God, Reverend (Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome declared 2022 to be ‘the Year of the Gathering Clouds’. “This year, the clouds of prayers, faith, and expectations would be full and begin to empty themselves upon the earth,” Pastor Chris remarked amid great shouts from myriads across the globe. Reading an array of scriptures including Ecclesiastes 11:3, Zechariah 10:1, and 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18, he explained the essence of the former and the latter rains, describing the latter rain…

Thomas Tuchel will fine Romelu Lukaku despite accepting the striker’s apology for a controversial interview and has said he faced no opposition from Chelsea’s board after dropping the club’s record signing against Liverpool. Player power has been a problem for many of Tuchel’s predecessors but the manager has been boosted by support from above since Lukaku publicised his unhappiness about life at Stamford Bridge. Tuchel was in a strong position when he held talks with the £97.5m forward on Monday and looked for signs of remorse before recalling him for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Tottenham. Exuding calm and authority before hosting…

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A few hundred concerned parents, children, and friends against vaccine mandates rallied in Huntington Beach, California, on Jan. 3. The event, named the “Capitol to Coast Stand Up and Sit Out,” was put on by Unity Project—a state-wide organization founded to fight COVID-19 vaccine mandates for K–12 students—and Moms for Liberty, which shares a similar goal. “Parents let things get out of control and it’s our job to rescue it before it’s too late,” one member from Moms for Liberty said to the rally attendees. As the state legislature reconvened the same day, rally attendees voiced opposition to the bills…

Distinguished African leaders spur young Africans to unite and create a free, fair, enviable, and great continent for all. The Global New Year’s Eve Service with Pastor Chris featured a special segment which is the Future Africa Leaders Awards 2021 (FALA). In its 9th edition, the distinct ceremony was in honor of outstanding young Africans who have displayed unprecedented levels of ingenuity and devotion towards improving the socio-economic state of their respective nations and the continent as a whole. This year ten nominees from thousands of entries made the final list but one will eventually emerge as the Star Prize…

“Our clouds are gathering around the world and from these clouds would rain righteousness and salvation on the earth” — Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. The just-concluded January Global Communion service was filled with deep insights as the man of God, Reverend (Dr.) Chris Oyakhilome took time to expound the message of the year; The Year of the Gathering Clouds. “We are clouds with water unlike the ungodly,” he remarked as he dissected the year’s theme and its essence. In his profound exposé, Pastor Chris explained that every child of God is a cloud and tree of righteousness carrying rivers of living…

About half the Omicron cases in a major hospital system in Texas have been among the vaccinated, according to a new study funded in part by the U.S. government. Researchers with Houston Methodist Hospital and other institutions performed genome sequencing of patients with COVID-19 in the Houston area and identified 862 people with symptoms whose infections were caused by Omicron, a variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, or SARS-CoV-2. The infections were recorded from late November 2021 to Dec. 18, 2021. Of the patients, 430 met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) definition of a breakthrough case, or a COVID-19 case that…