News and Prophecy Staff

In recent years, girls have significantly outperformed boys on national exams in the United Kingdom (Herald Series, August 15, 2025). On the 2024 GCSE exam, for example, almost 25 percent of girls earned a grade 7/A or higher, versus only 19 percent of boys.

Tensions related to the war in Ukraine continue to rise in Europe.

The convergence of multiple global crises in 2025 presents the sobering picture of an Almighty God who is preparing the world for end-time events.

Russia may be preparing to resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time since 1990. Senior Russian officials, including lawmakers and military leaders, have visited the Novaya Zemlya test site—a Cold War-era facility where the Soviet Union conducted more than 130 nuclear tests. Novaya Zemlya was the site of the Tsar Bomba detonation in 1961—the most powerful nuclear explosion ever recorded.

According to a recent study, more than half of today’s teenagers regularly communicate with generative artificial intelligence companions (Common Sense Media, 2025), fueled by the appeal of constant companionship and even mental-health support. Yet experts caution that these digital confidants can foster unhealthy dependency, deepen loneliness, and offer unpredictable or harmful responses. To the unsuspecting or unaware, A.I. can take on many human-like traits.