New archaeological research from Kent, England, shows people were traveling to and from Britain 1,000 years before Christ (The Times, June 5, 2013).

The Mother Church of the Anglican Communion, or Church of England, has become known for its increasing departure from tradition and Scripture itself. Last week, the Church took advantage of the “summer solstice to recruit new Christians to ‘pagan’ churches.

A new Australian marketing campaign shows a couple reviewing a fetal ultrasound and joyously receiving the news that their baby is a “lesbian” (TV Commercial). The commercial states that homosexuality is not a choice or the way one is raised, but that a person is “born that way.” The goal of the commercial is to make homosexuality appear normal and mainstream.

When the Cold War ended, Russia looked to establish new relations with the West. But it has since grown frustrated with Western foreign policy. “Russia is determined to veto any UN resolution… it fears that, as happened during the 1999 Kosovo crisis and the 2011 Libya showdown, the US and its Western allies would misinterpret these resolutions as a blank cheque to do as they please” (BBC News, June 19, 2013).

America’s National Security Agency’s (NSA) secret Prism spy project has drawn national and international criticism. A recent interview revealed that Germany is the NSA’s most watched EU nation (EU Observer, June 10, 2013). This information has taken top German officials by surprise and stirred animosity toward the U.S.A. (EU Observer, June 12, 2013).