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Gerald Cai ✝️🏡⚕️⚖️🌏🌠🎶📚📸 @zlcai.bsky.social · Jul 21

LIVING CORAM DEO
Having an insatiable curiosity towards Christian spirituality,
the human predicament, and the world we live in,
this Blog features a microcosm of life's wonders. www.livingcoramdeosgp.com

Living Coram Deo

Christian devotionals, Macro Photography Flowers, Music, Psychology, space science, Prayer

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Hayden Center @haydencenter.bsky.social · 12h

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MI5 operating in new era of terror and state threats, says chief

In an annual speech, Sir Ken McCallum says the security service is operating in "a new era" with terrorism remaining an "ever-present threat".

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Does Gaza have a future?
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'I saw my Gaza homeland rebuilt before but this time's different'

One Palestinian family shares their story of life coming full circle - and what they believe lies ahead as talk turns to rebuilding Gaza

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Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers.
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Galleri test: Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers

The Galleri test looks for fragments of DNA that have broken off a tumour and are circulating in the blood.

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Spooked by the war in Ukraine, Russia's Baltic neighbors prepare for future conflict.
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Spooked by the war in Ukraine, Russia's Baltic neighbors prepare for future conflict

Direct conflict between Russia and NATO was once unthinkable, but preparations and defense spending have been stepped up in nervous Baltic states.

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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 1d

While all countries spy on and seek to influence each other, China presents an intelligence challenge of unprecedented scale and ambition.

China spy case shows the UK must do more to tackle Chinese espionage and influence operations

China is both an important economic partner and a systemic rival to the UK. This poses a unique challenge, which demands a long-term response.

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Saw Htee Hser စၤထံဆၢ @sawhteecher.bsky.social · 1d

Arakan thrash junta in 3 places; Ta’ang lose more ground; PDFs inflict casualties & collect weapons; Chin forces stage a daring raid in Hakha.
#Myanmar #Burma #China #Asia #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Burma Coup Resistance Notes October 18, 2025

Arakan thrash junta in 3 places; Ta’ang lose more ground; PDFs inflict casualties & collect weapons; Chin forces stage a daring raid in Hakha.

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Gerald Cai ✝️🏡⚕️⚖️🌏🌠🎶📚📸 @zlcai.bsky.social · 1d

Rape: Assad's weapon of war during the Syrian revolution. Distressing content.
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Rape: Assad's weapon of war during the Syrian revolution

In 2011, when many Syrians rose up to contest Bashar al-Assad's unchallenged power, the regime arbitrarily arrested thousands of men, women, and children. In notorious detention centres, the regime us...

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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 2d

China is both an important economic partner and a systemic rival. The UK needs to do much more to tackle the very real threat of Chinese espionage, infiltration and influence operations.

China spy case shows the UK must do more to tackle Chinese espionage and influence operations

China is both an important economic partner and a systemic rival to the UK. This poses a unique challenge, which demands a long-term response.

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Gerald Cai ✝️🏡⚕️⚖️🌏🌠🎶📚📸 @zlcai.bsky.social · 2d

Who are Chen Zhi and the Prince Group, accused by the US and UK of large-scale scam operations?
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Who are Chen Zhi and the Prince Group, accused by the US and UK of large-scale scam operations?

US treasury department has sanctioned Chinese-born Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi – alleged mastermind of a cyber-crime empire in south-east Asia

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A Record High: Bears kill seven people in Japan this year.
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Japan bear attacks hit record high with seven people killed this year

Seven people have died since April this year - the highest number since figures started being recorded in 2006, officials say.

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China arrested 30 Christians.
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Zion Church: China's arrest of 30 Christians sparks fears of a bigger crackdown

Activists say the unprecedented round-up could be the beginning of a wider crackdown on China's underground churches.

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As America pulls back, global families step in.
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As America pulls back, global families step in | Fortune

Family offices are stepping in with a mission-driven focus, patient capital, and long-term vision to sustain momentum where it matters most.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3d

At least 1,076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ukraine's military intelligence said; Denmark has pledged $171 million in military aid to Ukraine; and more.

Ukraine war latest: Over 1,000 Cubans fighting for Russia, 96 dead or missing, Ukraine says

Coverage of Russia's war against Ukraine with breaking news and front-line updates. At least 1,076 Cuban nationals have fought or are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ukraine's military intelligence (H...

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Putin’s cancelled Arab summit signals waning influence in Middle East.
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Putin’s embarrassing cancellation of Arab summit signals waning influence in Middle East

Trump’s Gaza summit may bring home to Russia how much Ukraine war has damaged its international standing

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Cambodian-linked scammers' Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown.
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Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown on alleged scammers

The UK has also frozen assets linked to the alleged scammers, including a £100m London office building.

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Non-Japanese baby boom spotlights a political and demographic time-bomb.
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Japan’s imported baby boom spotlights a political and demographic timebomb

Rise in births to non-Japanese comes as politicians keep dodging the choice between economic decline and a more diverse population

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 4d

In her monumental work, Darya Tsymbalyuk insists the world must reckon with the full cost of the destruction in Ukraine — not just in hectares lost or tons of grain burned, but in the severed roots that once tied generations to the land they called home.

New book exposes Russia’s ecocide as a war against Ukraine’s land – and memory

When Russia destroyed Ukraine’s Kakhovka Hydroelectric Dam in June 2023, unleashing catastrophic floods across the country’s south, it seemed like such a blatant act of environmental and humanitarian ...

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Gerald Cai ✝️🏡⚕️⚖️🌏🌠🎶📚📸 @zlcai.bsky.social · 5d

Student’s alleged torture death by Cambodia scammers sparks turmoil in South Korea.
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Student’s alleged torture death by Cambodia scammers sparks turmoil in South Korea

South Korean president urges ‘all-out’ efforts to protect citizens after number of kidnappings in Cambodia soars in recent months

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Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia.
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Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia in 'highly exceptional' move

The Dutch government has invoked the Goods Availability Act to take control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned semiconductor maker based in the Netherlands.

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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached: Coral Bleaching.
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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

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Chinese ship deliberately rammed Filipino government boat in South China Sea.
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Philippines says Chinese ship ‘deliberately rammed’ government boat in South China Sea

Beijing blames Manila for the collision, saying the ship ‘ignored repeated stern warnings from the Chinese side’

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How microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds.
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The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

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Gerald Cai ✝️🏡⚕️⚖️🌏🌠🎶📚📸 @zlcai.bsky.social · 6d

High youth death rates are an emerging crisis.
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High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns

Alcohol, suicide and injuries driving rises among teenagers and young adults despite overall rates falling, authors say

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Gerald Cai ✝️🏡⚕️⚖️🌏🌠🎶📚📸 @zlcai.bsky.social · 6d

Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals.
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Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds

Experts describe findings as deeply concerning and predict 70% increase in related deaths by 2050

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Gerald Cai ✝️🏡⚕️⚖️🌏🌠🎶📚📸 @zlcai.bsky.social · 8d

Hypocritical EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025.

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Seven EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports

Among the seven nations increasing their purchases, France saw a 40% jump, importing 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion), while the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros ($579 million). Be...

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