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Religion: Baptists in Berlin | TIME

TIME August 13, 1934 12:00 AM GMT-4 In Kaiser-Damm Hall in Berlin this week gathered 7,000 German Baptists, 3,280 Baptists from 60 other nations. Six years ago the Baptist World Alliance had picked that time and place for its Fifth Congress. When Germany went Nazi many a Baptist wanted to switch the meeting to Zurich. But Baptist leaders stuck to their plans because they believed they were confronted with “a challenge to Christian courage and faith.

Ukraine Can't Win the War

The long-awaited counteroffensive last year failed. Russia has recaptured Avdiivka, its biggest war gain in nine months. President Volodymyr Zelensky has been forced to quietly acknowledge the new military reality. The Biden Administration’s strategy is now to sustain Ukrainian defense until after the U.S. presidential elections, in the hope of wearing down Russian forces in a long war of attrition. This strategy seems sensible enough, but contains one crucially important implication and one potentially disastrous flaw, which are not yet being seriously addressed in public debates in the West or Ukraine.

Woman Gets in Trouble With Her Boss for Checking Her Phone During Her Lunch Break

A woman got in trouble for checking her phone during her lunch break at her first corporate job, and commenters are rightfully angry. Source: TikTok/@poorandhungryThe best part of social media is finding people who have gone through the same corporate BS as you. On TikTok, Sydney Littlefield @poorandhungry posted about her struggles at her corporate job. She reenacted a conversation with her boss in which she got in trouble for checking her phone during her lunch break.

Yvan Attal - Age, Family, Bio

He became famous for dating singer and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg and starred in several French films. He played Mason in the 1999 film, The Criminal, and played Tony in the 2005 Steven Spielberg-directed film, Munich. In 2007 he played George in Rush Hour 3. Before Fame He earned a César Award for Most Promising Actor for his work in the 1989 film Un Monde Sans Pitié. Trivia He dubbed Tom Cruise's French dialogue in the French releases of Mission: Impossible II, Vanilla Sky, and Minority Report.

'Our Assignment Here Has Been Done'

The spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, has turned in his resignation letter to the party leadership. Naija News understands Nwuke in his letter to the APC leadership said the reason behind his resignation was purely personal. He stated in the letter that he believes his assignment as the party spokesperson is done and it’s time to move on to other things. He appreciated the party for the opportunity to serve but noted that whatever has a beginning must also have an end.

2023 Presidency: Era Of One North In The Past

The Southern and Middle Belt Alliance (SaMBA) has berated the statement by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF). Baba-Ahmed while addressing students at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, on Saturday, said, “We will lead Nigeria the way we have led Nigeria before; whether we are president or vice-president, we will lead Nigeria. “We have the majority of the votes and the democracy says vote whom you want. Why should we accept a second class position when we know we can buy forms and contests for first class and we will win?

Apparently, Alls Not Fair in Love and War

The one-time head of the Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade — one of the service’s most celebrated units — had an “inappropriate relationship” with the wife of his Iraqi cultural adviser, an Army investigation has concluded. The probe, obtained by Stars and Stripes, concludes Colonel James H. Johnson III was infatuated with the woman, … ncG1vNJzZmimkam2sLqNraCmnV6YvK5705qeaJufobyvsctmoZqllah6q7vHp6qopl2etqp7

Bay City Rollers Singer Les McKeown Dies at 65

Les McKeown, former lead singer for the Bay City Rollers, the group that became a global phenomenon in the 1970s, died Tuesday at age 65. His family announced the death Thursday in a social media post.

Company Builds Employees "Tiny Houses" Instead of Office Cubicles to Get Workers Back to the Office

A woman's boss built tiny homes instead of cubicles for their employees and now everyone on TikTok wants to work there. Source: TikTok @itskylie94If you've ever looked inside Pixar Studios' office workspaces, there's a good chance you were gobsmacked by the setup they've got going on there. Sure, there are a lot of benefits of being a part of a production studio that's worth a whopping $7.4 billion, so of course there are going to be some amenities that many other companies aren't affording to their employees.