Footage by a worker, showing the immediate aftermath of this morning’s explosion at the port of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran.
What appears to be an unexploded GBU-53/B “StormBreaker” Air-Launched Precision-Guided Glide Bomb has been discovered in the Shabwah Governorate of Central Yemen. F/A-18E “Super Hornets” onboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) were seen equipped with the GBU-53/B for strikes against the Houthis back in March.
Bible sales increased by 87% between 2019 and 2024. Sam Richardson, CEO of SPCK (a Christian publishing house), said that these numbers show “we are at the heart of a significant cultural shift regarding matters of faith and religion.” He added that events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the mental health crisis have led people to “reflect deeply on their spirituality” and to want to “draw their own conclusions by reading Christian books in general, and the Bible in particular.”
Yesterday, Trump said that trade talks with China were going well and that he was being “kind” to the Chinese so that the tariffs he raised could eventually be lowered. Today, however, China publicly denied the claim, stating that it’s a lie and that there are no ongoing talks or negotiations with the U.S.