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The article explores how China's emerging national narrative and cultural mythos are shaping its global identity and influencing international relations in the 21st century.
Why transactionalism won’t deliver peace in the Middle East
Applied Intuition has spent the past decade building the software that powers intelligent machines, from passenger vehicles and trucks to defense systems, mining equipment, and industrial robots. In this conversation, Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg sit down with Applied Intuition cofounders Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig to discuss the emergence of physical AI and the company's latest launch, Dana, a new platform designed to accelerate the development of autonomous systems. They explore au...
Many modern hermeneutics lessons open with an example of how not to interpret. The infamous Augustinian allegory of Luke’s parable of the Good Samaritan is the classic offender. Augustine interprets Luke 10 in the following way: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho; Adam himself is meant; Jerusalem is the heavenly city of Read more. The post How to Read the Bible Like the Early Church Did appeared first on Christianity Today
For 150 years, St. Peter Evangelical Church has maintained a visible and vibrant presence in the Iranian capital of Tehran. Mansour Khajehpour—a former elder at St. Peter—said the Presbyterian church was known to everyone in the neighborhood, where he lived from 1991 to 1993. As a university student, Khajehpour lived in one of the church Read more. The post Iran Shutters Country’s Last Presbyterian Church appeared first on Christianity Today
I sympathize with C. S. Lewis’s claim that movies preempt imagination, locking the fantastic elements of story into set frames. As a professor who teaches film adaptation as well as literature, however, I’d add that tackling multiple reimaginings of a classic can reveal more than sticking to the source material alone. I understand Homer’s Odyssey Read more. The post This ‘Odyssey’ Blesses the Peacemakers appeared first on Christianity Today
Making a success of LGR: How should central government support local authorities going through Local Government Reorganisation? zuzanna.juszkiewicz Tue, 21/07/2026 - 16:31 2 Carlton Gardens Burnham government Starmer government Hybrid event Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Monday 14 September 2026, 01:30 Institute for Government Local government Local government reorganisation Local elections Institute for Government Monday 14 September 2026, 12:30 BST Devolution England ...
Burnham’s OPMC creation follows IfG’s Commission on the Centre of Government recommendations jack.sanders Tue, 21/07/2026 - 15:10 Andy Burnham’s decision to create a strengthened Office for the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (OPMC) follows a key IfG recommendation 3 Press release Institute for Government Yes Ministers Civil service Cabinet Labour Prime minister Cabinet secretary Burnham government Cabinet Office No Commenting on the announcement, Hannah White said: “This is excellent news. Fi...
The article reviews recent legal and policy developments surrounding youth gender medicine, highlighting ongoing debates and implications for healthcare practices and regulations.