Praying the News Summary 73

Summary: Country of the Week: Indonesia

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Racial Injustice

Summary: Pray for people to repent of racism and anti-Semitism. Pray for Christians to mourn with those who mourn after last year's synagogue shooting in Germany
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Summary: PRAISE: Virginia removes its statue of Lee from the US capitol and will replace it with a statue of a civil rights activist. 

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Summary: PRAISE: The KC Star newspaper apologized for its past racist coverage
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Summary: A police officer in Ohio shot & killed a black man. Pray for reforms to happen to prevent shootings like this from occurring. The shooting occurred within 10 seconds of the officers arrival
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Other Requests

Summary: Pray for peace between Rwanda and the Central African Republic
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Summary: PRAISE: 84 more schoolchildren were rescued from their captors in Nigeria
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Summary: A volcano erupts in Hawaii
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Summary: Pray for hospitals facing a nursing shortage
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Summary: The US Embassy in Baghdad was attacked. No US personnel was injured. Pray for the US to return good for evil

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Summary: 3 police officers in France were shot & killed by a gunman as they responded to a domestic violence incident
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Summary: Over 30 women in ICE custody are alleging receiving unwanted surgeries and medical procedure, such as hysterectomies without their consent. Pray for a just investigation to uncover the truth
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Summary: 3 skiers die in avalanches in Colorado
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Summary: A migrant camp in Bosnia closed which leaves 1,400 people homeless in winter
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Summary: Over 100 people were killed in an attack on an Ethiopian village
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Summary: Pray for those suffering from negative health conditions due to being overweight
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Summary: A boating accident on a lake bordering Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo left 26 people dead
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Summary: At least 11 people were killed in a Christmas Eve attack by Boko Haram in Nigeria
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Summary: Join Nazarene Compassionate Ministry in praying for recent events and projects.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Update

The latest global numbers from John Hopkins: Link
The latest US numbers from the CDC: Link
Summary: Live Updates: 21 million people are affected by the virus lockdown in the UK
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Summary: Live Updates from around the world
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Summary: Live Updates: More nations issue travel bans against the UK. Pray for people to have access to the necessities as shipments are delayed in reaching the UK

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Summary: Live Updates: More news from around the world, specifically on the virus varient
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Summary: Live Updates: 1.7 million deaths
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Summary: Pray for the UK as they face a varient of the virus. The variant is also present in the Netherlands, Australia, and Denmark, as well as France. Cases of the varient have been found in Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland
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Summary: Pray for places with new virus restrictions and lockdowns
Source: Sydney, Australia and the UK

Summary: Pray for those facing eviction and homelessness in the midst of a pandemic
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Summary: 17 million cases including 317,000+ deaths in the US
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Summary: Pray for overwhelmed hospitals as cases surge
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Summary: PRAISE: Hawaii uses pandemic funds to reboot a variation of the Civilian Conservation Corp to help those unemployed
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Summary: Pray for those struggling financially due to the pandemic and those facing evictions
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Summary: Pray for those with disabilities or those who are elderly to receive proper medical treatment 

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Summary: Pray for people to follow state & local guidelines for holiday events. May we not seek to do the maximum allowed, but the minimum we can handle
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Summary: The virus has been reported on every continent now
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Summary: PRAISE: France rewards its frontline workers who are immigrants with a fast track to citizenship
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Summary: Pray for stranded truck drivers as travel to & from the UK is impacted due to the virus variant
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Summary: A hospitalized virus patient in California beat a fellow virus patient to death with an oxygen tank
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Summary: Pray for those receiving the vaccine as well as those who are uncertain about the vaccine
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Summary: Mexico, Chile, and Costa Rica begin their vaccinations
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Summary: Pray for black people to receive quality care, especially in regards to the virus. Pray for physicans to take their health complaints seriously
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Summary: California passes 2 million virus cases. It took over 9 months to reach 1 million cases and 6 weeks to reach 2 million. Pray for hospitals with no empty ICU beds
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Summary: Pray for prisons and prisoners to get prioritized for vaccines since they are virus hotspots
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Summary: PRAISE: Food banks are teaming up with fishermen to A) provide fresh food to the hungry and B) provide income & a market for the fishermen
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