INDONESIA 7.7 QUAKE.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

INDONESIA 7.7 QUAKE.

FAMINE

EZEKIEL 5:16
16  When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

DEUTORONOMY 28:24
24  The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

DEUT
22 18 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

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Powerful 7.7 magnitude quake hits off Indonesian coast-Initial reports indicated there was damage to homes and public facilities-The Associated Press · Posted: Aug 14, 2026 7:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, damaging buildings and homes, and triggering a tsunami warning. Authorities urged people on affected coastlines to move to higher ground.The U.S Geological Survey said the quake hit Indonesia's Flores region with a depth of 10 kilometers at 5:58 a.m. Indonesia time. Its epicentre was 68 kilometres north-northwest of the city of Ende in East Nusa Tenggara province.The initial quake was followed by several aftershocks. There were no immediate reports of casualties.Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency issued a tsunami warning for part of East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi provinces, and urged residents to stay away from beaches and riverbanks.The agency located the shallow undersea quake near Flores island.Residents along affected coastlines were advised to move to higher ground as officials are closely monitoring coastal tide gauges for any changes.The quake was felt across much of Flores island. Initial reports indicated there was damage to homes and public facilities, though officials had not yet released estimates of the number of damaged buildings or any casualties.Yohanna Embu, a resident of Sikka, a regency within East Nusa Tenggara province, said a number of buildings were damaged by the strong shaking and panicked people ran to higher ground."Many buildings here were damaged ... I saw that the waiting room at the port terminal in Maumere had collapsed," she said.Students at St. Peter Major Seminary in Sikka who were attending morning Mass fled in panic when the roof of an assembly hall collapsed, said the Rev. Guidelbertus Tanga, rector of the seminary, which is known locally as Ritapiret Seminary on the predominantly Catholic island of Flores."Our students and nuns ran out in panic beneath a collapsing roof," Tanga said, "At least one priest suffered a broken leg after jumping from the second floor of a building during the quake."Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity because of its location on the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.In December of 1992, a magnitude 7 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed about 2,500 people on the southeastern island of Flores, part of a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia.CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices·About CBC News

Magnitude 7.7 Quake Strikes Off Indonesia's Coast, Toppling Buildings and Killing at Least 20-Asharq Al Awsat-08:07-15 August 2026 AD ـ 02 Rabi’ Al-Awwal 1448 AH

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 20 people, collapsing buildings and homes as well as causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes. Authorities said six people were injured, and two others were missing after a landslide triggered by the quake.Authorities issued a tsunami warning and urged coastal residents to move to higher ground, but later lifted the warning when Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said monitoring showed no significant sea-level changes that would pose a threat to coastal communities.The US Geological Survey said the quake hit Indonesia's Flores region with a depth of 10 kilometers at 5:58 a.m. local time. Its epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) north-northwest of the city of Ende in East Nusa Tenggara province. The initial quake was followed by several aftershocks.The head of the Maumere Search and Rescue Agency, Fathur Rahman, said rescuers have recovered at least 20 bodies in the three devastated regencies of Sikka, West Manggarai, and East Manggarai, including eight bodies that were pulled from a landslide in the village of Reok in Manggarai. Six people were rushed to nearby hospitals with severe injuries.He said rescuers were still searching for two villagers believed to be buried under tons of mud that tumbled down from the surrounding hills in a landslide triggered by the quake, The Associated Press reported.East Nusa Tenggara Police Chief Rudi Darmoko said the earthquake caused severe damage and collapsed buildings. He said power outages in cities and villages have hampered the flow of information and complicated search and rescue efforts.“We are continuing to collect reports of damage and casualties, but there are communication disruptions,” Darmoko said. He said that landslides in Ende regency triggered by the earthquake also cut off the Trans-Flores highway, a roughly 700-kilometer (435-mile) paved mountain road spanning Flores Island, from Labuan Bajo to Larantuka.Footage on local television showed patients at several hospitals being evacuated from buildings as a precaution following the quake. Hospital staff moved equipment outdoors, including beds, IV stands and oxygen cylinders, and set up temporary treatment areas to adapt to emergency conditions.The National Disaster Management Agency deployed a helicopter to assist with logistics and support emergency response operations, including possible evacuations if needed, the agency said in a statement.The air support is considered crucial given East Nusa Tenggara’s geography, which consists of numerous islands and presents significant transportation and access challenges.It said about 2,000 villagers in Nagekeo regency fled their homes to temporary shelters.The quake was felt across much of Flores island with initial reports indicating heavy damage.Yohanna Embu, a resident of Sikka regency, said a number of buildings were damaged by the strong shaking and panicked people ran to higher ground.“Many buildings here were damaged ... I saw that the waiting room at the port terminal in Maumere had collapsed,” she said.The quake also reportedly caused panic in Labuan Bajo, a gateway town to eastern Indonesia’s Komodo National Park, one of the country’s best-known attractions.Damage was also reported in Bima, a city in neighboring West Nusa Tenggara province, and in some parts of southern Sulawesi island.Indonesian authorities initially issued a tsunami warning for parts of East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi provinces, and urged residents to stay away from beaches and riverbanks. The agency located the shallow undersea quake near Flores island.Indonesia prone to earthquakes Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity because of its location on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.

More than 160 people killed in Colombia’s strongest earthquake in years-The 7.4-magnitude earthquake, which hit about 250 miles west of Bogotá, caused serious damage to infrastructure and left people trapped in collapsed buildings.Aug. 10, 2026, 9:32 AM EDT / Updated Aug. 11, 2026, 10:47 AM EDT-By Nicole Acevedo, Maya Rosenberg, George Solis and Dennis Romero

At least 169 people were killed Monday in a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that shook western Colombia, collapsing hospitals, schools and other buildings and leaving people trapped under the rubble.The worst-hit cities include Pereira, Cali, Quibdó, Manizales and Armenia, all of which remain under “red alert,” the nation’s highest-level disaster threat level, according to Colombia’s nonprofit Association of Capital Cities, which provided the death toll.Seven airports have suspended operations, and hospitals, roads, transportation, aqueducts, energy and telecommunications have been disrupted in the areas hardest hit, it said.Colombia’s newly inaugurated president, Abelardo De La Espriella, said in a national briefing that 700 people were injured in the temblor and an estimated 5,000 homes were damaged or destroyed.Earlier in the day, he declared a national disaster to allow for the mobilization and coordination of emergency efforts.Speaking from the Unified Command Center he had ordered into existence earlier in the day, De La Espriella said 188 people were missing, three hospitals had collapsed, and 18 other hospitals had been affected. Thirty-nine schools were also affected, he said.Elected officials have reported people trapped inside collapsed buildings and serious structural damage throughout the quake-hit region.The quake’s epicenter was reported in the municipality of San José del Palmar in the department ​of Chocó. Colombia’s Geological Service said it was the country’s strongest earthquake this century, Reuters reported.In Valle del Cauca, about 254 miles south of Chocó, Gov. Dilian Francisca Toro said “the situation is serious.”She reported the deaths of 27 people across Valle del Cauca, including three children. Speaking from the University Hospital of the Valley, Toro said the facility suffered “structural collapses” and that rescue and evacuation operations were completed Monday.Video from the location verified by NBC News shows medical staff in white tending to infants in hospital bassinets outdoors. At least one medical professional was shown holding a baby in her arms.In Chocó, Gov. Nubia Carolina Córdoba-Curi said on social media that injuries and serious damage to buildings had been reported in the capital city of Quibdó, about 188 miles northwest of the reported epicenter.“We are already conducting a damage assessment to issue the first official report,” Córdoba-Curi wrote on X in Spanish.As of Monday night, Córdoba-Curi reported 13 deaths in Chocó. Earlier, she said 84 people had been injured.In Pereira, a city in Colombia’s coffee-growing region, Mayor Mauricio Salazar said 18 people had died. In nearby Manizales, Mayor Jorge Eduardo Rojas ​said two people were killed.Alejandro Eder, the mayor of Cali, said that at least 20 buildings had collapsed in the city and some had “people trapped inside.” Emergency response teams have set up tents in the area to coordinate rescue efforts, Eder added.Sunday was the beginning of a weeklong festival celebrating the region’s Afro-Pacific culture, which brings hundreds of thousands of tourists to Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city.Cali resident Luis Angel Sarria told NBC News he strongly felt the earthquake there.“There are many damaged buildings, collapsed buildings, people trapped and fatalities; the quake felt here was very severe,” Sarria, a taxi driver, said in Spanish. “What has happened here in my country has been very hard and very sad.”While Sarria and his immediate family are safe, he said, “We are saddened by the loss of life.”In Cali, rescue teams and volunteers began clearing rubble as they searched for survivors trapped beneath some of the collapsed buildings.In Jamundí, about 15 miles south of Cali, Maria Alejandra Soto Zea was inside her apartment with her 2-year-old son when she felt the earthquake. Its intensity grew quickly, she said, leaving her unable to quickly evacuate her home.As she sought the exit, Soto Zea said, the shaking was so intense that she made it only to the kitchen. There, she held on to the kitchen counter with all her strength while also carrying her toddler, she told NBC News in Spanish.“Right now, I have back pain from the stress of the moment, from shouting, from gripping the counter so tightly and from the anguish of thinking I wouldn’t be able to get out of here with my son,” Soto Zea said.When the trembling subsided, the 27-year-old mother took the stairs seven stories down with her young child in her arms and evacuated the building. Worried about aftershocks, she began packing a few bags on Monday afternoon to stay with relatives elsewhere.The Trump administration is committing $15.5 million to Colombia for emergency shelter, food, protection and other needs, the State Department said Monday on X.It said the U.S. is ready to support De La Espriella and his government as they assess the country’s needs. “We are united in prayer with the Colombian people,” the State Department said.The International Rescue Committee, a global nonprofit group focused on providing aid during humanitarian crises, said in a statement that its staff near Chocó was reporting damage to hospitals and clinics.“Local communities were already facing armed conflict and high levels of poverty long before the ground began to shake. Chocó, at the epicenter of the quake, is the poorest region in the country,” said Nicole Kast, the organization’s director for Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. “We are deeply concerned that today’s natural disaster will make the needs on the ground even steeper as people lose access to health care and other essential services.”According to Colombia’s civil aviation authority, airports in Cali, Pereira, Manizales, Quibdó, Armenia, Cartago and Buenaventura were affected in some way by the temblor, including by electricity outages. Flights at these airports have been suspended “pending an assessment of structural damage to the facilities,” it said.Later, it said Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport between Palmira and Cali was operational following restoration of electricity.José Gallegos was inside the airport in Pereira when the earthquake hit. In videos posted to his Instagram account, Gallegos can be seen hiding underneath a table as plumes of dust burst in the air and parts of the ceiling crashed into the ground.“Everything fell apart in a second,” Gallegos, an influencer, told Noticias Telemundo Ahora in Spanish. He was recording a live video when disaster struck.Gallegos described seeing walls collapsing, trapping people underneath. “At that moment, I thought I was going to die,” he said.Halley Sherwood, who lives in the city of Armenia along with her husband, said in a phone interview that some buildings collapsed and many more appear to have intense damage.Water and Wi-Fi were cut off before returning within a few hours, she said.“As of right now everyone is outside their homes waiting,” Sherwood said. “We were told there could be aftershocks.”The damage in Armenia, part of the country’s coffee-growing region, has brought back painful memories for residents of a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked the area in 1999, causing nearly 1,200 deaths and leaving an estimated 250,000 homeless, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.“My husband and his family are all shook up, because last time it was really bad,” Sherwood said.Less than an hour after the initial earthquake, an aftershock measured at magnitude 5.0 struck about 10 miles west of San José del Palmar, according to the USGS. It was not immediately clear whether it caused damage or hampered rescue efforts.The earthquake follows two back-to-back 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes in Venezuela in late June that killed more than 6,000 people.Soto Zea said that surviving Monday’s earthquake in Colombia after witnessing the devastation left behind in nearby Venezuela has left her feeling very nervous.“It’s very overwhelming,” she said. “This shakes up your life because it leaves you thinking about how fragile life is.”
The Associated Press, Reuters, Juliette Arcodia, Michelle Acevedo, Cat Corrigan, Abigail Williams, Jean Lee and Tangni Noriega contributed.

Spain removes remains of 11th century kings from monastery as Europe’s wildfires spread-Weeks without rain revealed the remains of an ancient bridge in Rome’s Tiber River, as multiple European countries battle to contain spreading fires in hot and dry conditions.Aug. 14, 2026, 9:08 AM EDT / Source: Reuters-By Reuters and The Associated Press

Spanish authorities on Thursday removed the remains of three kings who ruled the Aragón region in the 11th ​century from a monastery threatened by a wildfire.Their remains ‌were taken to the provincial museum of Huesca, located 50 miles south of the monastery, for their protection until conditions improve, said the ​northeastern region’s vice-president Mar Vaquero.After the wildfire that had ​been raging since Monday began moving toward the 10th ⁠century San Juan de la Peña monastery late on Thursday, ​concern that it could be engulfed by flames prompted authorities to ​launch a rescue operation, Vaquero told reporters.An emergency military unit team managed to enter the monastery, located in a mountain range, and take ceremonial ​clothing belonging to an 18th-century count buried there, before ​the proximity of the flames forced them to flee.The team returned a second ‌time, ⁠accompanied by police officers and heritage officials, and removed the remains of the first three kings of Aragón — who ruled between 1035 and 1104 — from a pantheon within the monastery, as ​well as some ​historical paintings.The wildfire had intensified earlier on Thursday, fuelled by higher temperatures ​and strong winds. It has burned more than ​3.5 square miles and forced the evacuation of 16 towns, although the monastery remained unharmed on Friday morning.Evacuations as wildfires spread-As large parts of Europe battle fires after a long stretch of hot and dry conditions, a raging wildfire in the province of Huelva, southern Spain, triggered an operation to evacuate around ​700 people on Thursday.More than 2,000 people evacuated ​the village of Gey in western Germany on Friday after a ‌wildfire near the Belgian border, while France evacuated 525 people from the village of Luglon in its southwestern Landes region.Meanwhile, Croatia and Greece both evacuated tourists from resorts as fires spread. Flames enveloped settlements and trees around Omis, a scenic town on Croatia’s prized Dalmatian coast surrounded by trees and ⁠rocky hills, officials said, injuring 40 and forcing 1,200 to ​evacuate.More than 300 people were evacuated by boat from Siviri in northern Greece, south of the country’s second city, Thessaloniki.People wearing face masks, some clutching children or pets, boarded dinghies and boats in the seaside town as a wildfire ate through the nearby forest and columns of smoke turned the cloudless sky a dark grey.Nero’s Bridge emerges-The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, after weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge.The bridge — known as Nero’s Bridge, named for the former Roman emperor — once connected Rome’s city center with the Tiber’s right bank.“Nero is the most famous person linked to this area, because precisely in Nero’s circus, where the Vatican is now located, the Apostle Peter was martyred,” said Antonella Bonini, an archaeologist at Rome’s cultural heritage superintendency.“However, scholars consider the bridge to be older (than Nero’s era) — built by Caligula, Nero’s uncle,” she said, adding that it existed as early as 39 AD.The Tiber’s flow has fallen below 80 cubic meters (2,825 cubic feet) per second, about half the historic average for the month of July, according to Giovanni Giganti, coordinator of the Rome civil protection service’s center for water management.“We are facing a major water crisis. And it is a crisis that is also due to the fact that this winter we did have quite abundant rainfall, but then the dry periods ... were quite long,” Giganti said.

Smoke description-NOAA provides narrative description of smoke and dust, reported here as it appears on its website.SMOKE:Canada - Wildfires in the Northwest Territories continued to burn this evening, producing a regional layer of moderate-to-heavy density smoke. The smoke drifted east across much of Canada before turning northeast through Quebec and eventually moving off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Wildfires in southern British Columbia produced moderate-to-heavy density smoke plumes that joined with the fires in the Pacific Northwest of CONUS. A layer of light-density smoke extended across much of Canada, drifting east from the Northwest Territories before moving south into eastern CONUS and eastward over the Atlantic Ocean. Additional light-density smoke originating from the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia also contributed to the overall light smoke coverage.CONUS/Atlantic Ocean - Wildfires across the Pacific Northwest continued to produce moderate density smoke across the region this evening. The smoke drifted southward into northern California and north into British Columbia. A fire in Throckmorton County, Texas began burning this evening, producing moderate-to-heavy smoke that drifted north into southern Oklahoma. Light smoke over the fires in the southeast merged with the smoke from Canada that moved eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.Mexico/Gulf of America/Pacific Ocean - Light-density smoke was observed over along the Mexican Gulf Coast, Central Mexico, and the Gulf of America, some of which drifted southwestward across southern Mexico into the Pacific Ocean. A region layer of moderate-density smoke was also observed in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec before extending southwestward into the Pacific Ocean.Source: NOAA

European countries battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips the continent-By  ANGELA CHARLTON and SYLVIA HUI-Updated 9:47 AM EDT, August 14, 2026

PARIS (AP) — Firefighters across Europe struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of the continent, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes.The historic temperatures are linked to human-caused climate change, and are hitting countries more used to long cold seasons and ill-equipped for this sort of heat, with limited air conditioning.With France experiencing its driest year ever, a new fire raced through woodlands overnight in the Landes region on the southwest coast. The blaze forced more than 500 people to evacuate their homes in the town of Luglon as hundreds of firefighters deployed to the area, the regional administration said Friday.It’s one of several fires scorching forests around France this week, including in normally cooler and wetter regions in the north and Brittany. A historic fire devoured forests near Bordeaux last month and pushed a quarter of a million people from their homes.France also has shut down six nuclear reactors in recent days because of extreme heat and drought — and because a mass of jellyfish washed up outside one power plant on the English Channel coast, utility company EDF said. Large numbers of jellyfish are appearing on many French beaches in connection with unusually warm sea temperatures.In a statement, the company said the shutdowns had minimal impact on France’s electricity production. It said extreme weather poses no safety risks to the reactors themselves.UK wildfires come as London records its hottest day of the year-In the central English town of Stourbridge, where a huge blaze started Thursday, TV footage showed the fires consuming houses, with many left without roofs as flames burned inside the charred walls. About 20 to 30 homes were completely destroyed, Stourbridge lawmaker Cat Eccles told the BBC.A woman who was evacuated from her Stourbridge home said police knocked on her door and urged her to leave immediately.“They thought the fire was changing directions, and they didn’t know which direction it was going in,” Jane Baxter told BBC Radio. “So, it was literally ‘grab what you need and get out.’”Simon Tuhill, chief fire officer of West Midlands Fire Service, said an investigation will be launched but the fire was believed to have started in the grassland before spreading to homes nearby.Nineteen people and six firefighters were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and other injuries from multiple wildfires in the West Midlands region. In nearby Stoke-on-Trent, a 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman were arrested Friday on suspicion of arson over a large grass fire that spread quickly.The Met Office, the official weather agency, said 38.1C (100.6 F) was recorded in west London on Thursday, marking the hottest day of the year. While temperatures cooled slightly on Friday, many parts of the country have seen little to no rain for weeks. This July has been the driest in England and Wales since records began in 1836.Spanish authorities on Thursday night transferred the remains of three 11th Century kings from a monastery in the northeastern Aragón region near an active wildfire.The remains were taken to a museum about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of the 10th-century San Juan de la Peña monastery, which remained unharmed Friday, according to regional authorities.Paintings, liturgical objects and the clothes of a notable 18th-century Spanish count were among the other items removed from the monastery.The wildfire was not yet contained midday Friday with some 800 residents evacuated. Temperatures were expected to cool slightly Saturday.A separate, much larger wildfire in southern Spain has burned more than 300 square kilometers (120 square miles) in the province of Huelva, also forcing evacuations.Firefighters battle forest fire in Germany-All 1,800 residents of the village of Gey in western Germany were evacuated after a wildfire with shifting winds in the nearby Hürtgen forest threatened to reach their homes. Nearly 300 hectares (1.16 square miles) of forest were ablaze on Friday morning, local authorities said.Unexploded ordnance from World War II in the forest hampered firefighting efforts, German news agency dpa reported.The fire advanced to within 300 meters (1,000 feet) of Gey, which sits on the edge of the forest near the Belgian border. The cause of the blaze remains unknown.Germany has set a new record for heat-related deaths so far this year, surpassing the 2018 level for the entire year, the Robert Koch Institute said Thursday. An estimated 12,500 people died from heat-related causes between Jan. 1 and Aug. 2.Fire in Croatia leaves 1 dead, 14 hospitalized-In Croatia, one person was killed and 14 people were hospitalized, of whom seven remained in life-threatening condition early Friday, from a fire that raged overnight by the coastal town of Omis and forced more than 1,000 people to evacuate their homes. The person’s body was found as police combed through the burned-out area.The fire erupted late Thursday in an Omis suburb and quickly spread because of strong wind. The regional maritime authorities said 194 people, including children, were plucked from the sea and from various boats as they tried to flee the fire.Firefighters put out the blaze by Friday morning as other crews in planes headed further south toward the Peljesac peninsula, where another wildfire broke out overnight.Firefighters keep Albania’s largest wildfire from spreading to homesAlbania has been battling dozens of wildfires in recent weeks, with 11 active fires reported across the country Friday.The largest fire is in the Gure-Lure area, where the perimeter near residential homes has been brought under control.Three people have been prosecuted over that fire, which engulfed Lura National Park. They are suspected of failing to take measures to protect the territory from fire, authorities said.Meanwhile, in northern Greece, more than 300 vacationers and residents were evacuated by sea Thursday after a wildfire swept through a pine forest and threatened seaside homes, authorities said.Belgium expected to set another heat record-Belgium was expecting to hit its highest temperature of the summer on Friday, climbing to 37 C (98.6 F) in the capital, Brussels.The mercury was also set to hit 37 C (98.6 F) in the neighboring Netherlands. The country is suffering from severe drought, with water shortages in some areas, but Dutch authorities have held off declaring a water crisis as rain is expected in the coming days.___Hui reported from London. Stefanie Dazio in Berlin; Claudia Ciobanu in Warsaw, Poland; Zana Cimili in Pristina, Kosovo; Jovana Gec in Belgrade, Serbia; Lorne Cook in Brussels; and Suman Naishadham in Madrid contributed to this report.

Canadian wildfire that forced 20,000 to flee may signal ‘new normal’Updated 2:46 AM EDT, August 13, 2026

PENTICTON, British Columbia (AP) — A wildfire that forced more than 20,000 people from their homes in western Canada moved so quickly that crews had to abandon firefighting to help residents escape, a pace British Columbia’s premier said Wednesday may represent a “new normal.”The Bald Range wildfire erupted Friday near Summerland, a community of about 12,000 in British Columbia’s Okanagan region. By Wednesday, it had grown to about 184 square kilometers (71 square miles) after destroying homes and killing an 80-year-old woman.“There’s an important set of lessons for us to take about how quickly this moved and that this may be our new normal for fire speed,” Premier David Eby said. He said the blaze outpaced wildfire modeling and left some residents with little time to evacuate.Officials have begun damage assessments, but the area remained unsafe Wednesday and there was no timeline for residents to return.Crews were clearing vegetation to help slow the fire’s spread as officials warned that thunderstorms could bring erratic winds and increase fire activity. Highway 97, a major route through the area, remained closed.Eby visited an evacuation reception center in Penticton, where he said he met people devastated by the loss of their homes.“A lot of emotions in there, obviously,” he told reporters, calling the woman’s death a “tragic loss.”Summerland pharmacist Jonathan Kiesman said he was worried about displaced patients getting their medications and said seeing the fire approach the community “almost brought tears to my eyes.”Officials said they were withholding broader details on property losses until residents could be notified directly.“The last thing that I would want is somebody to have the shock of finding out on social media or on television about their home being lost,” British Columbia Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene said.Eby said the province would review the response, including whether changes are needed to wildfire planning, building standards and vegetation management near communities.Given the drought and summer heat, he warned, “this is very unlikely to be the last significant fire we see this summer.”Summerland Mayor Doug Holmes warned that recovery would be long and difficult.Canada has endured a series of severe wildfire seasons in recent years, with smoke repeatedly drifting into the United States. In record-setting 2023, fires burned more than 14.6 million hectares (36 million acres), an area roughly the size of Illinois.Canada has warmed faster than the global average in recent decades, while the amount of land burned by wildfires has increased substantially. Much of the country’s forest is remote and dominated by spruce and pine, conditions that can make fires difficult to contain once they become established.

A Canadian payment giant is being sold to U.S. private equity. Is your digital privacy at risk? Moneris handles roughly 1 in 3 payment transactions across Canada-Brock Wilson · CBC News · Posted: Aug 14, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: August 14

A payment processing company responsible for approximately one in three payment transactions across Canada will soon be owned by an American private equity firm.The Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal announced earlier this week they would be selling jointly owned Moneris, one of Canada's largest commerce solutions providers, to Francisco Partners for $2 billion.So far, it's been positive for both RBC and BMO, with the companies' shares jumping after the deal's announcement. RBC expects to gain about $475 million from the sale after tax, and BMO $600 million.However, some industry analysts are raising concerns the move could have negative repercussions for Canada's digital sovereignty amid the country's ongoing trade war with the U.S.Wide-reaching implications-Broadly speaking, digital sovereignty refers to the power of a country, or individual, to retain control over its own digital assets.In September, AI Minister Evan Solomon said that Canada needs to create a sovereign digital economy that is "free from coercion."Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act will help keep Canadians safe in the digital age. 'I think it's a common-sense approach to what Canadians and what average folks want from their digital media,' Solomon said on Monday about the new bill. 'They want some control over their personal information.'That same month, dozens of experts and academics penned an open letter urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to swiftly "defend Canada's digital sovereignty" and protect the country from the whims of the Trump administration. It's a sentiment Sharon Polsky, president of the Privacy and Access Council of Canada, shares."Canadians should be concerned because this is their information," she said."We're now going to have what has been a Canadian data-processing company that has access to everybody's purchasing habits ... available to other governments."Thousands of businesses in Canada use Moneris. The processor services more than 325,000 points of commerce and processes more than five billion transactions every year, according to a press release from the company.Polsky said the deal means Canadians' data could be available, not only to foreign governments, but foreign law enforcement agencies.She gave an example of U.S. border agents potentially checking an individual's transaction history before allowing them to enter the country."Will you be stopped at the border because your purchase records indicate that you bought something with THC?" she said, referring to a chemical compound found in cannabis, which remains illegal in the U.S. under federal jurisdiction."It's possible these days, much more possible than ever before."Transaction data as leverage? That the deal is happening as the countries grapple with a trade war only heightens Polsky's concerns."It's easy to foresee that the rich data that comes from millions of Canadians' purchases could easily be leveraged to inform trade negotiations," said Polsky, who has advised corporations and governments for more than 30 years on privacy and access matters.Colin Deacon, an Independent Canadian senator, is also concerned about how the U.S. government could use Canadians' data."[Data] under force and under request from the U.S. government could be then shared on an individual basis," said Deacon during an interview with CBC's Power and Politics.Nova Scotia Sen. Colin Deacon is warning against further financial integration with the United States after one of Canada's biggest payment processing platforms was bought by an American bidder. Deacon joins Power & Politics to discuss why he is so concerned about this acquisition."There's a number of ways in which [U.S. President Donald Trump] has absolute control over services that Canadians rely on every day."Both BMO and RBC pointed to press releases announcing the deal, refusing to provide further comment when contacted by CBC News."As ownership transitions to FP, Moneris's commitment to serving Canadian businesses will remain unchanged," read a separate press release from Moneris.Privacy legislation in the works-Canada's legislation meant to protect digital privacy isn't where it needs to be, according to Polsky, who said this comes at Canadians' "collective peril.""Canada isn't ready," she said.Polsky argues there's a clear outcome if a company based in Canada is compelled by the U.S. to supply data as a result of this deal."If the choice is either to comply with the American law or go to jail, or comply with Canadian legislation that really is nowhere near as stringent … it's a no-brainer. They will comply with the American legislation."The Canadian government has taken steps to address digital sovereignty. In June, the government introduced Bill C-36, the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act.It proposes a major overhaul of Canada's private sector privacy framework, updating language to establish privacy as a "fundamental right" and replace parts of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which sets out rules for how businesses, including tech, airlines and banks, collect and use customers' data.The bill also requires companies to conduct a "privacy impact assessment" before transferring personal data outside of Canada.At the time, government officials said the legislation would cover any company that has a "substantial connection" to Canada.But Polsky said C-36, and the Liberals' other attempts to update Canada's digital privacy laws, only "dance around the issues.""They don't really speak to data being retained in Canada as a matter of national security or as a matter of data sovereignty," she said.Bill C-36 represents the Liberal government's third attempt to update privacy regulations, following failed attempts in 2020 and 2023. It underwent its first reading in June, but has a number of steps to go before becoming law.Meanwhile, the sale of Moneris still requires regulatory approvals, including clearance under the Competition Act, and is expected to close by the end of the banks' fiscal first quarter in 2027.Where does that leave Canada? "Behind the eight ball," said Polsky."[Canada is] trying to look tough, but we have a ways to go."Clarifications-An earlier version of this story said Moneris processes more than $5 billion in transactions every year. In fact, Moneris processes more than 5 billion transactions every year. Aug 14, 2026 10:41 AM EDT

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, (SLAVE) to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

I KNOW THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA, KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM 5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E (BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO "GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING, -TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 - STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα, στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick; (cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German stechen, English stick, sting, etc.; Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in or branded upon the body. According to ancient oriental usage, slaves and soldiers bore the name or stamp of their master or commander branded or pricked (cut) into their bodies to indicate what master or general they belonged to, and there were even some devotees who stamped themselves in this way with the token of their gods (cf. Deyling, Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.) Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in Galatians 6:17 says he bears branded on his body, are the traces left there by the perils, hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by him for the cause of Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and approved votary, servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on Galatians, the passage cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian, Plutarch, Lcian, others.) 

Subdermal microchip implants are tiny electronic devices, usually the size of a grain of rice, injected under the skin (most often in the hand between the thumb and index finger). They use Near Field Communication (NFC) or Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID), require no battery, and function as digital keys, transit passes, or payment wallets.How the Technology WorksNo Battery Needed: The chips stay dormant and only wake up when a scanning device or reader is placed close to them.Simple Injection: A practitioner uses a preloaded syringe to place the biocompatible glass capsule just beneath the top layer of skin.Immediate Use: The passive transponder works instantly once implanted to transmit a unique identification number or encrypted data string.Common UsesAccess Control: Unlocking office doors, home smart locks, and gym memberships.Contactless Payments: Swiping a hand over a terminal to buy items through platforms like Walletmor.Identification and Data: Storing digital business cards, emergency medical details, or transit tickets.Risks and ConcernsPrivacy Issues: Critics worry about tracking data, corporate overreach, or third parties accessing sensitive personal profiles.Security Limits: While current chips only hold short ID strings rather than massive tracking data, legacy standards or cloned signals pose theoretical vulnerabilities.Health and Removal: Rejection or minor tissue irritation can happen, though removal usually requires a simple medical incision if a user wants it extracted.If you're interested, I can explore:The privacy and legal debates around human microchippingHow payment security works without a batteryThe difference between RFID and NFC implants.

Everything You Need To Know Before Getting An RFID Implant-Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD-8 min | 3 March 2025

Theoretically, RFID implants offer practical benefits as contactless payments, unlocking doors, and accessing medical data, with just a wave of your hand.However, the implants still face challenges such as safety concerns, potential infections, and limited data capacity.Ethical considerations surrounding privacy, surveillance, and potential discrimination must also be addressed – nevertheless, the idea offers a glimpse into a future where technology seamlessly integrates with our bodies.What if you could open your front door or unlock your car just by raising your hand? Never having to trouble yourself with your medical documents? Or remembering where you’ve put your wallet. What about sending your LinkedIn profile or a dancing monkey GIF to a phone just by holding it? And what about turning on a coffee machine by pointing to it? This is not the future anymore. Wannabe cyborgs with little RFID chips under their skin are living with us: some fifty-thousand people have implanted the tiny devices already under their skin to be able to have simpler access to buildings or (other people’s) phones. Do you want to join the cyborg community? Here’s what you should know about RFID chips before you implant them into your body.Captain Cyborg and the RFID implant-The radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology has been around for decades. It uses radio waves to exchange data between a tag (embedded with an antenna and integrated circuit) and a reader. RFID tags come in various types – passive, active, and semi-passive – and operate on different frequency bands, each with its own strengths and limitations.RFID has a wide range of applications, from tracking luggage and identifying pets to managing inventory in retail stores and even monitoring medical equipment in hospitals. It’s also becoming increasingly prevalent in the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling everyday objects to communicate with each other. You probably already have a personal RFID chip in your credit card, and they are increasingly used for access control, contactless payments, and even social interactions.The first-ever human to receive an RFID microchip implant was British scientist Kevin Warwick (known by the moniker “Captain Cyborg”) in 1998. This experiment allowed a computer to monitor Warwick as he moved through halls and offices of the Department of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, using a unique identifying signal emitted by the implanted chip. He could operate doors, lights, heaters and other computers without lifting a finger. Approximately two decades later, the technology has been made commercially available, and tens of thousands of people decided to implant an RFID chip. For example, groups of people have been meeting at “implant parties,” often organized by larger companies, to hook up. It’s especially popular in Sweden, where more than 4,000 individuals can take pride in opening doors by only lifting their hands. So, why is the rush? And why should you consider implanting one? TMF Cyborg man RFID impant-Congratulations, you’ve been RFID-chipped! In the future, an RFID chip implanted into your hand, between your thumb and your index finger on the back of your hand, could contain a lot of useful information – that you usually carry around in your wallet or purse. It could transmit your identity information as you walk through a security checkpoint, enable you to use public transport, and make long lines at the supermarket checkout a thing of the past. You wouldn’t have to worry about losing your most important documents or your wallet ever again – and ‘within hand’s reach’ will most certainly have a second layer of meaning. Moreover, imagine that in a medical emergency situation, the first responders only have to scan your hand to get to know every valuable bit of medical data about you.We are obviously not there yet. Although the technology has ripened significantly in recent years, even the most advanced chips still have limitations. Modern RFID chips typically store more data than earlier versions, though the increase in capacity has been gradual. However, according to user reviews, they can serve multiple functions. “I use my microchip to store my medical records and work portfolio, as well as to use it as a crypto wallet and to unlock doors” – says Brandon Dalaly about his implant in this article.In theory, you could connect it to your bank account, your transit card for use in the subway, or to pay at the grocery store. The challenge remains that many systems are not yet designed to integrate seamlessly with such implants. However, upgrades to these systems are expected in the near future to support RFID chip functionality. In any case, if you find using entrance cards to access your office outdated, you might convince your boss to order RFID chips from Dangerous Things, an online store that sells various implantable transponders, and the place where most people buy their implants.Dangerous? Hackable? Limiting? – The hazards of RFID chips-Before you hit the order button on Dangerous Things website to order some implants, there are several things to think through as an RFID implant isn’t a temporary tattoo, which can be removed by taking ten showers. That’s actually one of the most problematic parts of these chips: who is going to implant it, how safe it is for your health, and how do you remove it? Medical Concerns-A recent study sheds light on the increasing prevalence and potential complications of RFID implants in humans. It highlights that while these implants are becoming popular for tasks like contactless payments, opening doors, and storing personal information, there are significant safety concerns. The study points out that most implants are currently performed by non-medical professionals, raising the risk of infections and adverse tissue reactions. It calls for more involvement from medical professionals, particularly hand surgeons, to develop standardized techniques for implanting these devices safely and effectively. The study underscores the need for further research to better understand the long-term implications of RFID implants in human health.Dangerous Things recommends their professional body piercing or body modification partners to complete the installation of this product, but definitely someone with experience performing aseptic procedures. Thus, you should NOT experiment with implanting it yourself, and rather turn to a medical professional who conducts the procedure in a clean area with sterilized instruments to avoid the risk of infection. The company says that the pain level of the implantation of the chip is that of a bee sting or giving blood. The same is promised to be true for removing the RFID transponder. Dangerous Things says that the removal or replacement procedure is easy, you don’t have any interference issues with MRI, or get caught at the airport security gates, metal detectors or airport scanners due to your chip. In addition, the implants are pretty durable – you can easily fight supervillains all day long, the RFID chip will most probably not break.Privacy and surveillance worries-Although RFID chips are not powerful enough to be tracked – just as dogs cannot be tracked when they wander off – or to connect to any satellite, some have fears that such chips give corporations the possibility to have control over them. What if they could track users in the future? Would you want a chip in your hand if it could tell for how long it took you to have a shower or to go to work? Since most chips are offered through big companies, it’s just a matter of time until this happens.Are the chip implants hackable? Some biohackers say that it’s very easy to hack an implant, so you’d rather not hide your life secrets in the implant’s memory, but so far, we haven’t heard of major RFID chip hacks. On the other hand, we know of at least one individual who used the chip embedded into his hand to hack into other people’s phones, so that might be a bigger concern. However, another idea that already surfaced among concerned potential users, namely that your hands might be cut off if someone wants to break into your house or office seems to be rather Black Mirror-ish than something to be worried about.TMF cyborg hand RFID implant-Am I really becoming a cyborg? On the other hand, implanted RFID chips, just as digital tattoos or chest patches already represent the second stage of cyborgization, and that’s because no matter what Dangerous Things say, they cannot be removed as easily as your Flash T-shirt at the end of the day. Remember the bug in Neo’s stomach in the Matrix? He couldn’t have taken it out without help – but after some time, no lasting marks remained.In the second stage of augmentation, technology interacts with the human body in a way that it already has a lasting, but not irreversible impact. Although their removal might be problematic, implants, patches, and tattoos could be cut out and discarded. Some extreme examples, where removal might be more difficult than the user believes, already exist: Jerry Javala let doctors embed a USB port into his finger prosthesis, but at the time being, RFID chips seem to be on the easier end of the spectrum.So, if you decide to get an RFID implant, you’ll still be very far from real-life cyborgs, such as Neil Harbisson, an artist born with achromatopsia or extreme colorblindness meaning he could only see in black-and-white. At first, he received his specialised electronic eye, his “eyeborg” to be able to render perceived colors as sounds on the musical scale. He is capable of experiencing colors beyond the scope of normal human perception: Amy Winehouse is red and pink, while ringtones are green.RFID implant chip-All in all, the technology is very promising, although many might find the abilities that an RFID chip can do at the moment rather as geeky party tricks than useful everyday accessories making life easier.