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Qatar and Koreans

In Qatar, there is a sudden interest in the Korean language and culture.




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Taking a stand in Bahrain

A follower of Jesus stands up for his faith in the midst of opposition.




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Sand between their toes

Couple goes to the Arabian Gulf for three years of adventure and income; over 30 years later, they’re still serving in the Arabian Peninsula.




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Relationship and responsibility

An OM worker in the Arabian Peninsula navigates life with local families beyond traditional cups of tea.




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Healing and visions in the Arabian Peninsula

Muslim background believers in the Arabian Peninsula experience healing and visions in their journey to faith.




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God speaks through thunder and whispers

A long-term worker shares with a local man in the middle of a thunderstorm, discovering his interest in Jesus.




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Fill and spill: Creating vibrant communities

An OM team in the Arabian Peninsula focuses first on building community and discovers extraordinary results.




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News24 Business | TAKE A LOOK | SA's biggest landlord to turn Bedfordview office park into luxury apartments

Growthpoint Properties will spend R200 million to convert its 35 000 square metre Riverwoods office park into a resort with luxury apartments.




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News24 Business | Sandton City owners hope 2022 reignites once bustling ‘richest square mile in Africa’

Sandton was a place to be before the pandemic. But footfall in Africa's richest square mile refuses to go back to pre-pandemic levels. Restaurants and hotels around the area are struggling.




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News24 Business | Mdantsane City owner plans more solar farms to power its malls and rely less on Eskom

Vukile Property Fund plans to build more solar farms to power its malls and reduce its reliance on Eskom's power by another 5% by the end of March 2023.




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News24 Business | With 3 000 apartments a year, and 28 estates to go, Balwin has no plans of slowing down

After handing over almost 3 000 apartments to their owners, residential estates developer, Balwin's revenues surpassed R3 billion for the first time in the company's 26-year history.




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News24 Business | Home rentals bounce back: See where in SA tenants pay the most (and the least)

Residential rental growth has reached its best levels since the pandemic started, a new report shows.




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News24 Business | It will take years to restore the health of Sandton offices - Growthpoint SA CEO

Growthpoint Properties says it will take years and a faster growing economy for Sandton office buildings to go back to how they were before Covid-19.




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News24 Business | PICS | Looking to rent? Here's what you'll get for R20 000 a month, and where

The rental market is recovering, including in higher rental brackets. and estate agents reveal what you can get for R20 000 a month.




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News24 Business | Say hi to 'Sandton 2.0', as swanky suburb beefs up security with artificial intelligence

While some were writing Sandton's obituary during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the work-from-home phenomenon became the norm, others - like its property owners and businesses - were planning its revival.




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News24 Business | Troubled China Evergrande pledges to repay debts in 2023

China Evergrande has pledged to repay its debt this year, as the property giant faces a restructuring following Beijing's crackdown on excessive borrowing and rampant speculation in the real estate sector.




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JEDI Collaborative explores relationship between social justice and education

Ashley Patterson, associate professor of education and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Penn State, explored the intersection between social justice, equity and education during a JEDI Collaborative speaker series event at Penn State Lehigh Valley. 




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News24 Business | Lottoland wins round in battle against Google in South Africa

The Competition Tribunal issued an interim order that should allow online betting platform Lottoland access to Google Ads.




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News24 Business | US investment banking giant caught out by weak rand

It took less than a week for one of Citigroup's recommended Trump trades to sink under water.




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News24 Business | Business brief | Mantengu digs up a profit; Shell prevails in landmark climate ruling

An overview of the biggest business developments in SA and beyond.




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The Gospel and travel meet

Kyle Scott (UK) joined OM Europe’s Transit Challenge Team at Transform 2010 and spent the next 6 months travelling from Italy through Southern Europe to the Balkans. After returning home for Christmas, he flew to Germany for the GO conference in January 2011, from where he joined the OM team in France. We were curious to know more…




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Raise and Give for Bosnia-Herzegovina

Mathilde, a French teen, describes her trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina. She and others will raise funds for a youth centre where Bosnian teens can discover God.




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Joy and sunlight

An OM outreach participant shares the gospel with another group of hikers during a walk down a mountain in France.




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TeenStreet 2012 and Raise and Give

French teens attend TeenStreet 2012 and help raise money for youth ministry in Bosnia-Herzegovina.




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The gift of words and the Word

Several years ago OM France started teaching French to immigrants to meet a practical need, build relationships and share God’s love.




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Et après? (and after?)

Hindsight is, as they say, 20:20. It’s usually easier to see, after the event, what should have been done to prevent it from happening. But whether this is true for the recent tragic events in Paris is a case for argument.




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COVID-19 Has Left Thousands of After-School Programs in Jeopardy

Six in 10 programs worry they will have to shut down permanently, a survey finds—and that was before so many districts announced fall remote-learning plans.




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Combining Literacy and Math Skills Through Thinking Logs (Video)

Thinking logs incorporate both literacy and math skills by asking students to write complete sentences explaining how they solved an equation and arrived at a solution.




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A Classroom Strategy for Math: Have Students 'Notice and Wonder' (Video)

This elementary routine encourages students to make sense of a math problem by listing what they both notice and wonder about the given information.





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Attention School Leaders: Students Are Demanding Anti-Racist Curriculum and Instruction

Students in cities around the country are organizing petition drives that are generating thousands of signatures to demand that their schools offer anti-racist curricula and instruction.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Navigating racial discrimination and SA's property game

In this week's episode of SA Money Report we examine how racial discrimination impacts the property market and interrupts economic growth.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Getting cargo off our roads and onto Transnet’s vast rail network

In this week's episode of SA Money Report, we explore government's plans to allow private operators to use Transnet’s rail network, which is expected to instantly move some 58 million tons of cargo off South Africa’s battered roads.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: The oil mother lode and the battle off SA's shores

This week, SA Money Report drills down into the 'game changing' oil find off the coast of Namibia, and how this factors into the recent court battles over seismic blasting on the SA West Coast.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: The Putin crony, the Naspers money and tensions in Mother Russia

This week, SA Money Report journeys in the heart of war, and comes back with a tale about Naspers' exposure in Russia, and its ties to VKontakte, whose 38-year-old CEO Vladimir Kiriyenko was sanctioned by the US.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Cash problems leave Comair’s future up in the air and its planes grounded

This week Carin Smith explains why Kulula.com operator Comair grounded its planes, and what it will take to get them back in the air.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Labour pains and the birth of all-out Numsa war

This week, SA Money Report delves into the power moves, backstabbing and court cases facing Numsa ahead of its crucial elective conference.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Why retirement is going 2 pot, and what it means for your money

This week SA Money Report discusses the new proposals to change the country's retirement system, and how you might be able to access some of your funds.




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News24 Business | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Untangling 'blackmail' and vindication at the AG's office

This week SA Money Report discusses how well-respected Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke recently faced a barrage of allegations from an employee who also allegedly attempted to blackmail her, and how she ended up being vindicated.




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Equipped, excited and encouraged

Young people in Bangladesh learn to combine sport with their love for God, and one programme participant explains his enthusiasm for the experience.




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Giving students a helping hand

OM supplies rural schools in Bangladesh with books, new toilets and other essential facilities that positively impact students.




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Penn State Wilkes-Barre students gain hands-on research experience

Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosted a workshop in September that allowed students to use their knowledge about a geographic information system to tackle a real-world problem in impoverished communities in Brazil: How can packages be delivered to people who live in areas without official addresses?  




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Center for Human Evolution and Diversity now accepting grant applications

The Penn State Center for Human Evolution and Diversity is currently accepting proposals for grants to support projects occurring during the 2024-25 academic year.




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Consistent bedtime linked with better child emotion and behavior regulation

A consistent bedtime may be more important to a child’s ability to control their emotions and behavior than the duration or quality of their sleep, according to a new publication by researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development and Penn State College of Medicine. 




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Talk to explore flood management, infrastructure funding in New Zealand

Patrick Walsh, an economist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will give the talk, “Distributional Impacts of Flood Adaptation and Infrastructure Funding in New Zealand,” at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in 157 Hosler Building on Penn State's University Park campus. 




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Cognitive decline and loneliness linked in older adults over short time periods

Loneliness and cognitive performance were related in the short term for older adults, according to a new study from researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development.




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A beacon of light for kids and teens

Children's club at the church in Tkvarcheli, which is held by MDT students, impacts lives of local children and gives them hope.




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Persecution, prayer and fasting

Prayer and fasting have been part of the Algerian Church's lifestyle since its beginning. Unity among believers has contributed to ongoing spiritual strength amidst persecution.




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Hope and a future

Lima, Peru :: A Logos Hope team joins an inspirational pastor ministering to the children of criminals.




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Crocodile Island

Realising the need for biblical role models, OM partnered with a local church to send a couple, Kelvin and Florence, to Crocodile Island as missionaries.