Algerian fans entered the World Cup match against Argentina with bold confidence, chanting that Messi was "the enemy of Allah" and that Allah would destroy Argentina. But the football world witnessed something else entirely.
Messi scored three goals, dismantling Algeria and equaling the World Cup scoring record. After his third goal, he made the sign of the cross and looked up to heaven. It was a quiet but powerful testimony of his Christian faith on the biggest stage in sports.
The 38-year-old star wept after the match, overwhelmed by emotion. He later said, "Everything I'm experiencing now is a bonus. I've been fortunate enough to achieve all my dreams."
The @worldbankgroup Youth Summit has never had a storytelling experience just for them. In 13 years, not once. Last Thursday, it did with @hatricksbytolani .
I sat in front of 10,000 delegates from 176 countries and talked about why storytelling matters. For years I was the one nobody turned to face. I stood behind the camera while presidents spoke, documenting CEOs and ministers and institution builders, learning their lessons the way you learn anything from the side of a room, quietly, without being asked.
Melania Trump on what it actually takes to be married to Donald Trump:
In a 2005 sit-down with Larry King, Melania is asked whether Donald is a control freak at home. Her answer reframes the entire dynamic of their marriage.
"I don't think he's a control freak. He's perfectionist," she says.
She acknowledges that the demands of his business require a certain personality — but draws a sharp line between how he operates at work and how the relationship functions at home.
She explains:
"Maybe he makes demands in his business because he needs to, you know, he's kind of a general. He needs to have people in line, but not at home. We are very equal in the relationship and that's very important."
Then comes the line that defines her view of the marriage:
"To marry a man like Donald, you need to know who you are and you need to be very strong and smart. He needs to know that he could rely on me sometimes, and we share a lot of stuff together."
When Larry presses on whether Donald's relentless work schedule bothers her (Saturdays, Sundays, golf, always working) Melania refuses the premise that a wife should want to pull her husband away from what he loves.
"It's his passion. He loves it. It doesn't bother me. I don't want to change him. I don't want to say, come home and be with me. I don't want to change him. I want to give him a space. And I think that's very important in the relationship."
Larry then asks the obvious follow-up:
Doesn't she worry about other women being attracted to him? Her answer lands with the same self-possession:
"No, I don't worry about that at all. I know who I am. And if a man doesn't want to be with me or I don't want to be with a man, goodbye and good luck."
Donald, asked the reverse question about whether he worries about her with other men, responds simply:
"No. I know her. That's the rock."
A Boston city worker said around 2,000 Scotland fans cleaned up after drinking all day and left the area so clean that he didn’t need any help tidying up.
(Via NBC10 Boston)
I have just received information about how General Rabe's body was brought back! It turns out that the bandits brought it to the Guga Gate Roundabout in the heart of Katsina city, dropped it there, and then fled. 🤔
A 25-year-old housewife in Chennai earns ₹250/hour ($3) just by doing her normal housework.
She wears a phone on her head and records herself making coffee, cutting fruit, folding laundry.
These first-person videos get sent to AI companies training humanoid robots to handle real-world tasks. She shoots 90+ clips a day.
Her quote: "Who else will pay you ₹250/hour ($3) an hour just for doing housework?"
She's part of a growing gig economy in India where thousands are doing the same thing, filming everyday life to train the robots of tomorrow.
Good news: Uchegbu Kosischukwu won the gold medal in the senior category at the German Mathematics Olympiad in Frankfurt, Germany.
She competed against students from schools across Germany and also from 52 other countries.
She currently attends Ambassador College, Ota.
What a star!
A Faithful Father in the Faith at 85
On behalf of my family, I join millions of believers and well-wishers across the world in celebrating your 85th birthday, Papa Kumuyi.
For decades, you have exemplified integrity, humility, discipline, and unwavering commitment to the Gospel. Through your teachings, leadership, and personal example, you have inspired and transformed countless lives across generations and nations.
As you mark this milestone, I pray that Almighty God grants you continued good health, renewed strength, and greater wisdom to keep impacting lives and advancing His Kingdom.
Happy 85th Birthday, Papa Kumuyi. May your light continue to shine brightly. -PO
I see a lot of people even fellow christians saying things like “Adeboye Should come out and protest”. Protest how and why ?…his protest would make the soldiers get more motivation or what exactly would his protest yield ?. AT 84 year old he should come out and do what exactly.
First I need to state it once again that @PastorEAAdeboye never protested under President Jonathan, he came out on the 2nd of February 2020, obeying the directive of PFN and CAN for a National Prayer walk which other churches observed as well. That false narrative of him protesting under Jonathan is pathetic because some of us walked with him on the Streets of Ebute Meta just before the lockdown.
I’ve been seeing a false narrative going around of people saying @PastorEAAdeboye cancelled a protest, that is also false. PFN called for a 3 day prayer and rally, which @PastorEAAdeboye directed the Admin department of the church to follow as that was the directive of PFN. but when PFN said people should not protest in different locations but gather for prayers at state secretariats and hold the prayers in their churches, the RCCG Admin also released another circular updating members about the new developments as stated by PFN, so why the evil narrative that Adeboye called off the protest ?
We need to understand that the enemies have us exactly where they want us to be which is for us to be divided and insult those who have been appointed as Gatekeepers.
These evil doers carry out their evil, chanting praises to their god and even observe religious holidays and all, but we are not directing our anger to their Imams and their leaders. If their religion is truly a religion of peace, their leaders must take responsibility, start speaking up, lead protests because these evil people are also giving their religion a bad name.
The Government is responsible for security of lives and property not Pastor E.A. Adeboye !