Ukraine, it has become an anthem to the nation's war-ravaged motherland.“Stefania” is the most-watched song on YouTube among the 35 national entries that will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest next week in Italy's northern industrial city of Turin. While some oddsmakers and data analysts have pegged others to win, the song by Kalush Orchestra is quickly becoming a sentimental favorite.“I’ll always find my way home, even if all roads are destroyed,’’ Kalush Orchestra frontman Oleh Psiuk wrote in “Stefania.”The lyrics have become more poignant as Russian missiles pound Ukrainian cities and villages, forcing over 11 million to flee the country already.“Indeed, some stuff in here was written long before the war, and it was dedicated to my mother,’’ Psiuk told The Associated Press at his hotel in Turin, wearing a bright bucket hat that makes him instantly recognizable to anyone who has streamed “Stefania.”“After it all started with the war and the hostilities, it took on additional meaning, and many people started seeing it as their mother, Ukraine, in the meaning of the country.
Preacher Franklin Graham Condemned for Telling Fox News Viewers to Pray for Putin: ‘You Pervert the Word of God’
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Fox News Digital, Graham told Maureen Mackey that he admires the Ukranian people and suggested that prayer might change Putin’s heart.“I admire them, and we want to do all that we can to help them. It’s a mess. It’s going to get worse, I’m afraid.
And what President Putin’s end game is, I don’t know. But I think we just need to pray that God can change his heart,” Graham, who is president and CEO of the Billy Graham, Evangelistic Association said.His sermon took a decidely different turn when he added that people should pray for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose regime has killed more than 3,000 Ukrainian troops and thousands of civilians, including children, and displaced 7.1 million people.“And I would recommend for people to pray for Putin. I don’t want to be misunderstood [on this point],” he added.
“I want people to pray that God would change his heart. And turn his heart around, and that he would see the sin that he’s involved in. That he would repent and turn from it.
And if we pray, that could happen.”Folks on social media, however, had a strong reaction to Graham’s comments and went in on the Preacher.“It’s a WAR, Frankie. Are you that afraid of Putin? What tapes does he have on you?” said one Twitter user.It's a WAR, Frankie. Are you that afraid of Putin? What tapes does e have on you? pic.twitter.com/qE3lcVY5Tr“You pervert the word of God.
No man who praises Putin can say he has the lord in his heart. Repent you charlatan,” said another.You pervert the word of God. No man who praises Putin can say he has the lord in his heart.
White House Correspondents Dinner: Watch Trevor Noah Skewer President Biden and Just About Everybody at Fox News (Video)
On President Biden: “Mr. President, thank you for being here. Thank you for having me here.
Tucker Carlson Is the ‘Most Racist Show in the History of Cable News,’ NY Times Reports
New York Times series published Saturday.Investigative reporter Nicholas Confessore’s three-part series “American Nationalist” investigates how the right-wing host seized upon the “white fear” and white nationalism stoked by the Trump administration to rack up ratings.The series begins with selections from Carlson’s “encyclopedia of provocations,” citing his remarks about immigrants, Black Lives Matter protesters and refugees. It also dives into his ardent defense of the insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol, as well as Vladimir Putin throughout Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.An analysis of 1,150 episodes of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” revealed how Carlson has popularized “dog-whistle” terms like “legacy Americans” that had once been relegated to white nationalist publications.
Mystery Russian account claims Vladimir Putin set to undergo cancer surgery
Vladimir Putin may soon undergo surgery linked to cancer, according to a new claim being reported by the Mirror. His hardline security council security secretary Nikolai Patrushev - a former KGB counterintelligence officer has allegedly been secretly nominated to take 'control' of Russia while he is incapacitated.
Vladimir Putin ready to ‘declare all-out war on Ukraine as payback for botched invasion’
Vladimir Putin is poised to declare an all-out war on Ukraine allowing for mass mobilisation of Russians to launch “payback” over a botched invasion, say Russian sources and Western officials.
On ’60 Minutes,’ Ukraine’s Zelensky Lays Out Evidence Of War Crimes By Russia, Putin
For the second time in roughly as many weeks, President Joe Biden called Russia’s Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” on Tuesday.