Jared Kushner ‘arranging return of Christ’
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A Biblical preacher says the return of Jesus Christ will be preceded by the building of a Third Holy Temple in Jerusalem - and a certain White House adviser is helping to arrange it. Christian evangelist Paul Begley from Indiana in the US, claims: “I’m getting information. I don’t want to say nothing else about that. But Jared Kushner is in the Middle East right now and he’s going to meet six nations.”
Mummy's head stolen from Dublin crypt
The head of an 800-year-old mummy has been cut off and stolen from its crypt below St. Michan's Church in Dublin. The Church of Ireland says vandals broke into the church's underground vaults, where they “desecrated” the bodies of several mummies. “I would appeal to those responsible to examine their consciences and return the head to its rightful place,” said the archbishop of Dublin.
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Florida house-flippers discover Civil War medal
A Florida couple made an unexpected discovery while emptying a house: a suspected US military Medal of Honor from the Civil War. The couple, who snapped up the Orlando home with the intention of flipping it, found the medal when they were clearing out the belongings from the previous owner, who had died. “Abraham Lincoln would have been the one to give this one out, so it's kind of a big deal,” said Erin Kara.
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