The Lee University Opera Theatre, directed by James Frost, will present Giacomo Puccini’s comic opera, “Gianni Schicchi” for this year’s main stage production.    Performances will take place in the Dixon […]
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Floods during 2025–26 rainy season leave 223 dead and 860,000 affected across Mozambique This has occurred since October 2025, according to the National Institute for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction (INGD). Heavy rainfall, river overflows, and cyclone impacts have displaced more than 392,000 people, destroyed thousands of homes, and inundated over 554,000 ha (1.37 million […]

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  Lee University’s School of Music will welcome pianist Chongxiao Liu and his student, Yuwei Liu, from the Wuhan Conservatory of Music for a guest recital on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Squires Recital Hall, located in the […]
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Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for February 18, 2026. In today’s headlines, a heartwarming story comes from India where Bipin Dhane inspired a community on a flood-hit island to donate land, bamboo, and labor to build a much-needed school for their children. India is also looking to make a significant leap in […]

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197:
Emperor Septimius Severus defeated the usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of
Lugdunum, Severus was trying to use syncretism to maintain imperial unity and
authority.  Since Jews, as well as Christian, resisted this concept, th…