Would a vaccine for the new coronavirus wind up offering long-lasting immunity? Or will the virus prove to be a shape-shifter, mutating quickly enough that people need annual vaccines like those for seasonal strains of influenza? Researchers are probing for answers in the rush to develop a vaccine for COVID-19.

Alberta reported 59 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, marking a full week of daily new cases remaining in the double digits.

A Calgary coffee shop must close public access to its patio and dine-in services, Alberta Health Services says.

Sports/English Camp meets community needs and instils biblical values in children and youth in Piedmont, Italy.

OM Italy makes increasing use of their excellent facility, Forterocca, as a base for sports and arts ministries.

Instead of ministering to refugees as planned, Mpumi and his team find themselves in interesting situations while reaching out to tourists on the beach.

For the second time, OM Italy hosts the Incarnate School of Art and Mission in Bobbio Pellice.

OM Arts introduces locals from Isola, Italy to Incarnate - a programme teaching artists to work in cross-cultural missions.

While other couples in their fifties talk about retirement, Philip and Riana Dyason are talking about a new beginning: pioneer ministry in Russia.

After watching others be baptised, an Uzbek lady who had recently repented in the church expressed her desire to follow the others’ example.

The students of OM Russia's Discipleship Centre practice sharing their faith with those from a Muslim background.

OM Russia's short-term outreach team travels across Russia sharing about Christ with as many travellers as possible.

Four years after a member of OM Russia befriended her, an Uzbek lady in Novosibirsk came to faith.

The story of Yury, who came to Christ in prison.

A Dutch team member shares her mission trip experience praying with a man in Siberia.

OM Russia hosted and participated in AIDSLink International’s (ALI) Channels of Hope Facilitator Training©.

A team member from the USA who participated in a short-term trip on the Trans-Siberian railroad across Russia shares her experience.

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

The OM Philippines-Cebu team, in partnership with the local church, touches the lives of young and old through a five-day Bible class.

Marie Reyes from Australia led the Out of the Comfort Zone Cebu team, and shares lessons she learnt during the two-week outreach.

One hundred Filipino teens, aged 12-18 are expected to come to the five-day event of fun, learning and life-changing encounters in Cebu.

A persecuted Muslim-background believer finds practical help and strengthened faith at an OM Greece drop-in centre.

In the midst of the refugee crisis in Greece, OM country leader says OM acts as ‘the glue,’ doing behind-the-scenes work to bond churches and other Christian organisations.

A group who started a funeral cooperative but registered it as a church learns what it means to be a real church.

Antonio Nipueda (Mozambique) recollects his journey to ministry with OM in Mozambique and the ways their prayers have impacted one village there.

Christina shares about the love between a refugee man and his disabled son, whom she met while volunteering in Šid, Serbia.

“This publication is a tool to help those who will join Goran in sharing the gospel among Gurbet-speaking Roma, and lays the foundation for future Christian materials.”

Goran’s decision to follow Jesus challenged the cultural values and traditions he grew up with, causing him to live differently in his community.

“What a feeling it is to know you can be someone’s miracle…” shares a short-term worker after outreach with the OM Transit team in Romania.

Transform in Europe inspired a dance ministry in Australia - dance, discussions and discipleship.

Transform mission conference one year, outreach team in France the following year, the sisters from Mexico are eager to share the love of Christ, realising the audience was different from what they expected.

On July 8, 2017 the Out of the Comfort Zone Asia, a short-term missions conference, began.

How God changed the lives of each team member of OM in Kasama to bring hope to the vulnerable children.

An OM Lifehope team member shares about showing love to those living on the streets of Birmingham, UK.

Rachel reaches out to Arabs through a mums and toddlers group based in her community in England.

OM's Riverboat was inaugurated in the Netherlands during a New Year celebration on board.

The Agency is a first-of-its-kind interactive mission experience that’s set on top of OM’s newly-launched Riverboat.

OM Riverboat community members encourage local believers who are struggling with their faith.

Transform team provides children’s programme, conducts English classes and learns how to love Bedouin people in the desert village.

Local man suddenly decides to become a believer, long after workers had given up on his spiritual interest.

Eighty Arab believers attend training to learn how to share the Bible with their Muslim neighbours.

An OM worker shares the gospel with a Syrian in northern Iraq, surprisingly reconnecting with the man months later at his baptism in Sweden.

Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize has won such praise for his handling of the coronavirus crisis that he’s being touted as a possible successor to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Travel and tourism have become casualties of coronavirus lockdown, but one travel writer has found a new way to highlight Scotland's beauty, writes Deborah Anderson

By James Campbell

REACTION poured in following the death of rock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard, who died yesterday at age 87.

War is the great distraction. Right or wrong, foolish or wise, it suspends all the usual political and economic rules. Suddenly a chancellor who has spent five and a half years telling us “there is no money” can find ready billions for warfare.

IN dark times, begin by giving the Prime Minister a bit of credit. Unlike a certain predecessor, David Cameron has accepted that there needs to be an honest, public argument over the case for an escalated war in the Middle East.

War, then. Another war. Still another war begun because the last guaranteed-conclusive war produced consequences that made one more shot in the dark inevitable. Intellectual and strategic failure is on a production line.

IT isn’t often that a rousing speech on socialist internationalism is rewarded with a full transcript in the Spectator. In fact, it never happens. The Tory Party’s newsletter is funny like that.