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WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

The War in Iran Sparks a Global Fertilizer Shortage and Threatens Food Prices

“In the worst case, this means lower yields and crop failures next season. In the best case, higher input costs will be included in food prices next year,” said Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Program.

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ANALYSIS

Analysis: War Between Hezbollah and Israel Deepens Fractures in Lebanon

War between Israel and Hezbollah is pushing Lebanon’s fragile state and society towards breaking point, straining sectarian and political faultlines as Shi’ite Muslims are displaced and enmity deepens between the Iran-backed group and its opponents.

Of all Lebanon’s many crises since a 1975-90 civil war, the renewed conflict ignited by the Iran war could be its most destabilizing, Lebanese analysts and figures from across the political spectrum say.

Israel has threatened Gaza-like destruction and an occupation of the south and there are acrid splits in Lebanon over Hezbollah’s weapons, which the group has refused to give up despite a year-long effort by the state to disarm it peacefully.

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HOLIDAYS

Jesus Kept Passover. Why Does Christianity Keep Easter Instead?

Christians should sincerely ask whether this tradition truly reflects God’s will.

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MIDDLE EAST

Iran Rejects U.S. Ceasefire Plan, Issues Its Own Demands as Strikes Land Across the Mideast

Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an assault that sparked a huge fire at Kuwait International Airport.

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ANALYSIS

‘There Are Things Never to Be Done’—Yet Humanity Does Them Anyway

An overlooked moment at the Winter Olympics revealed a fundamental truth about people.

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SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

Jury Finds Instagram and YouTube Liable in a Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial

The California jury’s decision Wednesday in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit could influence the outcome of thousands of similar lawsuits accusing social media companies of deliberately causing harm.

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RELIGION

What Are God’s Annual Holy Days?

The Bible reveals there are special Holy Days that Christians should observe. What are they? And why are these days so important to God?

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SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

Sports Betting: The High Cost of Fast Money

Legal sports betting moved from taboo to mainstream almost overnight. While the law may have changed, something else has not.

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EUROPE

Russia Fires Nearly 400 Drones at Ukraine with Signs Its Spring Offensive Has Started

A major Russian drone and missile attack on civilian areas of Ukraine killed six people and injured at least 46, officials said Tuesday.

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AMERICAS

Airport Screeners Quitting Instead of Working Without Pay Poses a Longer-Term Problem For TSA

“It’s just exhausting. Every day it just feels like this weight gets heavier and heavier on us,” said a local TSA union leader in Boise, Idaho.

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HOLIDAYS

What Your Minister Won’t Tell You About Easter

Have you heard this Easter story? In the spring of the year, King Herod began persecuting the early New Testament Church. The apostle John’s brother James was martyred with a sword—soon after Peter was imprisoned.

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ECONOMY & PERSONAL FINANCE

How the Iran War and Surging Oil Prices Are Affecting Consumers at the Gas Pump and Beyond

Here is how the growing cost of oil and gas could impact consumers as the war continues.

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RELIGION

Searching for the True Jesus Christ

Many desire to know the truth about Jesus Christ. But do their ideas measure up to what God’s Word says?

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

‘Great Crackdown’: Russia Tightens the Screws on the Internet

The government is periodically jamming the web in regions across Russia, while restricting messaging services Telegram and WhatsApp and taking down dozens of virtual private networks that can be used to swerve bans on sites and apps.

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MIDDLE EAST

Israel Steps Up Campaign in Lebanon as Iran Keeps Stranglehold on Shipping

The war in the Middle East raged on multiple fronts on Monday, as the U.S. and Israel pummeled military targets in Iran’s capital and Israel stepped up its campaign against Iran-backed militants in Lebanon.

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EDUCATION

Young Kids Missed the Pandemic’s School Disruptions. Their Reading Scores Are Still Behind

“There’s something kind of systemic here happening…within schools and outside of schools,” said Megan Kuhfeld, a researcher at NWEA. “We can’t pinpoint one specific cause.”

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SOCIETY & LIFESTYLES

A ‘Missing Piece’: Friendship in a Disconnected Age

Why does losing touch hurt so much? The Bible reveals the answer.

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INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan Says It Hit Militant Hideouts in Afghanistan’s Kandahar as Fighting Shows No Letup

Pakistan said Sunday it targeted militant hideouts in Afghanistan’s Kandahar region overnight, as the fighting that erupted between the two neighbors late last month showed no signs of abating.

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AMERICAS

Islandwide Blackout Hits Cuba as It Struggles with Deepening Energy Crisis

Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble.