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AFRICA

Iran War Is Latest Blow to Somalia’s Malnourished Children

For Somalia’s malnourished children, the Iran war means more than soaring petrol prices; it is a matter of life and death.

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ANALYSIS

Mali at Risk of Splintering After Jihadi and Separatist Attacks

In simultaneous attacks launched in late April, an alliance of al Qaeda-linked militants and separatist rebels killed Mali’s defense minister, hit the capital’s airport and drove Russian soldiers out of a desert town over a thousand kilometers away.

The scale and the scope of the offensive on multiple sites around the capital Bamako and at least three towns across the vast West African country demonstrated an unprecedented ability to coordinate fighters from different groups with different goals and strike at the heart of the military government.

Having cooperated loosely for years, the militants affiliated with al Qaeda known as JNIM and Tuareg rebels who want to carve out an independent desert state in northern Mali are now openly talking about their alliance for the first time.

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RELIGION

Original Sin: What Does the Bible Really Teach?

Did Adam’s sin in the Garden of Eden get passed on to you and every person who has ever lived?

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AMERICAS

New Gang Violence in Haiti Displaces Hundreds of People

A new wave of gang violence in Haiti’s capital forced hundreds to flee their homes over the weekend, leaving families scattered along the road to the country’s main airport on Monday.

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GEOPOLITICS

Foreign Intervention: Why Nations Cannot Fix Each Other

Why do nations’ attempts to shape other nations keep failing—and what is the only solution that works?

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WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

Invasive Plant Threatens Livelihoods in Colombia’s Largest Coastal Wetland

Fish catches have dropped, transport has become more difficult and families are facing rising costs as they are forced to buy potable water.

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AMERICAS

America at 250: Why the Nation Was Inevitable

God has clearly blessed the United States. But those blessings do not tell the whole story.

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WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT

A Gold-Fueled Mining Rush Scars Brazil’s Amazon, Spiking Deforestation and Mercury Risks

The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury contamination to hazardous levels, officials and experts say.

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GEOPOLITICS

What to Know About U.S. Military Presence in Europe as President Trump Seeks Drawdown of Troops

President Donald Trump’s vow to shrink America’s military deployment in Germany has put a new spotlight on the U.S. role in Europe.

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POLITICS

Abortion Pill Rulings Bring the Issue Back to the Forefront in a Midterm Election Year

Back-to-back court rulings on abortion pill access are thrusting a contentious political issue back into the spotlight ahead of this year’s midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the second half of President Donald Trump’s term.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Threat of Light Pollution Puts the World’s Darkest Skies in the Atacama Desert at Risk

A rare combination of dry climate, high altitude and isolation from urban light pollution makes the Atacama an unrivaled hub for world-class astronomy. But the world’s darkest skies may be at risk.

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EDUCATION

College Students Are Searching for ‘AI-Proof’ Majors. But No One Knows What They Are

College students say picking a major that is “AI-proof” feels like shooting at a moving target as they prepare for a job market that could be fundamentally different by the time they graduate.

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AMERICAS

Years of Drought Has Major Energy Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, Wrestling with Water Crisis

A yearslong drought has depleted Corpus Christi’s water reserves so gravely that the city is scrambling to prevent a shortage that could force painful cutbacks for residents and hobble the refineries and petrochemical plants in a major energy port.

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RELIGION

Did the New Testament Make All Meats Clean?

Most Christian denominations accept all meats as okay to eat. Yet a closer look at the Bible shows otherwise.

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AMERICAS

Many Elderly Cubans Are Left to Fend for Themselves as Latest Crisis Deepens

The elderly are among the hardest hit by the severe economic crisis on the island, which has worsened dramatically since the beginning of the year following an oil embargo imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Personals from the Editor
RELIGION

The Law of Kindness

A new Personal by Editor-in-Chief David C. Pack.

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MARRIAGE & FAMILY

The Virtues of Motherhood

“All I am I owe to my mother,” George Washington once said. “I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.” Why are mothers so important?

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hezbollah Adopts a New Weapon: Fiber-Optic Drones, Used Widely in the War in Ukraine

Hezbollah has launched a new weapon against northern Israel in the latest round of fighting: small drones controlled with fiber-optic cables the width of dental floss that avoid electronic detection.