New York Post, by Jared Downing: A strange, new illness festering in the heart of Africa has killed 143 people and counting – and most of the victims are teenagers, authorities said. The unidentified disease has infected at least 300…

CATO Institute, by Emily Ekins and Jordan Gygi: Countries around the world are exploring the possibility of adopting central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), which are digital national currencies. The Federal Reserve, the United States’ central bank, is also considering whether…

NBC News, by Phil Helsel and Andrew Blankstein: Authorities believe a gunman may have targeted the California Seventh-day Adventist school where two young boys were critically wounded in a shooting Wednesday because of its church affiliation, the Butte County sheriff…

Study Finds: When a heat wave strikes, many people probably think it’s just another sign of global warming. However, a concerning new study has discovered a collection of global “hotspots,” where temperatures are becoming so extreme without warning that climate…

MSN: A top NATO military official on Monday urged businesses to be prepared for a wartime scenario and adjust their production and distribution lines accordingly, in order to be less vulnerable to blackmail from countries such as Russia and China….

The Guardian, by Agence France-Presse in Berlin: Germany is drawing up a list of bunkers that could provide emergency shelter for civilians, the interior ministry has said, at a time of rising tensions with Russia. The list would include underground…

Israel 365 News, by Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz: “For days are coming,” declares Hashem, “when I will return the fortunes of My people Yisrael and Yehuda from exile,” said Hashem. “And I will bring them back to the land that I gave…

USA Today, by Mike Snider, Elizabeth Weise, Dinah Voyles Pulver, Terry Collins, and Jeanine Santucci: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the town of Petrolia on Thursday at 10:44 a.m. local time, generating a now discontinued tsunami warning that stretched…

The Economic Times: The Phlegraean Fields supervolcano, located west of Naples, Italy, has been under scientific scrutiny due to increasing volcanic gas emissions and minor seismic activity. With the potential to disrupt global climate and life on Earth, this supervolcano…

National Post, by Tristin Hopper: An Ontario town has been fined $10,000 and its officials ordered to complete mandatory “human rights” training after it refused to celebrate Pride Month. Emo is a township of about 1,300 people located in the…

Faithwire, by Tré Goins-Phillips: A school in Finland has cancelled a concert of Handel’s “Messiah” performed by the Finnish Baroque Orchestra and the Helsinki Chamber Choir over concerns the recital’s Christian themes might offend some students. Officials with the school…

Reuters, by Brenda Goh: A former student went on a stabbing rampage at a vocational college in eastern China, killing eight people and injuring 17, police said on Sunday, prompting further soul-searching just days after the deadliest attack in the…