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…