| Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a defense agreement on Friday that would treat an attack on one as an attack on all three. |
Brazil is using forensic science to tackle illegal gold mining in the Amazon, a top threat to the rainforest and communities there that has accelerated deforestation and driven mercury contamination to dangerous levels.
The work takes place at the National Institute of Criminalistics in Brasilia, the country’s capital, where federal police have set up a “gold lab” that collects and analyzes samples from across the country.
The objective is to determine if a newly acquired sample—gold seized in a police raid, for example—comes from a protected area, meaning it has been illegally mined. It is called “gold fingerprinting”—tracing the origin of gold samples with high precision.
| One-third of the Bible is prophecy—history written in advance. Here are the keys to unlocking it! |
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Subscribe Now| Numerous governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity and avert an energy crisis as record low water levels on the Danube River have forced power plants to the brink of shutting down. |
| The fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in eastern Congo, a region engulfed in conflicts and a fight over precious minerals, the head of the UN food agency warned. |
It is much more than an opioid crisis.
| Child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan’s provinces and is expected to worsen as funding shortfalls force cuts in food distributions and other support, the WFP said. |
| Modern job expectations are murkier than ever. With proven business habits—backed by God’s Word—you can rise above the confusion. |
| Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East’s trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points that steadily raise the cost of confrontation, according to Gulf officials and analysts. |
A new Personal from Editor-in-Chief David C. Pack.
| The FCC is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. |
| Buying food to eat at home has gotten 33 percent more expensive since the beginning of 2019, according to government figures. |
| In a world of electoral promises and political upheaval, citizens are often left disillusioned. Yet there are timeless leadership qualities God values—and a way to make them a reality. |
He appears suddenly in Genesis, blesses Abraham, receives tithes—and then vanishes from the story. What does the Bible reveal about this mysterious figure?
The ripple effects from the Iran war will continue long after the shooting stops, threatening farmers, harvests and families worldwide.
| India’s “Cockroach” movement called off its weeks of protests on Saturday, saying the government had accepted all of its demands after the country’s education minister resigned. |
| The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50 percent of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery. |
| Examining God’s Word makes clear whether He approves of using this popular drug. |