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09/01/2026
Last week’s Meta settlement was one step in the ongoing effort to protect – and prepare – young people growing up in today’s perpetually online world. Individually and collectively, adults across society are being called on to find new ways to rise to this demand.
09/01/2026
Crimea has been targeted this summer by a Ukrainian drone and missile offensive meant to isolate the Russian-occupied peninsula. While all sides are feeling the economic impact and loss of tourism, some are heartened and others resentful.
In Russia-occupied Crimea, Ukrainian attacks land differently for divided residents
The Heroes Museum is one man’s ongoing answer to an obligation he never quite stopped feeling: “I had a lot of friends that didn’t come home. This is my way of giving back.”
Read the full story, “A Marine veteran remembers America’s fallen heroes in a roadside tribute” by Harry Bruinius, at https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0831/marine-vietnam-heroes-museum?cmpid=FB.
Video by Harry Bruinius.
Edited by Mackenzie Farkus.
© 2026 The Christian Science Monitor
08/31/2026
Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves. But schools, hospitals, infrastructure, and pensions have seen little investment in recent years. Could a U.S. oil deal change that?
US-Venezuela oil deal promises a windfall. But, Venezuelans ask, for whom?
08/31/2026
European farmers, along with their governments, are trying to adapt to hotter, drier summers by testing new crops and storing winter rainwater.
Plowing a new furrow: Europe’s farmers try to adapt to drier summers
08/31/2026
Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey has been in Congress since before primary-race challenger Seth Moulton was born. Our video report looks at generational tension in the midterms.
Moulton vs. Markey: Voters weigh generational change (video)
08/30/2026
Independent bookstores in Hong Kong offer a window for mainland Chinese readers who seek ideas suppressed at home. But these shops are under threat following a wave of bookseller arrests under a 2024 national security law.
Hong Kong’s indie bookstores come under scrutiny amid a broader crackdown on dissent
08/30/2026
Hungary has until Aug. 31 to complete more than two dozen “milestones” in the rule of law. Without meeting them, the country risks losing crucial funding.
Hungary faces EU deadline to show it can root out corruption and transform
08/30/2026
Experts say China is “eons ahead” of the U.S. on robots, seeing them as a key part of developing the country’s strategy on AI.
If you give a bot a body: China’s ‘embodied’ push for AI dominance
08/29/2026
On some streets in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Portland, Oregon, traffic signals default to red until a vehicle approaches. If drivers stay at or below the speed limit, they get an earlier green light. The strategy seems to be working.
Cities pilot ‘rest in red’ program that rewards good drivers with green lights
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