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On March 29, 2026, Israeli police prevented senior Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass. The Lati...
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On March 29, 2026, Israeli police prevented senior Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass. The Lati...
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On March 2, 2026, a drone attack targeted the Ras Tanura oil refinery, owned and operated by Saudi Aramco, causing a limited fire that was quickly brought under contro...
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A number of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank have been held in Israeli detention facilities without formal charges or trial, including in an undergro...
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Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, formally ending it by presidential decree in 1981 and later passing a law in 2007 that criminalized sl...
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Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett said at a February 2026 conference that global popular approval of Israel is unlikely, stating, “They’re not going to lov...
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On February 15, 2026, global economic discussions continued to emphasize the need for reform of the World Trade Organization and international trade systems. Advocates...
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On February 12, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump publicly demanded that Israeli President Isaac Herzog grant a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, thrusting ...
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Bill Gates’ influence in global health, food supply, and population programs Bill Gates, co‑founder of Microsoft and a private philanthropist, has been a ma...
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China expands state control over strategic mineral exports On February 23, 2026, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced new regulations strengthening st...
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Central banks increase gold reserves at fastest pace in decades On February 22, 2026, the World Gold Council reported that central banks globally added gold...
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WHO warns of declining childhood vaccination rates On February 14, 2026, the World Health Organization issued a global alert regarding declining childhood v...
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World Economic Forum investigates its CEO over Epstein links On February 5, 2026, the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced the launch of an independent investigation ...
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Iran Announces Live‑Fire Naval Drills Near U.S. Warships in Strait of Hormuz Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced a two‑day live‑fire n...
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Growing Concerns Over Digital ID Programs Worldwide Digital identification programs, also known as digital IDs, are being implemented in countries around th...
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Humanitarian Reports Highlight Critical Conditions of Children in Palestine Humanitarian organisations and United Nations agencies have reported that many c...
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On January 28, 2026, the tenth annual CARE Crisis Report was published, identifying the ten most under‑reported humanitarian crises of 2025 worldwide. The report found...
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Leaders at the 56th annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, engaged in high-level discussions on global security, economic growth, and geopolitical competit...
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On January 26, 2026, the 56th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland concluded after a week of sessions involving global political and business leaders. The forum ...
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On January 24, 2026, Guinness World Records recognized an event in Jerusalem that marked more than 2,000 living kidney donations facilitated by the Israeli nonprofit o...
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On January 23, 2026, U.S. lawmakers released an investigation accusing China of being the world’s largest perpetrator of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fis...
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Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that the United States would not use military force in relation to Greenland and outl...
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Klaus Schwab hosted a conversation with Henry Kissinger at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in 2022. Schwab discussed his earlier meeting with Kissinge...
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2014–2026 — Egypt remains the most populous country in the Arab world and one of the principal political centers of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Cairo do...
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11 December 1990 — Albania's communist leadership accepts the legalization of independent political parties. The decision effectively ends the political monopoly creat...
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Henry Kissinger delivered the opening address at the European Management Symposium in Davos in 1980. The World Economic Forum identifies this as his first appearance a...
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17 September 1978 — Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign agreements negotiated under U.S. President Jimmy Carter. The accords establish the framework f...
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The completed National Security Study Memorandum 200 examined worldwide population growth, food supplies, minerals and fuel, economic development, population pressures...
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National Security Study Memorandum 200, issued April 24, 1974, directed a study of worldwide population growth and its implications for U.S. security and overseas inte...
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International organization founded by Klaus Schwab as the European Management Symposium in 1971. It later became the World Economic Forum and developed into a platform...
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1967 — The communist government launches an aggressive campaign against organized religion. Mosques, churches and monasteries are closed or converted to other uses, an...
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Klaus Schwab later stated that he met Henry Kissinger while Schwab was at Harvard. The World Economic Forum described the meeting as occurring more than 50 years befor...
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26 July–7 November 1956 — Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal Company after Western governments withdraw support for the Aswan High Dam. Britain, France and Israel secr...
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German-born economist and engineer who founded the European Management Symposium, later known as the World Economic Forum, and served as its principal leader.
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January–June 1919 — France prioritizes security and compensation for destruction. Britain wants Germany constrained without permanently destroying European economic st...
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January–June 1919 — Allied leaders negotiate borders, reparations, military restrictions, mandates and a new international organization. Wilson's language of self-dete...
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3 November 1918 — Sailors at Kiel revolt after naval leaders attempt to send the fleet into a final battle. The mutiny spreads into a wider revolutionary movement as w...
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8 August 1918 — Allied armies attack near Amiens and begin the sustained offensive sequence known as the Hundred Days. Improved coordination of artillery, infantry, ta...
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August–November 1918 — Germany and its allies face military retreat, shortages, exhaustion and growing political instability. Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-...
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July–November 1918 — Allied forces increasingly coordinate artillery, infantry, tanks, aircraft, communications and logistics. Strategic coordination also improves und...
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21 March 1918 — Germany launches Operation Michael, the first of several major offensives designed to win the war in the west before American manpower becomes overwhel...
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January–March 1918 — Russia's withdrawal gives Germany a temporary manpower advantage in the west, but American troops are arriving rapidly. Hindenburg and Ludendorff ...
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November 1917–March 1918 — Lenin argues that the revolutionary government cannot survive while Russia remains in the war. Other Bolsheviks object to Germany's extreme ...
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6 April 1917–11 November 1918 — The United States begins converting its enormous economy and population into military power. Millions of men enter the draft system whi...
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8 March 1917 — Demonstrations, strikes and bread shortages in Petrograd begin the revolutionary crisis that destroys the imperial government. Soldiers increasingly ref...
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1 February 1917–11 November 1918 — German submarines attack merchant shipping in an attempt to reduce British imports below sustainable levels. Early shipping losses a...
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