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. Following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, global life expectancy has returned to close to pre-pandemic levels. At the same time, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for an increasing share of deaths, with conditions such as diabetes, dementia, mental health ...
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Countries: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic . The escalation of conflict in the region since February has damaged schools, displaced families and made it harder for children to access safe, consistent learning. In Lebanon alone, years of crisis and conflict have disrupted children’s...
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. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of globally-traded food commodities, averaged 136.0 points in September 2026, up 1.5 percent from August and 5.8 percent from a year ago. “We are seeing a persistent and increasingly ...
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Countries: Uganda, Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, World .
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Countries: Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Sudan .
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Countries: World, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain . Highlights 31,100 children arrived in Greece, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, and Malta in 2025 (22% girls and 78% boys).1 This was 25 per cent less than the total number of child arrivals in 2024 (41,700). More than two t...
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. After 11 years of conflict, children in Yemen are once again facing some of the deadliest fighting in years. Renewed clashes in Taiz and Al Hodeidah, in the west of the country, have already displaced 18,500 people in just 72 hours, forcing families from their homes and disrupt...
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This summer, CT started running an occasional feature on reader responses. Here’s a new installment. Creation from Nothing Is Not the Big Bang I appreciate Brad East’s article asserting God’s creating heaven and earth from nothing. I also recommend Augustine’s reflections in his ...
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This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. William Paul Young, Return to the Shack: A Journey Into Redemption (Apiary, 2026) The enormously successful, highly controversial novel The Shack (2007) spotlit the problem of suffering, portraying a divine love w...
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One of the most common questions Tyler Anson Newberry hears from young worship leaders is “How do I know if a song is good?” For Newberry, a Houston-based worship leader who has been in ministry for over 30 years, evaluating a new song takes only a few minutes. “I have an interna...
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Celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding, Christianity Today announced a new editorial leadership team to bring together the full scope of its various media platforms. The announcement comes at the conclusion of The One Kingdom Campaign and launches the ministry forward i...
