borders

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The strait is the most critical energy transit chokepoint in the world, with about 20% of the global oil flows passing through the narrow waterway that borders Iran.

From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026

Uganda and Rwanda have closed their borders with the DRC and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed this week to keep Ebola out of the United States.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The World Health Organization and Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that conflict, displacement and regular movement across borders could increase the risk that disease will spread.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The legal challenge risks hindering a key part of the agreement, which Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said would help "restore order and control to our borders" when signing the deal in France last month.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Foreign bootlegging of minerals is so thorough that our neighbor the French Congo, without a single diamond mine in its borders, is the world’s fifth-largest exporter of diamonds.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver