conflict
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Another issue hampering the Ebola outbreak response is the ongoing conflict in DR Congo.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
That escalation returned an oil market that many analysts had described as complacent to the conflict back on high alert.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
“What this conflict has taught us, and what the Russia-Ukraine conflict has taught us, is that it doesn’t take much to disrupt things.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Throughout the U.S.–Iranian talks, Tehran’s delegates have insisted that the two wars involving Israel—in Iran and in Lebanon—were essentially the same conflict, and that a peace deal had to include a ceasefire in Lebanon.
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026
But neither man grasped how crucial their research would be to the outcome of the conflict smoldering halfway across the globe.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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