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The Central Intelligence Agency in recent months published unusually bold videos in Mandarin openly recruiting Chinese spies from the ranks of the country’s military.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The country became the first nation to declare a national energy emergency in March after petrol prices more than doubled in recent weeks.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

In the 2002 email exchange, the woman asked Maxwell about a recent trip Maxwell took to Palm Beach, Fla., where Epstein owned a mansion, and suggested that they get in touch in the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Georgieva said the range would be higher if some emerging markets hadn’t shored up their fiscal health in recent decades.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

“Based on his recent symptoms and—wow—a twenty-two percent drop in his weight since last time, there is indeed a strong possibility that Sir Fig Newton has diabetes.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas