war

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“Everything’s now up in the air,” Chris Johnson, an American lawyer based in Riyadh who helps foreign companies doing business there, said four weeks into the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“The reality is, the economic shocks caused by this war will be with us for months,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"I am for peace; the war must stop so that we can sit at the same table," Ghrayeb said.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

The search for an American airman stranded behind enemy lines jolted the U.S., making what had been an abstract air war feel visceral beyond the grainy footage of explosions released by the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Only a few people—like Willem—insisted that the war was Holland’s tragedy too.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom