The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is a worldwide news organization that provides news coverage from around the globe through various platforms, including its website, a weekly magazine, daily news briefings, email newsletters, an Amazon Kindle subscription, and a mobile site. Founded in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, who established the Church of Christ, Scientist, the publication had a print circulation of 75,052 as of 2011.

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With new president, Poland’s direction - and its place in Europe - is in question

2 days ago | csmonitor.com | Mark Sappenfield

Poland’s remarkable transformation since the Cold War means it now stands on the cusp of becoming one of Europe’s most powerful and influential nations. This week’s presidential election reveals a nation deeply conflicted about how to do that. In many respects, Poland is Europe’s greatest postwar success story, with booming economic growth rates and a robust military strongly committed to NATO.
In Kherson, Russian drone campaign turns civilians into targets

2 days ago | csmonitor.com | Dominique Soguel

Mykhailo Kovalsky, chief surgeon at the Kherson Regional Oncology Center, was waiting for a bus at 7:30 one late November morning when he spotted a drone in the sky, moving at high speed. “People intuitively ran to the bus stop for cover,” recalls the silver-haired doctor. But as the metallic structure became crowded, he felt that it would be targeted. He tried to dart out before the drone dropped its grenade. But the attack was all over in seconds.
Our reporter joins the new migration trail – leading away from the US

3 days ago | csmonitor.com | Whitney Eulich

The first time Venezuelan José Luis Redondo arrived in Panama, having trudged through the deadly Darién Gap to get here, his eyes were set north on the United States. But after President Donald Trump took office in January, dismantling pathways to migrant protections in the U.S. and promising to deport historic numbers of people, Mr. Redondo, at that point in Honduras, turned around. Now he’s in Panama for a second time, his eyes set south, on home. “My body aches, and my heart aches,” he says.
Seeing God today

3 days ago | csmonitor.com | John Biggs

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How Trump’s push to end California EV mandates may change rules of the road

4 days ago | csmonitor.com | Francine Kiefer

The march toward electric cars in the United States took a U-turn in May when the Senate voted to revoke California’s electric vehicle mandate. And it’s not just about California. The move also applies to nearly a dozen states in step with the Golden State’s zero-emissions requirement, set to start phasing in next year. President Trump has promised to sign the congressional action into law. And as soon as he does, California says, it will sue.
Amid war, these Palestinians and Israelis say it’s imperative to talk peace

6 days ago | csmonitor.com | Dina Kraft

For Israelis and Palestinians, May 28 marked 600 days of the most devastating period either side has known since Israel’s foundation. And yet amid it all, there are people trying to build bridges from one side to the other, attempting – together – to create a different reality. Some of them gathered recently for a well-attended two-day People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, forged by a coalition of Jewish and Palestinian peace-building and coexistence organizations.
As the US halts student visas, global universities roll out the welcome mat

6 days ago | csmonitor.com | Laurie Chen |Larissa Liao |John Geddie

Universities around the world are seeking to offer refuge for students impacted by President Donald Trump’s crackdown on academic institutions, targeting top talent and a slice of the billions of dollars in academic revenue in the United States. Osaka University, one of the top-ranked in Japan, is offering tuition fee waivers, research grants, and help with travel arrangements for students and researchers at U.S. institutions who want to transfer.
With hope for peace dimming, Russia brings its demands to Ukraine talks

6 days ago | csmonitor.com | Fred Weir

Despite a major increase in airstrikes by both Ukraine and Russia, the Kremlin says that it is ready to go forward with direct peace talks with Kyiv on June 2 in Istanbul. The announcement of talks comes amid growing doubts in Washington that any peace process is even viable. For weeks, almost every night has seen both Ukraine and Russia fire scores of drones and missiles at each other.
Eagle Pass, Texas, once boiled with border crossings. Now it’s quiet.

1 week ago | csmonitor.com | Sarah Matusek |Alfredo Sosa

On a bumpy dirt-road drive through a watermelon farm, Kate Hobbs points out the flood plain. There’s a 1 in 100 chance of a major flood each year, she says. Hard rains haven’t come to this farm near Normandy, Texas, but people have – thousands in recent years. The flood plain is where her husband had just arrived before calling her, upset, on Mother’s Day 2021. She was cooking at the house. He told her he’d found five little girls, stranded.
As China’s influence grows in the Americas, Trump hints at a Monroe Doctrine 2.0

1 week ago | csmonitor.com | Howard LaFranchi

It’s the festival of Semana Santa in Peru, the Holy Week leading up to Easter and a major national holiday. Normally, the narrow road above Chorrillos Beach in Chancay would be clogged with visitors – as well as vendors trying to entice them with Inca Kola and roasted corn kernels, or boogie boards and beach towels.