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The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever an international emergency.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

China has declared a goal of putting humans on the moon by 2030, hot on the heels of NASA’s Artemis IV, a manned surface landing projected for early 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The Philippines government has declared a state of emergency and has rolled out some targeted assistance, such as eliminating tolls for trucks carrying fresh produce and introducing fuel subsidies for transport workers, farmers and fishermen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The impact of the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz has already led governments to take exceptional measures, like the Philippines which has declared a national energy emergency, Maynier noted.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Yet the Food and Drug Administration’s chief pharmacologist has declared the hazard of living in a house sprayed with chlordane to be “very great.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson