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The Christian Science Monitor Daily News Briefing provides an editorially curated perspective on important news of the day. Each issue provides a daily commentary from the editors, abridged versions of five key stories, an Editorial, the Christian Science perspective article, and a Top Headlines column. Insights gained from the Monitor can support and strengthen your prayers for the world. For the latest news and 24/7 access to Monitor content, you can also visit CSMonitor.com.

Even Mr. Putin must see the benefit of a Ukraine that is no longer a dependent.

Freedom from slavery

The Nigerian girls deserve the world’s prayers and support.

Balancing freedom and order is an age-old problem.

“If you believe everyone is a threat to you, in the end you will be without friends.”

Non-intervention runs deep in American thinking.

Iraqis have lived through dictatorship, war, sanctions, invasion, and ongoing ethnic violence.

Ukrainians are enjoying the spring weather, shopping, and going to work.

The latest attempt by the United States to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal has failed.

Every silver lining in economics seems to come with a cloud.

Democracy is more than majority rule.