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The Rest of the World Report | May 18, 2026 — Morning Edition
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THE WAR NOBODY COVERED LAST WEEK
While the world watched Beijing, another war kept going. It is in its fifth year. It has no active American peace process. It has no diplomatic bandwidth from Washington. And last week, it produced some of the most intense exchanges of the entire conflict, largely unnoticed.
Between May 4 and 8, Russia conducted the deadliest wave of civilian strikes in 2026, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. At least 73 civilians were…
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