Thursday, August 28, 2025 - The Christian Science Monitor Daily

Brazil has the world's second-largest rare earth reserves. The country is trying to rewrite the rules of global extractive industries.
In today’s stories, we also write about in-person summer schools in Ukraine, a job-creating but environmentally risky project in Spain, and we share our favorite books of August.
Join the Monitor's Christa Case Bryant for today's news.