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Current-account deficits played a part in the crises that swept Latin America in the early 1980s, east and southeast Asia in the late 1990s, the U.S. in 2007-09 and the eurozone from 2009 on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Multiple homes were set alight, including a house on Lendrick Street in east Belfast belonging to a man in his 30s, who said he had lived there for 10 years.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In a neighborhood flanked by grapevines and orange groves on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley, people cannot drink the water from their faucets because it’s contaminated.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

At the factory in Yiwu, China's wholesale hub in the east of the country, workers affixed chains to the blue and white Messi "goats", which are designed to be attached to bags.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

From the east came a thunder of hooves.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver