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Freeport-McMoRan’s massive copper mining and smelting operation sits on the hills above the towns of Miami, Claypool and Globe in eastern Arizona.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

With sculptures by Daniel Chester French, the monument on the eastern edge of Central Park is a work of serene classicism that puts architecture on the same level as fine art.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The 43.7 billion euros will go to the most populated country on NATO's eastern flank, that has become the alliance's largest spender in relative terms, allocating 4.8 percent of its GDP to defence.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Florent Montaclair, from Besançon in eastern France, was decorated with the Gold Medal of Philology in 2016 at a ceremony held at the National Assembly in Paris, attended by ministers and Nobel laureates.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, he saw a massive new wave of men flooding into Chicago, fleeing oppression in eastern Europe—from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield