The latest World-related news, and what people are sharing and adding to their lists.

This article explores a range of issues recently in the news: the devastating drought crisis in Central Asia to the new COVID variant sending NYC case rates soaring and Sweden's record fine of rare earth minerals. We'll also look at the cost of living in Australia, Europe's energy war with Putin, the Hawaiian Airlines plane that hit severe turbulence, and the official passport index ranking. Finally, we'll consider the startling new results that reveal the surprising behavior of minerals deep in the Earth and the alarming prediction of excess deaths in 2022.