From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Our current conflicts, a possible prelude to World War III.

Hello again, I'm Aronalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. Since the end of the Cold War, when the U.S. emerged as the only superpower,

another world war has seemed almost unthinkable. But recently, the superpower has been

unable to contain widespread violence fueled by local conflicts, religion, and nationalist

ambitions. One hundred years ago, international complacency was shattered by World War I.

Could that happen again?

If chaos is the new norm, does it contain the seeds of another global upheaval?

Today's talking point, the ban on drinking water from the public water supply has been lifted in Toledo, Ohio.

But that's not the end of the story.

First, here's the news.

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Program Fund. Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. From Eastern Europe to the Middle

East, from Africa to the East China Sea,

the world is battered by violence and threatened by instability. Can the U.S., the lone superpower,

impose order on chaos? What are the prospects for World War III? Today's talking point,

despite five years of warnings, agricultural runoff into the water supply caused widespread sickness and a ban on drinking

water this weekend in Toledo, Ohio. What happened to the Clean Water Act? First, this news update,

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