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From @WSJopinion: Facebook has become a political scapegoat for deeper-seated cultural problems. Teens' mental health is a problem that can’t be solved by government.https://on.wsj.com/3uO7KcE 

Shortages of key construction materials are forcing some builders and contractors to turn to substitutes and hunt for alternative suppliers as they rush to meet the high demand for new housinghttps://on.wsj.com/301inxk 

China’s People’s Liberation Army would be able to launch a full-blown attack on Taiwan with minimal cost by 2025, said Taiwan's defense ministerhttps://on.wsj.com/3uMfoE3 

Shrinking apartment sales and an unexpected default have stoked fresh investor concerns about China’s property developers, causing a steep selloff in U.S. dollar bonds from many of the sector’s debt-laden companieshttps://on.wsj.com/3FlUIaS 

Silver prices just wrapped up their worst four-month stretch since November 2014, dragged down by expectations for higher interest rates and a slowdown in manufacturing activityhttps://on.wsj.com/3BvpEDz 

Cineworld’s CEO answers questions on the theater industry’s pandemic recovery and how his company can compete with meme-stock favorite AMChttps://on.wsj.com/3Bg4jh2 

Environmentalists in California have been trying to nix offshore drilling for decades. Spills like the Amplify pipeline are why.https://on.wsj.com/3acZuJA 

Jailed in Libya, Russian field researcher Maxim Shugaley has since turned up across Africa and now Afghanistan as the Kremlin’s friends seek to build relationships in places where America’s sway is fadinghttps://on.wsj.com/3DinM18 

Here’s what we’re watching ahead of Wednesday’s openhttps://on.wsj.com/3mscOPR 

Biden administration officials and many in Europe worry that the stalling of the EU’s expansion into the Western Balkans opens the region to rivals and adversarieshttps://on.wsj.com/2ZRJ0Vc 

Deal makers have targeted the wine industry, as investors bet on rising prices for winery acreage despite a Covid-19 hit to demand for the beveragehttps://on.wsj.com/3lfc5SP 

BlackRock said five employers have signed up for a new retirement product that will allow workers to receive a stream of payments for the rest of their liveshttps://on.wsj.com/3uLUDbM 

Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen faces an uncertain legal landscape as she speaks publicly about the social-media company’s practices, said attorneys who specialize in federal whistleblower lawshttps://on.wsj.com/3a9EBPt 

The Biden administration plans to expand its student loan forgiveness program to help more than half a million public-sector workershttps://on.wsj.com/3iEzhbp 

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to U.S.-based scientist David MacMillan and Benjamin List of Germany for developing a tool for building moleculeshttps://on.wsj.com/2WQWPlS 

U.S. stock futures fell and bond yields rose, pointing to another bumpy day on Wall Streethttps://on.wsj.com/3oK9UZs 

Windows 11 is here. And missing from the first release is one of Microsoft’s most touted features, @JoannaStern writes.https://on.wsj.com/3uQEphG 

Heard on the Street: Power markets vary, but Britain’s latest troubles hold some lessons for countries focused on decarbonizationhttps://on.wsj.com/3BiG1D1