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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 4, 2026

This is a China friendly site so you can think of this as an English version of China’s message to the world. PLA’s Drill Around Taiwan, Explained

Up to 45,000 households in Berlin expected to be without power for days as a result of a fire next to a power plant; far-left group claims attack, says it targeted the ‘fossil fuel economy’

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 2, 2026

Ukrainian Spy Master Kyrylo Budanov Explains His New Job As Top Zelensky Aid

Destruction Seen At Caracas Base That Was A Focus Of The U.S. Military Operation

Doctors suspected it was a case of welder’s anthrax and quickly got access to an anthrax antitoxin from the US Strategic National Stockpile—where it’s kept in case of a bioterror attack. Along with a tailored antibiotic regimen, the teen rapidly improved and was off ventilation 72 hours later. The doctors’ quick thinking likely saved his life; of the previous eight cases of welder’s anthrax, six were fatal.

The 2023 climate event revealed the greatest failure of climate science

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Trump says US will intervene if Iran starts killing protesters

Alberta’s Independence Push Continues as 2026 Referendum Drive Kicks into Gear

After half a decade, the Russian space station segment stopped leaking

One way that Silicon Valley and the Communist Party resemble each other is that both are serious, self-serious, and indeed, completely humorless.

The Van Allen radiation belts, massive regions of charged particles trapped by Earth’s magnetic field, have become “fully charged” due to repeated solar storms. A space weather observer warns that the next major solar storm could cause the energetic plasma in the belts to precipitate toward the planet’s upper atmosphere.

Should US homebuilders emulate Sweden?

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 31, 2025

Jordan carries out airstrikes in Syria against drug smugglers

Iranian Strike-Surveillance Drones Are Now Operating In Venezuela

Germany still leans on fax machines and paperwork for basic public services.

New legislation in New York state would require schools to teach students about the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 29, 2025

Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: December 22–28, 2025

China Launches Snap “Warning” Drills Around Taiwan Simulating A Total Blockade

Sunken Russian Ship Allegedly Carried Nuclear Submarine Reactors Destined For North Korea

Anti-regime protests intensified in Iran as students joined demonstrators in cities across the country. “Protests over Iran’s soaring cost of living spread to several universities on Tuesday, with students joining shopkeepers and bazaar merchants, semi-official media reported.”

India has pushed ahead of Japan as the world’s fourth-biggest economy after sustained high growth, New Delhi says. Economic pace has apparently picked up more quickly than expected and India may soon claim third place.

Japanese town reeling from year of record bear encounters

Alzheimer’s Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say

Oral bacterium tied to disability severity in multiple sclerosis