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Athletes may have more than twice the risk of irregular heart rhythm

Median vs. average inflation

The IDF is suffering a personnel shortage, especially in the field combat units. One of the root causes of this crisis is the growth of the Arab and ultra-Orthodox Jewish populations, who are not conscripted. These groups now account for nearly 50% of the draft-aged cohort.

Messages from the Mouse Plague – or, how Herodotus is proved right in the modern world yet again.

Rebel Forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray Launch New Offensive

The Crumbling Global Tower

Democrats’ spending flip-flop

Goldfish dumped in lakes growing to more than 1ft, threatening ecosystems

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The Cuomo coverup continues

Gangs complicate Haiti effort to recover from assassination

Big batteries could be bigger bombs than Beirut Fertilizer

The transformation of Saudi Arabia’s flagship asset, Aramco, from perpetual cash-generation machine into a debt-laden giant is set to pick up pace in the coming weeks with a series of schemes aimed at raising much-needed funding for the now-beleaguered oil and gas company.

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What the impending rubber ‘apocalypse’ means for the U.S. economy

CDC, FDA contradict Pfizer on COVID-19 vaccine booster

Who holds the welding rod?

They Will Never Stop Hating Us

The Nearly Forgotten Story Of How Russia Let Loose A Deadly Anthrax Strain

Lebanon implements ration card program as economic crisis worsens

Underage ‘martyrs’: Recruiting child soldiers in Yemen

Testosterone therapy reduces heart attack and stroke

‘Rise of the Moors’ Militia Group Arrest Does Not Fit The Media and Government Narrative

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Fears Mount Following Attack on Dutch Journalist

New Money in Venture Capital

Google “bought off Samsung” to limit app store competition, 36 states allege

Retirement for 45-Year-Olds May Vanish in Saudi Pension Reform

NOAA DECLARES “LA NIÑA” WATCH FOR THE FALL: THE GLOBAL COOLING ACCELERATOR

Haiti police say 26 Colombians, two US-Haitians took part in Jovenel Moïse assassination

The End of Avenatti: the Rise and Fall (and Fall and Fall and Fall) of the Creepy Porn Lawyer

Turkey proved that blackmail works. Egypt warns Europe against illegal immigration amid Nile dam impasse

Brazil Plans To Be 5th-Largest Crude Exporter By 2030

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Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in middle-of-the-night attack at his home

Keep in mind the following statistic (as of today from this site) when you read this article. Deaths per million from COVID France 1701. Deaths from COVID Russia 959. Even allowing for a lot of lying on the part of Russia authorities, there is no particular evidence that Russia is doing all that bad compared to many first world countries. A massive third wave is spreading unchecked, anti-vaxxers are rampant, and the Kremlin’s vaccine diplomacy has failed.

Report: Delta variant is said to cause fewer serious COVID cases in Israel

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Cuomo’s gun-violence emergency slush fund is all about saving… Cuomo

Suez Canal officials release Ever Given ship after settlement