RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 18

The German View. An Unbelievable Surprise Attack

Coming soon to a country near you. For decades, the Lebanese pound was pegged at 1,507 to the dollar, meaning that it has lost around 95 percent of its black market value since 2019.

Home-Flipper Opendoor Hit With Losses in Echo of Zillow Collapse

Another one in the string of recent earthquakes. So far China (6.8) Papua New Guinea (7.6) and Taiwan (6.8) plus this one. I hope this is the last one in this current crop but I doubt it. Powerful earthquake hits Mexico’s Pacific coast

How is the ethanol blending programme connected to the rice export ban?

Only 82 years ago. How fast time flies. The dial comes to town

Evidence of Hochul pay-to-play outrage mounts

This week an entire Chinese residential skyscraper went up in flames

Rainfall from deadly Hurricane Fiona tops 30 inches in Puerto Rico

Hindu-Muslim Scuffles Lead to Heightened Communal Tension in UK’s Leicester

Mostly noteworthy because it is part of series of earthquakes that has been traveling around the world in the last few weeks. I suspect a big one is going to land somewhere soon. 6.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Taiwan

‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Discovery’: Israeli Archeologists Reveal 3,300 Year-Old Burial Cave Off Mediterranean Coastline

Izium bodies show signs of torture and execution

Kyrgyz-Tajik border clashes leave dozens dead and thousands displaced

Tension mounts in Haiti with widespread looting, violent protests

Open source intelligence. There is more information in pervious posts on the same website and the subject of speculation is this Russian weapon.

After knocking out the island’s power grid, Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico

Germany Seizes Control Of Russian-Owned Refinery

They posted today’s in time for me to link to it. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 16 That means that yesterday’s (found here) has been skipped over but it did not have anything particularly noteworthy in it.

The critical moment behind Ukraine’s rapid advance

FedEx issues ominous warning about the global economy, shares tumble

Fodder dries up for Pakistan’s livestock as floodwaters stay high

Five bank ‘heists’ in a day as Lebanese seek back frozen savings

Mysterious increase in deaths across Europe

An oil spill has forced a shutdown of all crude oil exports from Iraq’s Basra Port, oil sector sources said on Friday, cited by Reuters.

Israel’s Defense Minister Reveals Syrian Military Sites Used to Produce Advanced Weapons for Iran