Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 31, 2025

Iran secretly enriching enough uranium for nine nuclear weapons, IAEA report says

Soaring rice prices are stirring political trouble in Japan

Haiti’s Beleaguered Government Launches Drones Against Gangs

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 30, 2025

Giant Russian Nuke Info Hack

Saudis warned Iran to reach agreement with US or risk war with Israel

Federal Circuit Issues Brief Administrative Stay in Our Tariff Case

Service costs aren’t exploding anymore

Why New York Judges Are Fighting a Major Plan to Fix Court Backlogs

Electroconvulsive therapy’s ‘hard reset’ effect: Brain wave discovery challenges long-held assumption

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 29, 2025

China has stopped selling drones to Ukraine while increasing component shipments to Russia

Ship Losses Hit Historic Low Amid Rising Risks

We Won Our Tariff Case!. Celebration is a little premature—- Trump tariffs back on after appeals court slams brakes on trade court’s ban

Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors

Hawaii’s first-in-the-nation climate change tourist tax expected to generate nearly $100M annually

Can We Afford Large-scale Solar PV?

California Grid Operator Increasingly Curtailing Solar And Wind-Powered Electricity Generation

Grandson of 10th US President John Tyler, who left the White House 180 years ago, dead at 96

Behind closed blast doors Danish and German journalists uncover detailed blueprints offering an unprecedented look inside Russia’s nuclear weapons silos

Trump confirms he told Netanyahu not to act against Iran in private talks

Brokers are profiting from the massive influx of Filipino labor in the Taiwanese chip sector.

The Gross Fiscal Negligence of the GOP

Record Foreign Demand For Blowout 5Y Treasury Auction

College English majors can’t read

Did you hear about the Visa Account Updater?

Death Zone Drama on K2

Claims Swirl Over Supposed Ukrainian Attack On Putin’s Helicopter

Russia Modifies Iskander Missile to Beat Ukrainian Patriot System

Israel facing dangerous shift in relations with Egypt

Netanyahu-Trump phone call on Iran was marked by heated disagreements

Iran Threatens ‘Decisive Strike’ Against Israel Amid Rising Tensions Following Nuclear Talks With US

The military culture that is German

DOGE’s Unfinished Business

The Coming Democratic Civil War

An Upstate Orchard Is Putting New Farmworker Protections to the Test

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 26, 2025

Spain Boosts Natural Gas Capacity After Renewable Energy’s Failure Led to Historic Blackout

Why Apple can’t just quit China

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Announce New Oil Discovery

Canada has more measles cases right now than any other country in the Americas

Chinese laser cracks spy dream, can read letters size of a sesame seed from a mile away

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 25, 2025

On the night of May 24-25, Russian forces launched nearly 300 drones and 70 missiles in one of the largest air assaults on Ukraine since the start of the war, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 60.

U.S. Urges Israel to Pause ‘Full-Scale’ Operation Against Hamas in Hopes of Facilitating Hostage Talks

I never thought I would see the day that these nations would be arguing that Trump was being to lax on Iran. Senior officials from the E3 countries — the United Kingdom, Germany, and France — warned the Trump administration that Iran is deliberately stalling negotiations over a new nuclear agreement to hinder the ability to impose sanctions

Chinese propaganda as presented to Africans.

According to Zhong, the dominant strain in this wave is the Omicron XDV variant, which is highly transmissible but relatively less virulent. Early symptoms include fever, headaches, fatigue, a burning throat, and severe coughing.

Arguably, without China, Apple would not have had the money to invest or its current valuation so this is a little bit a chicken or an egg type question. Apple’s Investment in China… more than quadruple the Marshall Plan

The semiconductor shortage led to fewer new cars in 2022 and beyond, which in turn translates to fewer used cars today.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 24, 2025

Analysis: Iran braces for potential conflict as 5th round of US negotiations ends inconclusively

Israeli Strike That Killed Hamas Chief Mohammed Sinwar Hit Meeting of Top Terrorists

1 In 4 People In Germany Now Has Migrant Background, Data Shows

Trump administration to shrink the National Security Council