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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 15, 2026

Also on Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, said the country will continue to charge vessels transiting the Strait for services rendered. “According to the MoU, Iran and Oman will be responsible for managing passage through the Strait of Hormuz,” he stated. “Iran is not seeking to impose tolls. However, in return for navigation services, environmental protection, insurances and other maritime services, Iran will collect the necessary fees.”

This year Meta will spend more on chips ($125 billion) than Germany spends on defense ($114 billion)

Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 14, 2026

Trump: “The Deal with Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete”. Text and terms will not be released until after in-person signing at the end of the week.

Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive

Syracuse University issues financial warning as admissions slump: We’re in the red

Gonorrhea Rates Are Soaring In NYC: Mamdani Rushes Free Chocolate Condoms To Citizens Of Big Apple!

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 13, 2026

U.S. Oil Inventories Continue Slide as Refiners Boost Runs

China builds a rival satellite constellation as SpaceX goes public

Screwworm Cases Rise in US as Officials Deploy Sterile Flies and AI to Contain Spread

A new study of brain cells in the hippocampus shows that people under general anesthesia can process language in real time and even learn to recognize sounds.

See the town and village courts that collected the most fines in New York in 2025

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 12, 2026

Russia Building New Infrastructure For Major Troop Deployments Along NATO’s Northern Flank

Ukraine’s one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers

Nearly three years after Yitzy Friedman received a call-up notice for the reserves on October 7, his wife, Roni, is still wrestling with the cost of her husband’s decision to serve.

Manufacturing requirements are killing cell and gene therapy

3 severed cow heads dumped off Erie Boulevard East in Syracuse on different days

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 9, 2026

AH-64 Apache Shot Down By Iran, U.S. Will Retaliate: Trump (Updated)

Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanese City of Tyre

A nurse who survived the current Ebola outbreak: ‘I screamed in pain, my body ached and I felt itchy all over.’ The recovery of eight patients from the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda is, according to the WHO, ‘living proof that it can be stopped’

Philippines: Large Mindanao quake displaced roughly 20,000

A historically strong earthquake struck off Cuba’s northwest coast on Monday, according to official reports, shaking parts of Cuba, Mexico and ​Florida that are typically not prone to quakes.The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measured ‌the quake at a magnitude 6.1.

The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today, finding that both programs have significantly worse financial outlooks and are fast approaching insolvency.