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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 30, 2026

Defeating Russia’s Supply Chains

Russian truckers warn clients of rate hikes of at least 10% amid fuel crisis

Grief turns to rage amid the rubble of Venezuela’s earthquake zone

The construction failures and risky geography behind Venezuela’s quake tragedy

Chinese people are trolling Europeans by posting videos on social media showing that even their pigs have air conditioning, while many Europeans can’t because of government rules.

Australia doubled the maximum penalty imposed on social media companies that fail to comply with the ban on under-16 users, as evidence grew that children are circumventing restrictions.

This Scrappy Little Rocket Company Just Made a Big Play Against Elon Musk

House Highway Bill Costs At Least $100-$235 Billion Over a Decade

Conflict among team of contractors remaking I-81 spills into courts

Earlier this year, Trinity wrapped up its eighth medical debt campaign, part of what the church calls its Debt Jubilee Project. This one raised more than $17,000. That helped retire more than $2.2 million in debt. Medical debt can be bought for pennies on the dollar because creditors believe most debts won’t be paid.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 29, 2026

Meduza has collected some of the most striking online reactions to the fuel shortage. Drivers are spending entire nights in line, and even then not everyone manages to buy fuel. Irkutsk Mayor Ruslan Bolotov said late last week that the city would deploy portable toilets near gas stations to ease the inconvenience for drivers waiting in line.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday touted his minimum wage bill that aims to gradually increase worker pay from $7.25 to $25 hourly.

The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us

Sony Deletes 551 StudioCanal Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 28, 2026

AI and the Compression of Target Development

Tit-for-Tat in Strait of Hormuz; Iran Attacks Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraqi Government Upheaval

How Europe Became the World Champion of Heat Deaths

Your Kids’ School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle. A company that sells cameras to catch drivers illegally passing stopped school buses wants to turn them into license plate readers.

High doses of vitamin B3 could help in fight against deadly brain cancer, study finds

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 27, 2026

A Russian soldier who threatened Putin with an army mutiny racked up 10 million Instagram views. Who is he?

Ceasefire Falters as Iran Resumes Attacks in Hormuz, Launches Drone Strikes on Bahrain

EU Commission HQ forced to shut down air-conditioning amid heatwave. “It’s like feudalism,” a Commission official working on a lower level of the Berlaymont, granted anonymity to speak freely, told POLITICO on Friday, referring to the fact that upper floors housing commissioners got to keep their AC on. A second official agreed it was a “disgrace.”

Antibiotic “megacluster” discovery provides new strategy to fight superbugs

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 26, 2026

Seething over Ukrainian drone strikes and angered by what they see as a failed U.S. promise to broker an end to the war on favourable terms, Russian hardliners ​are urging President Vladimir Putin to abandon diplomacy and escalate. Some hawks have even called on the Kremlin chief to consider using tactical nuclear weapons.

U.S. Carries Out First Strike On Iran Since Peace Memorandum Signed

The back-to-back impact of two powerful tremors has worsened the disaster in Venezuela, a country highly prone to seismic risk. The USGS estimates a 42% probability that the death toll could range between 10,000 and 100,000, with economic losses of between $10 billion and $100 billion.

SpaceX plans to launch Starlink mobile service in the US

More countries are building and operating submarines today than at any point in modern history. Yet amid this global expansion, China has emerged as the dominant force, launching twice as many submarines as any other nation and introducing more new classes.

‘A Family Trying to Survive’: Six Die at Motel Used to House Broome County’s Homeless

Why Armadillos in NC Mountains Have Officials Alarmed

A species of gut bacteria could ease anxiety and diarrhea-predominant IBS

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 25, 2026

Moscow Oil Refinery Faces Six-Month Shutdown After Relentless Ukrainian Drone Attacks

Russia’s gasoline production drops 25%

Plan To Move Ships Through Strait Of Hormuz Paused After Iran Strikes Cargo Vessel

What we know about Venezuela’s biggest earthquake in more than a century

Military branches restore flu shot requirement after virus swept through base

Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 24, 2026

Plan To Evacuate Hundreds Of Ships Still Stranded From Strait Of Hormuz Closure Is Coalescing

“Heavy Casualties” After Massive Twin Quakes Rock Venezuela, Topple Buildings; “International Response May Be Needed.” The USGS said the first quake registered a magnitude of 7.1, with an epicenter near Morón, about 104 miles west of Caracas, at a depth of 8 miles. One minute later, a similarly massive magnitude 7.5 quake struck nearby, roughly 10 miles southwest of Morón, at a depth of 6 miles. Remarkably, the dual quake was followed almost immediately across the world by a 6.9 magnitude temblor in northern Japan, which rattled buildings in Tokyo.

Revitalizing the Arsenal of Democracy: good course shift, now increase speed

Socialist candidates racked up victories in New York’s primary elections for the state legislature on Tuesday, with the Democratic Socialists of America poised to pick up at least six seats despite an enormous wave of outside spending.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 23, 2026

Regions across Russia impose gasoline sales restrictions as Ukrainian strikes deepen fuel crisis

Iran, Trump Admin Disagree on Whether Nuclear Inspection Agreement Reached

Chinese universities are cutting language majors to make way for AI

While early coverage, including that of the CBC, has largely focused on the suspect’s apparent “incel” beliefs, the manifesto itself points to a broader and more radical worldview: an amalgam of explicit antisemitism, anti-Zionist conspiracy theories, far-left anti-capitalist ideology and grievances about male loneliness and modern dating.