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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 31, 2025

Jordan carries out airstrikes in Syria against drug smugglers

Iranian Strike-Surveillance Drones Are Now Operating In Venezuela

Germany still leans on fax machines and paperwork for basic public services.

New legislation in New York state would require schools to teach students about the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 29, 2025

Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: December 22–28, 2025

China Launches Snap “Warning” Drills Around Taiwan Simulating A Total Blockade

Sunken Russian Ship Allegedly Carried Nuclear Submarine Reactors Destined For North Korea

Anti-regime protests intensified in Iran as students joined demonstrators in cities across the country. “Protests over Iran’s soaring cost of living spread to several universities on Tuesday, with students joining shopkeepers and bazaar merchants, semi-official media reported.”

India has pushed ahead of Japan as the world’s fourth-biggest economy after sustained high growth, New Delhi says. Economic pace has apparently picked up more quickly than expected and India may soon claim third place.

Japanese town reeling from year of record bear encounters

Alzheimer’s Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say

Oral bacterium tied to disability severity in multiple sclerosis

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 27, 2025

Russian ultranationalism, inflamed by the killing of the hooligan commander ‘Spaniard’

Somalia Set to Lead UN Security Council in January

Defense Ministry hands IDF first combat-ready Iron Beam laser interception system

High-Pressure NatGas Line Ruptures Outside Los Angeles, Forcing Major Highway Shutdown

“Where Are the Children?” Minnesota Daycare Fraud Caught on Video. 99 children paid $1.9 million this year in CCAP funding. Where are the children? Were they kidnapped? Did they run away? This is the State of Minnesota.

How gut bacteria could help to diagnose depression. The team observed a lower balance of bacteria in the gut of teens with depression, as well as a prevalence of a bacterium known as Collinsella, which was linked to inflammation and changes in the gut’s barrier.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2025

Why bomb Sokoto? Trump’s strikes baffle Nigerians

7.0-magnitude earthquake rattles Taiwan

China eyes mastery of EUV lithography, bolstering AI chip ambitions, analysts say

A year under water: Record floods sweep Vietnam from megacities to tourist hubs in 2025

Why Britain has a deer problem – leaving damage that costs millions

‘Super flu’ sends NYC cases to highest level in a decade — and ‘we haven’t hit the peak yet’

Wild hogs wreak economic havoc for Mississippi agriculture. “Farmers have enough stress as it is. They don’t need this modern-day locust.”

O Come, O Come Emmanuel In More Traditional Styles

One thing about the more traditional styles is that I find I have to listen to them louder then I would the more modern pop type treatments to really get the musical complexity and talent. Admittedly, that is because the first of these does not have the best recording compared to studio products. But the last one has excellent sound recording and I still needed to raise the volume higher then I normally have it to really appreciate it.