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Confirmed Losses Of Russian Aircraft Mount After Ukrainian Drone Assault

Why is the EU still buying Russian fertilizer?

Finland Uncovers Iranian Spy Operations

Japan’s fertility rate hits record low despite government push

Two Chinese Nationals Accused of Smuggling ‘Potential Agroterrorism’ Fungus into U.S.

‘It’s so boring’: gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids

In 8-0 Ruling, Supreme Court Significantly Narrows NEPA Environmental Reviews

A Historic Missed Opportunity

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 3, 2025

Ukraine Strikes At The Heart Of Russia’s Highly Defended Kerch Bridge

Going to an office and pretending to work: A business that’s booming in China. Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds

Italy’s population decline is among the most acute in Europe, after decades of plummeting birth rates. At present, about a quarter of Italy’s 59mn people are over the age of 65, while just 12 per cent of the population are children aged 14 and under. The working age population is forecast to drop by another 5mn people by 2040.

‘Disgusting abomination’: Musk goes nuclear on Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 2, 2025

What We Know About Ukraine’s Mass Drone Assault On Russian Bombers

Russia’s ‘Pearl Harbor’ How pro-war Telegram channels are reacting to Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian air bases

A supporter of Russia offers his take on what happened.

What Ukraine’s Unprecedented Drone Attack Means For Russia’s Bomber Force

Poland’s Tusk gets Trumped

Tourists Flee As Mount Etna Erupts In Italy

Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Midwest and Plains

Colorado Terror Attack: Authorities Identify 4 More Injured Victims, Totaling 12

The Case of the One Cut Stop

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Russian Strategic Bombers Destroyed In Unprecedented Wide-Scale Drone Attack

It appears that the interim deal that American and PRC trade negotiators worked out in Geneva on May 12, has collapsed.

I wrote before about the terrible fiscal implications of an ageing society. If you go back 20 years and apply today’s spending and tax rates to the demographics of 2004 – changing nothing else, that would give the Chancellor an extra £84 billion a year to play with, enough to cut the basic rate of tax by about 13p in the pound. Roll forward 20 years and we will see the same, but in reverse – creating a huge hole to fill.

Lack of sugar throws Cuba’s rum industry into crisis

Huge landslide causes whole village to disappear in Switzerland

How the BLM riots broke America

Residents of Richmond, Virginia can safely drink the city’s water again after a city-wide boil water advisory was lifted late Thursday. It’s the third significant failure to impact the city’s drinking water this year.

The Next Car Production Crisis Could Be Caused by Magnet Shortage

Lumber Prices Up 17% YoY

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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

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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

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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