RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 22, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Poland “Ready” To Host Nuclear Weapons

Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov reportedly suffering from pancreatic necrosis

Next Ukraine package to be larger than normal, include armored vehicles

New satellite photos suggest ‘precise’ nature of alleged Israeli strike on Iran radar

Saudi Arabia is desperately trying to woo bankers to pay for its futuristic desert city

Ghana’s cocoa farmers are losing, despite record prices

Bangladesh experienced about 1000 MW of load-shedding in electricity supply on Monday against soaring demand amid ongoing heatwave. According to the National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC) at the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), the country’s demand was recorded at 15,220 MW at 3:00pm on Monday, when the load-shedding was 996 MW.

Zoho has positioned itself as a cheaper alternative to Google and Microsoft, attracting the attention of African startup founders.

The IMF’s fiscal monitor estimates that the U.S. deficit for 2024 will reach 6.67% of GDP, rising to 7.06% in 2025 – double the 3.5% in 2015.

Hakeem Jeffries emerges as Congress’ shadow speaker

Early in Biden’s disaster-laden term, his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed economy-crushing, liberty-limiting rules that would theoretically eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s electricity sector by 2040. Twenty-Five State Attorneys General Sue Biden EPA over Economy-Crushing Emissions Mandates.

New Title IX Rules Erase Campus Due Process Protections

Where do all those colors in space telescope images come from?

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 21, 2024

Bloomberg reported Israel’s attack on Iran’s consulate in Syria, killing Revolutionary Guards’ command, prompting Iran to suspect Syria’s involvement in previous assassinations.

Israel’s credit downgrade amid risk of regional escalation is a call to take action

Why did Poland get rid of homework in primary schools?

Disease Caused by Rat Urine Surged in New York City to Record Levels during 2023

The fungi in our guts can make cases of Covid worse

Study Suggests Possible Link Between CWD and Fatal Human Disease—But with Many Open Questions

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 20, 2024

US House approves major military aid package for Ukraine

Israel used radar-evading missile to hit S-300 defenses near Natanz nuke site

A Dangerous Spiral of Violence in the Middle East

Israel allegedly obtained approval for an operation in Rafah as long as it doesn’t strike Iran

Israel aghast as US said poised to sanction notorious IDF unit

California Fast Food Prices Soar As Minimum Wage Hike Takes Toll on Businesses, Workers, and Customers

I have seen it but did not know it had its own name. What was that falling from the sky Friday morning? Graupel!

Enormous snake in ancient India was longer than a school bus

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 19, 2024

IRAN UPDATE, APRIL 19, 2024

Mystery Weapon Appears In Iraqi Field After Israeli Strike

IMF sounds alarm on ballooning US national debt: ‘Something will have to give’

Assembly Spikes Biggest Climate Proposal in New York Budget

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 18, 2024

Israel really got everyone (including myself) to think that they wouldn’t respond till after Passover. So far nothing about the strike itself is surprising though. The Israel Defense Forces have launched a reprisal operation against Iran five days after Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel.

THE RISING RANSOMWARE TIDE, CHINESE SPY CRANES, AND THE BIDEN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON MARITIME CYBER SECURITY

China is a threat to Europe’s gunpowder supply

On the ongoing cocoa boom and what it tells us about the current state (and future) of African agriculture

Wednesday’s dramatic eruption of the volcano on a remote island in North Sulawesi threw a fiery-red column of lava, incandescent rock and ash as much as three km (two miles) into the sky.

Stranded travelers in flooded airport panicking, say they are ‘running out of food’

The Equal Rights Amendment on the ballot in November 2024 would enshrine Diversity Equity & Inclusion into the New York State Constitution, protecting reverse discrimination and other discrimination done in the name of “dismantling discrimination.”

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 17, 2024

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Air Defense Systems Struck In Crimea

Interesting that China allowed this to be published. But it seems more like a message to the west then its own people given that it was published in the Economist. A Chinese specialist on Russia has delivered a grim forecast for Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine: that it is doomed to fail.

‘Much more unpopular than anyone anticipated’ After months of deliberation and thousands of amendments, Ukraine’s new mobilization law frustrates politicians and soldiers alike

Israel considered striking Iran on Monday but decided to wait, officials say

Will Electric Rates Become the New Gas Price?

Rat urine-related sickness in New York City soared to the highest level ever in 2023.

F-15E Strike Eagle’s Defense Of Israel Bolsters The Case For F-15EX

Attackers are pummeling networks around the world with millions of login attempts