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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.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 23, 2025

Chinese Researcher on US Visa Charged with Smuggling E. Coli Into the Country. Meanwhile, other Chinese researchers arrested for smuggling biological materials into the U.S. earlier this year have been released and sent back to China.

Big Boxships Return to Suez After Two-Year Hiatus

Third-Quarter GDP Grew at an Annual 4.3% Rate, But With a Catch

Tesla Doors That Won’t Open Have Led to 15 Crash-Related Deaths

Scientists find hidden placental changes linked to gestational diabetes

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Russian officials tell Meduza that mobile Internet blackouts and blocked messaging apps are undermining their ability to manage public sentiment

New Bird Flu Strains Appear to Target Dairy Cattle More Effectively. Meanwhile, hundreds of snow geese have been found dead in Pennsylvania from suspected bird flu.

MapsMapped: Recession Risk by State in 2025

Marijuana use has surged among Americans 65 and older.

One Protein Is a Better Predictor of Heart Disease Than Cholesterol

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