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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 15, 2026

First Full Day Of Resumed U.S. Blockade On Iranian Ports Erupts In New Attacks (Updated)

Sub-Saharan Africa facts of the day

As the Iran Conflict Continues, Energy Stocks Are Being Drawn Down

Lindsey Graham’s Russia ‘sanctions’ bill is really a tariffs bill, and some Democrats fear it hands Trump a trade weapon, not a blow to Moscow

Upstate NY could be blanketed by thick smoke for days

Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 14, 2026

Trump’s Threat To Strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain Bunker’s “Front Door” Underscores Targeting Challenges

Probe into explosive diarrheal cases points to Taco Bell and bad lettuce

Millionaires are Fleeing New York — Taking $11 Billion in Tax Revenue With Them

New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry

Hazy smoke moves into Upstate NY from Canada wildfires: It could be worse Wednesday

Rural NY School District Will Be One of First to Bring Humanoid Robot Into Classroom

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 13, 2026

Leaked document shows Russian regional officials assigning companies quotas of workers to send to the war in Ukraine

Kamikaze Drone Boats Used By U.S. In Combat For The First Time (Updated)

US Officials Say Iran’s Ahmadinejad Was Mossad Asset, Met With Intel Chief In Hungary

Oil Prices Surge 8% After Trump Reimposes Iran Blockade. Trump also said vessels receiving U.S. protection while transiting Hormuz would reimburse Washington through a 20% charge on cargoes.

Rebels, Hospital Worker Strikes, and Ebola: How Fractured Governance Is Fueling Congo’s Outbreak

AI-generated singers, children, and even virtual lovers are providing seniors with comfort and companionship.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 12, 2026

From a very pro-Russian blogger…..Russia is losing the war!

Lindsey Graham’s death leaves Israel without one of its fiercest advocates and raises urgent questions about the future of US support.

How Japan’s yen rout could spark a US financial crisis

Trump admin subpoenas NYT journalists over report on Air Force One security concerns

Why American ambulance rides are so expensive. The unfortunately botched economics of emergency care

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 11, 2026

Ukraine Claims Scores Of Russian Ships Struck In Sea Of Azov

Russian gasoline output fell to a level equivalent to only around 65% of the ​seasonal average consumption after Ukrainian drone attacks led to stoppages at large oil refineries, according to two industry sources ‌and Reuters calculations.

Ukraine Vs Shadow Fleet: Tactics and Methods

Russia halts Don-Azov channel shipping, affecting grain trade, after Ukraine attacks. Euronext wheat rose as much as 4% on Friday to a six-week high.

Mojtaba Khamenei Vows to ‘Avenge’ His Father ‘Soon’ as Trump Warns of Swift Retaliation to Any Assassination Attempt

Japan bond market signals waning faith in inflation, government’s fiscal management

Africa CDC warns of ‘fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever’ as DR Congo death toll climbs to 600

Cuba suffers second nationwide blackout in five days

Hip Replacements Are Lasting Far Longer Than Doctors Once Thought

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 10, 2026

Ukraine Continues Strikes on Russian Tankers as Shortages Worsen

The European Union has officially crossed another privacy-related red line in the name of “safety,” mandating that all new vehicles come equipped with inward-facing cameras to monitor drivers.

The European Commission is considering a mandate for automatic in-car speed limiters controlled by GPS.

Riots Explode in London, Netherlands After France Eliminates Morocco From World Cup. In the Netherlands, rioters were heard shouting, “Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas!”

How to Buy Cheap Claude Tokens in China

Single-payer health care systems are looking worse all the time. Over time the British and Canadian systems look worse and worse. The queues and rationing have increased, as giving healthcare away for free makes it hard to satisfy demands in a timely manner. In Canada, for instance, the median wait time has risen from 9.3 weeks in the early 1990s to 28.6 weeks today. In the British National Health Service, only 65.3 percent of patients start treatment within 18 weeks.

Ivy League schools have the highest rates of disabilities and community colleges have the lowest.

DEC issues swimming advisory after aggressive beaver attacks 2 swimmers on Upstate NY island

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 8, 2026

Ukraine’s Medium-Range Strike Campaign

Russia Bans Diesel Exports, Assuring Even Higher Prices

Russia is in the acute phase of a fuel crisis

Both Trump and Iran declare the ceasefire is over in the wake of the latest flare-up in fighting.

Trump Signals Willingness To Sell Turkey F-35 Jets Despite Loud Netanyahu Protests

How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked Me for Days Over ‘Stolen’ Plates and Sent Police After Me. A simple error got magnified by Flock’s nationwide surveillance camera network and ended with four cop cars boxing me in.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 7, 2026

U.S. Strikes Iran In Retaliation For Multiple Attacks On Shipping In Strait Of Hormuz Over Last 24 Hours (Updated)

When the earth shook in Caracas, thousands of disabled people had nowhere to run

Pirate Attacks Spike Off The Horn Of Africa

Cuba begins to restore power to Havana following nationwide blackout

Japan Bankruptcies Surge To All-Time High As A Result Of Plunging Yen

Surprisingly large number of people may have marker for tick-linked meat allergy

Michigan sees explosive outbreak of diarrheal parasite with over 700 cases

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 6, 2026

Out Of Patriot Interceptors, Ukraine Can’t Down Any Ballistic Missiles Striking Kyiv

The governor of the Vologda region, Georgy Filimonov, said in his Telegram channel that he had been stranded on a highway after his official car ran out of gas.

Khamenei Funeral: Loyalists Call for Killing of Trump, Vance, and Conservative Influencers

China’s Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Test In The Pacific Is A Big Deal

In early 2005, one of the largest public works projects in American history was about to age into eligibility for the National Register for Historic Places. The Interstate Highway system, launched by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, would reach its 50th birthday in June 2006—the age at which federal law considers a place as potentially historic. The officials who administer the nation’s preservation law needed to figure out how to handle this impending deluge of work. Treated as eligible, the system’s 46,700 miles would trigger historic review for every federally funded repaving and guardrail replacement project.