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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 5, 2024

Russia is rolling out an unprecedented military enlistment ad campaign amid Ukraine’s offensive in the Kursk region

A Christian Town Trapped between Hezbollah and Israel

Hezbollah Hit Israel’s North 1,300 Times in August, Most in One Month Since Oct. 7

China’s Connected Car Collapse Is a Warning for the American Market

“We were stunned by the government’s response to the protest,” Ahmed, whose company handles nearly half of Bangladesh’s $5 million daily digital transactions and processes up to 200,000 packages a day, told Rest of World. “No amount of business continuity planning could have fully prepared an internet-dependent mobility and logistics company for a total shutdown of mobility, internet, and social media.”

There is Dysfunction, and then there’s USS Manchester (LCS 14) Gold Crews in 2023

Hundreds of Child Victims Act cases have been filed against New York schools, some over accused serial offenders that could leave districts with tens of millions of dollars in liability.

Nashville Shooter’s Journal Reveals Dark Side of Transgender Orthodoxy

30 miles south of Los Angeles The crisis comes because landslides in the area, which have been shifting the earth slowly for decades, have suddenly accelerated, moving as much as a foot a week recently. Among the causes, officials have said, are the epic rains of the last two winters. Roads have buckled. Homes have crumbled.

Study puts understanding of long COVID and vaccination into question

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 4, 2024

Zelenskyy suffers huge backlash as reshuffle triggers power-grab accusations

Thermite-Spewing ‘Dragon’ Drones Are Ukraine’s Newest Battlefield Innovation

Iran pays millions in ransom to end massive cyberattack on banks, officials say

Starlink relents to Brazil, agrees to block Elon Musk’s X platform

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed that four people died at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia. Authorities Identify Georgia School Shooter as 14-Year-Old Student.

Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Justice filed Charges against Two Russian Nationals working for RT News that are accused for Funneling over $10 Million to a Tennessee-Based Media Company known as Tenet Media, which Hosts several Right-Wing Media Personalities including Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, and Benny Johnson.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 3, 2024

Above All Else JASSM Would Give Ukraine A Steady Supply Of Cruise Missiles

‘All systems have vulnerabilities’ Russian officials are still using civilian messaging apps for state business

Inside the Russian authorities’ plan to develop anti-aging technology

Salvagers abandon effort to tow burning oil tanker in Red Sea attacked by Houthis. EU mission says rescue attempt is ‘not safe to proceed,’ as US warns that a spill from the Sounion could be ‘four times the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster’ in 1989

UK Announces Partial Suspension of Arms Exports to Israel

‘3,000 operatives’: Hamas regains capabilities in northern Gaza

The far-right AfD won big in the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia ― a disaster for the parties that make up Germany’s coalition government.

Ireland ranks as the loneliest country in Europe, with almost a fifth of people lonely most or all of the time and nearly two-thirds of people suffer from anxiety or depression

The former high-ranking aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul and Andrew Cuomo accused of working as a Chinese agent reaped luxurious gifts and rewards from her clandestine double life, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 2, 2024

As Ukrainian defenses falter under simultaneous Russian attacks, the Kursk offensive risks plunging Ukraine into a strategic crisis

As tanker keeps burning in Red Sea, projectiles hit two other ships off Yemen coast

Africa’s Top Refinery Could Soon Upend Global Gasoline Markets

Coming soon to a country near you? Indian Insurgents in Manipur Launch Deadly Drone Attack

“We discovered that an antibiotic commonly prescribed to aged care residents was strongly associated with an increase in resistance to other antibiotics the resident had not been prescribed,” Miller said. Alarmingly, nearly all the seniors carried these resistant genes without displaying any symptoms of infection, researchers noted.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 31, 2024

Ukraine Pushing Slowly West In Russia Towards Key Kursk City

Operation To Tow Stricken Oil Tanker To Start Sunday

It is for that reason that hundreds of takias, as the soup kitchens are called, are distributing meals in the ravaged sister cities on the Nile. They are financed by donations from both at home and abroad. Many of them were only opened in recent months. And almost everyone needs help. Doctors, lab technicians, teachers, lawyers, students, businesspeople: All of them show up several times a day to pick up three ladles-full of rice stew or lentil soup.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 30, 2024

Zelensky Fires Air Force Commander As Claims Swirl Around Fatal F-16 Loss

NJ residents hit with doubled bills as lawmakers fume at Murphy’s ‘energy disaster plan,’ demand hearings

Violent Gang of Illegal Aliens Takes Over Apartment Complex In Colorado

City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 29, 2024

Fall Of Key Ukrainian City To Russia Could Be An “Operational Catastrophe.” Russian forces are only about eight miles away from Pokrovsk which is a key logistics hub for Ukraine.

Pretty crazy way of waging war if true. Telegram has become a key tool for the Russian military. Why does Moscow continue to rely on a Dubai-based civilian messaging app?

Ukrainian pilot killed in F-16 crash

Israel Launches Major Counter-Terrorism Raid in West Bank, Eliminates Top Islamic Jihad Commander

Iran is further increasing stockpile of highly enriched uranium, UN report finds

Telegram CEO charged with numerous crimes and is banned from leaving France

EU investigating if Telegram played down user numbers to avoid regulation. The new probe is separate from the French investigation into the platform.

Japan warns against panic buying as rice shortages bite

‘Extremely rare, beautiful’ First Temple-era ‘genie’ seal discovered in Jerusalem

California Energy Commission Proposes to Take Over State Oil Refineries

Car insurance premiums could skyrocket 50% in some states this year

Subway’s $6.99 Foot-Long Deal Sparks a Revolt Among Largest Franchisee

Chatbots offer cops the “ultimate out” to spin police reports

International scholars concluded a five-year “equity” project by determining the concept of “gender” cannot be defined but should be incorporated into all aspects of scientific research nonetheless.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 28, 2024

Ukraine Bracketing Key Kursk Highway With Drones To Slow Russian Logistics

Russia spends billions on protecting its border. So why is it so easy to break through?

The Greek Tanker Struck by a Houthi Missile Is Now Leaking Oil

I am reading too many American sources talking about it being a coup or about the voters being ignored with out any understanding about how the government in France works. What is Happening in France?

Ethiopia rattled as Egypt delivers military aid to Somalia

In Mexico… Massacre of eight members of the Michoacán self-defense forces underlines the CJNG’s siege

Climate Phenomenon ‘Atlantic Niña’ is on the Verge of Developing

New Hampshire Resident Dies After Testing Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 26, 2024

Largest Russian Aerial Attack Of The War Wreaks Havoc On Ukraine’s Beleaguered Power Grid

Russia pounds Ukrainian cities with over 100 missiles and dozens of drones in response to Kyiv’s cross-border offensive

More than 60 killed after terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan

I had no idea how newspapers used to be published when there was no internet, so when I reached office on the afternoon of 19 August, it was a whole new experience for me.

10 Massachusetts communities at high risk of mosquito-spread virus ‘Triple E’

Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard endorses Republican nominee Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race

A 35-year veteran on the door team told NTSB investigators that he is “the only one that can work on all the doors” and he was typically the only mechanic who would work on door plugs.

Peloton announces $95 “used equipment activation fee”