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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 13, 2025

Battlefield Commander In Ukraine Details Russia’s Increasing Frontline Pressure

The WaPo’s admission about Zohran Mamdani’s dark side comes a bit too late

Trump Signs Bill to End the Schumer Shutdown

Hochul postpones gas stove ban for new homes as gov gets heat from both sides

2025’s strongest solar flare triggers global radio blackout

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 24, 2025

Supercarrier USS Ford Being Pulled From Europe And Ordered To Caribbean

Trump Ends Trade Talks With Canada Over Ontario’s ‘Fake’ Anti-Tariff Ad

New York Is Violating Its Flagship Climate Law, Judge Rules. The law required a state agency to issue major regulations more than a year and a half ago, and it had no excuse not to, the court found.

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Russia Punches Through Ukrainian Lines In Deepest Advance In A Year

Armenia and Azerbaijan didn’t actually sign a peace agreement at the White House. So why did their leaders say Trump deserves a Nobel Prize?

Germany’s nightmare becomes reality as EU acquires taste for debt

Turkey’s hazelnut frost threatens chocolate supply chains

Nova Scotia Bans Hiking and Other Forest Activities Due to Fire Risks

New Jersey’s electric bills tripled this summer

New Research Confirms Weight-Loss Drug Link With Sudden Vision Loss

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 23, 2025

Israel-Iran Ceasefire Deal Reached (Updated)

ISIS Suspected of Bombing Syrian Church, Killing at Least 22

Copper thieves target Seattle-area light rail, shutting down train line

This Is What Happens When Hertz’s AI Scanner Finds Damage on Your Rental

Simple insulin resistance test may also predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients

You were told battery swapping failed. China proved everyone wrong.

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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 20, 2025

US President Donald Trump’s business trip to the Middle East presents a new strategic reality: The American president has, for now, chosen to sideline Israel and its considerations in his foreign policy.

UK, Canada, France Gang Up On Israel, Demand Ending IDF Operation as Hamas Stalls Hostage Talks

80% Of French Women Want The Army Deployed In French Cities To Protect Them

By 2039, approximately 43% of Spain’s workforce — over one in four working-age individuals — will be either first or second-generation immigrants.

A Chinese perspective. Parsing U.S.-China Trade Talks

Trump to House Republicans: ‘Don’t F— Around With Medicaid’

Ray Dalio says the risk to U.S. Treasurys is even greater than what Moody’s is saying

Different cities use different water treatments, and this can affect how filters work on your water.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 4, 2025

Two Russian Su-30 Flankers Downed By AIM-9s Fired From Drone Boats

Houthi Ballistic Missile Hits Israel’s Main Ben Gurion Airport

Netanyahu privately voicing frustration with Trump’s Mideast policies

‘It could be among such cards’: Japan signals US Treasury holdings could be trade bargaining chip with Donald Trump

The Indoor Plumbing Test. What can AI enable you to do that you couldn’t already do by other means?

“Unprecedented Recovery” – Gene Therapy Reverses Heart Failure in Breakthrough Study