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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 13, 2026

Ukraine blindsided by Starlink throttling restrictions and intelligence gaps

Nord Stream Sabotage Trial Begins With Explosive Allegations Against Ukraine

Oil Prices Reached Over $100 a Barrel Due to Strikes in the Middle East

Earlier this week, a mass hack of refrigeration systems at an estimated 700 supermarkets throughout France caused them to suddenly malfunction, causing spoilage of untold tons of perishables and, in some cases, fires.

Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman are locked in an expensive — and surprisingly competitive — race.

Reparations Advocates Celebrate as Newsom Signs Corporate Slavery Disclosure Bill

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 10, 2026

The Houthis struck the Riyadh airport for the fourth time in a row on Sunday afternoon.

Dramatic Videos Show Several Tankers On Fire In Strait Of Hormuz This Weekend

Emergency Oil Releases Risk Draining the World’s Last Supply Cushion

Trump Strikes Diesel Deal With Putin to Lower Fuel Prices Ahead of Midterms

School Bus Diesel Bills Have Doubled in Some Areas. Now Activities Are at Risk

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The Outlook Is Getting Grimmer By The Day For Oil Exports From The Red Sea

Earlier this year, an Iran-linked actor used Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence model to scrape and analyze data with the aim of helping target U.S. naval forces in the Middle East. A group in Yemen – very likely Iranian-backed Houthi militants – also used Claude to assist with work on guidance systems for ballistic and hypersonic missiles.

ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral. Typically, attacks begin with a simple CAPTCHA image, often masquerading as one from Cloudflare. After engaging with the box, the user sees a line of text, often obscured in a way to mask any malicious commands. Then the user is instructed to copy the text and paste it into the Windows Run, PowerShell, or macOS terminal and click Enter.

Diesel Crunch Set To Worsen As Refining Capacity Falls Short

Army Lasers Cut Cartel Drone Traffic 75% at Border

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 25, 2026

Special Report: Ukraine’s Military Leadership Change. What We Know and What to Expect

Iran renews attacks on Kurdish Iranian opposition groups in Iraq

US To Resume Mexican Cattle Imports After Yearlong Screwworm Ban. The United States typically imports more than 1 million head of cattle from Mexico each year, roughly 5 percent of the animals that go through American processing plants. Those calves usually head to U.S. feedlots for finishing, and prices spiked. The decision also comes after domestic cattle supplies in the United States fell to a 75-year low.

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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, June 23, 2026

Regions across Russia impose gasoline sales restrictions as Ukrainian strikes deepen fuel crisis

Iran, Trump Admin Disagree on Whether Nuclear Inspection Agreement Reached

Chinese universities are cutting language majors to make way for AI

While early coverage, including that of the CBC, has largely focused on the suspect’s apparent “incel” beliefs, the manifesto itself points to a broader and more radical worldview: an amalgam of explicit antisemitism, anti-Zionist conspiracy theories, far-left anti-capitalist ideology and grievances about male loneliness and modern dating.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 19, 2026

In photos: Moscow hit by the biggest attack since the start of the full-scale war — airports close, an oil refinery burns, and black smoke rises over the city

Why are Moscow’s air defenses struggling to stop drone attacks?

Report: Israel Accepts U.S.-Backed Ceasefire with Hezbollah Despite Recent Attacks

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, oil prices shot up to $139 per barrel, but they were somewhat subdued in the war with Iran four years later. There were several reasons for the muted price response.

GoPro and Roomba were U.S. pioneers. Chinese rivals now dominate

New York High Schoolers Might Be Getting a New Diploma. Here’s What to Know.