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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 23

How One Bad Teacher Almost Destroyed a New Mexico Family Using the State as a Weapon

“Critical” Damage At CPC Terminal Could Take 1 Million Bpd Offline

Ukraine Says Russia Accidentally Bombed Its Own Rosneft Refinery

Dozens of foreign Protestant missionaries have been forced to leave Turkey based on intelligence reports classifying them as security risks.

Did the true number of Russian troop deaths in Ukraine just leak?

Lebanon’s wheat importers have not placed any new orders on the global market since Russia invaded Ukraine three weeks ago and have started rationing what they sell to supermarkets amid widespread panic-buying, millers told The National on Wednesday.

Bird Flu Case Forces Killing of 5.3 Million Chickens in Iowa

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 22

Discussions of the spread of the war in the Ukraine into greater Europe creating a Third World War miss the point of the nature of modern warfare in the post-globalisation age: the war already encompasses the world in terms of the global economic system.

China’s Shifting Stance on Ukraine

James Webb teams successfully align mirror, commissioning continues

Russia Cuts Refinery Output As Diesel Shortage Worsens

Mostly noteworthy because of who is saying it. Alcohol Killed More Under-65 Americans Than COVID in 2020

New York City Prosecutors Quitting In Droves

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 21

The stock market liked the Fed’s plan to raise interest rates. It’s wrong.

Is Zelensky’s party crackdown his first mistake?

The Resilience of the Internet in Ukraine

Russia not sending Syrians to Ukraine just yet, top US general says

American Airlines pilots want customers to know how bad things have gotten

SAN FRANCISCO’S OUT OF CONTROL CRIME NO LONGER DENIABLE

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 20

The apparent first use of Russia’s air-launched hypersonic ballistic missile against a target in Ukraine doesn’t all add up.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE ACCIDENTAL INDIAN MISSILE LAUNCH

Ukraine joins European power grid, ending its dependence on Russia

Top Soy Shipper Argentina Halts Meal, Oil Cargoes as Prices Jump

CDC Says It Accidentally Inflated Children’s COVID Death Numbers In ‘Coding Logic Error’

COVID’s coming back in Europe. Are we next?

The Big Men’s Fashion Trend of 2022? Dressing Like a Tween.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 19

Western theories re Soviet ‘rationality’ and nuclear strategy/ deterrence were revealed post-91 to be overconfident & wrong

Putin’s full speech in English

Anatomy of the Hong Kong Disaster

A senior Times journalist has been caught on tape admitting his paper overreacted to the Capitol riot.

The things we don’t know

Overshadowed by the conflict in Ukraine, aid-starved Yemen — already suffering the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, according to the UN — is on the verge of total collapse.

Wounded Russian soldiers fill Belarusian hospitals

A judge has ruled that Telegram ignored repeated orders to stop the spread of disinformation.

Saudi crude supplies to market at pre-pandemic levels, as exports, refinery runs increase

Egyptian archaeologists discover five tombs at Saqqara

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 18

Is something up in Russia?

The neon shortage is a bad sign

Looming food shortages is the next ‘slow-moving disaster’ to hit world

Parts of Spanish Economy Grind to a Halt After Five Day Nationwide Truckers’ Strike

New Hampshire Votes for Pharmaceutical Freedom

Restrictions aimed at containing a COVID-19 outbreak in northeast China have impacted crude discharging and land transportation at Yingkou port, slowing feedstock deliveries to at least one refinery in the area,

Deadly form of skin cancer ‘overdiagnosed’ in some patients

Maryland Takes a Stand Against the College Credential

Another campus sexual assault cover-up in Virginia

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 17

Russian Oil Exports Rise Despite Reluctant Buyers

Toxin-producing yeast strains in the gut fuel inflammatory bowel disease

Russia blocks ships carrying grain exports

He Is Sent to the Front, She Takes to the Streets

Pakistan Prepared to Retaliate Against Indian Missile Mishap

The New York Times Suddenly Discovers Hunter Biden Laptop and Corruption Investigations Are Real

Chris Cuomo’s $125M CNN Lawsuit Contains Stunning Corruption Allegations

Nigerian students trapped in Kherson

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 16

Xi considered invading Taiwan this fall: FSB whistleblower

Iran nuclear deal ‘close’, Tehran frees captives as obstacles narrow

FDA ‘slow-walking’ Novavax authorization

A Potential New Test For Diagnosing Lyme Disease

Philadelphia Child Shot, National Media Silent For Specific Reason

Confiscating a Russian oligarch’s luxury condo requires much more than political bluster

Dual use of artificial-intelligence-powered drug discovery

Powerful earthquake hits Japan, tsunami warning lifted

Why Russia Can’t Achieve Air Superiority

It’s was the last chance to save The Planet, but nevermind?

Russia’s Radioactive Gamble in Ukraine