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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

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 15

Oil prices and inflation

Even moderate light exposure during sleep harms heart health and increases insulin resistance

The Last Party in Davos 2019

Greenpeace France and the local chapter of Friends of the Earth have threatened TotalEnergies with a lawsuit if the supermajor does not pull out from Russia, Reuters has reported, citing a letter by the two non-governmental organizations to TotalEnergies’ chief executive.

A group of techies-turned-hackers called the Cyber Partisans are targeting railways carrying Russian troops

Russia drafting thousands in Syria for Ukraine war

Russia Says It Received Guarantees From US on Iran Nuclear Deal

KRAINE, CHINA, AND THE SHADOW OF THE ’90S

China locks down province of 24m as new Covid infections rise

Is Congress about to make Daylight Saving Time permanent?

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 14

After Putin denied that Russian draftees were fighting in Ukraine, military officials said otherwise.

Putin says Moscow ready to use Mideast fighters in Ukraine

Chechen Strongman Kadyrov Says He Is in Ukraine

US officials say Russia has asked China for military aid in Ukraine invasion

Why Saudi Arabia and UAE refused to talk to Joe Biden while merrily chatting with Vladimir Putin

The ‘accidental’ firing of a missile into Pakistan last week has dented India’s credibility as a responsible, mature and accountable nuclear-weapon state.

The 18 Minutes of Trading Chaos That Broke the Nickel Market

Mortgage Rates Explode Higher

Panic Selling Grips Chinese Stocks in Biggest Plunge Since 2008 And this is related: Oil Prices Plunge As China Locks Down Shenzen. Both of those stories are ultimately being driven by this China’s daily cases of symptomatic COVID more than triple
Egypt to see wheat imports resume from Ukraine, Russia

The cost of gasoline the year you started driving

Poll Claims Americans WANT Elementary Schoolers Taught About ‘Sexual Orientation’ and ‘Gender Identity’

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This Is a Uniquely Perilous Moment

Headline says “Russia accused of Chemical Weapon Attack” but the truth is more likes this… International law prohibits the use of white phosphorus shells in heavily populated civilian areas but allows them in open spaces to be used as cover for troops.

Iran missile attack on Erbil goes beyond retaliation for IRGC deaths

Mainland China reported 1,807 new local symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest daily figure in two years and more than triple the caseload of the previous day, as surging infections in a northeastern province squeeze health resources.

New blood clot research indicates enhanced understanding of wound repair

Flu vaccine ‘essentially ineffective’ this season

Russia’s Invasion Is About to Make the World’s Chip Shortage Way Worse

Reluctance To Buy Russian Crude Could Cause Long-Term Output Problems

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No Quiet Place Left on Earth

If this is lies, it should be easy for the Russians to prove…. Russian spy chiefs ‘under house arrest’ as Putin turns on his security chiefs over invasion setback

There’s a Crack in the Kremlin’s
Propaganda Wall in a Very Unexpected Place

How companies are hiding inflation without charging you more

Brave Search and Presearch say they don’t censor search results

China reports highest daily cases in 2 years

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 11

First sign of oil price relief: UAE says it wants OPEC to increase production

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Libyan Oil Under Threat As Militias Amass In Tripoli

Record Food Prices Could Leap 22% More on Ukraine War, UN Warns

EU says ‘pause’ needed in Iran nuclear deal talks

The first of those secret batches came out last week. So after millions of people have been injected with the Pfizer vax, now we find out that in just the first three months of use (from December 2020 onwards) there were 42,000 reports of adverse effects and 1,223 deaths.

Houthis Claim Credit for Drone Attacks on Saudi Oil Refineries