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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 7, 2025

Ukraine says it has destroyed three Russian air defense systems in some of the first successful FPV drone strikes launched from drone boats at sea.

Not even half of the $177 billion the US has promised to Ukraine has arrived nearly three years since the Russian invasion began, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed. In an interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman, Zelensky suggested that “lobbying” and “corruption” could be key reasons for the delays in delivering the promised military aid.

Gazan ‘human shield’ for IDF shot dead in error by officer. Palestinian was said to be assisting troops in Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion in Rafah area over summer; army has said the practice is forbidden, but does not deny it took place

China’s Hospitals Report Surge in HMVP Respiratory Virus that Causes Cold-Like Symptoms in Most People

Some Postal Service workers stealing mail. Criminal organizations recruiting workers to infiltrate USPS system.

Wholesale Egg Prices Hit Record, Shortages Reported At Supermarkets

Trump refuses to rule out using military force to take Greenland and Panama Canal

Putting AI’s Insatiable Electricity Demand in Perspective

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 6, 2025

Ukraine Launches New Offensive In Russia’s Kursk Region

Chechen special forces commander sits down with Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary leader for friendly chat to smooth over ethnic tensions

Israeli soldier flees Brazil amid investigation into Gaza war crimes

EU natural gas storage levels are below average, and Goldman Sachs predicts prices could reach oil-switching levels if the cold weather persists.

Taiwan Accuses Chinese Vessel of Sabotaging Undersea Cable

After nine years we are left with a country in an affordability crisis where food banks are being used in record numbers (two million people in March 2024) and scurvy, thought banished with 18th century sailors, is affecting malnourished Canadians.

Windows 10 still accounts for between one-half and two-thirds of all Windows usage worldwide and in the US, according to admittedly noisy data from sources like Statcounter and the Steam Hardware Survey. Leaving that many Windows PCs potentially unprotected from security threats has the potential to cause big problems, which probably at least partially explains why Microsoft would really like to see lots of upgrades this year. But even if 2025 does become “the year of the Windows 11 PC refresh,” it’s hard to see how it could possibly happen fast enough to get most of those Windows 10 PCs out of circulation.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 4, 2025

The Darién Gap between South and Central America is exceedingly dangerous, but hundreds of thousands of migrants try their luck every year in an effort to reach the U.S. Now, a drug cartel has turned the jungle crossing into big business – and the refugees profit as well.

Greenland’s Leader Now Calling for Independence from Denmark

How the grooming gangs scandal was covered up

Biden Quietly Bans Most Gas Powered Tankless Water Heaters

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 3, 2025

Ukraine Probes Reports Hundreds Went AWOL From France-Trained Army Unit

Russian officials say Kerch Strait spill is world’s first accident involving ‘heavy’ fuel oil. This particular type of oil solidifies at temperatures below +25℃ (77°F) and is roughly as dense as water. Unlike other petroleum products, it sinks or remains suspended when leaked into the sea.

The image of a weakened leader, forced to plead with his other coalition partners for loyalty, offers a stark reminder of Netanyahu’s growing political vulnerability.

Massive Data Breach at VW Raises Questions about Vehicle Privacy. Because movements of vehicles in Ukraine and Israel were also documented, the data could even be of military interest – depending on whether a potential target was behind the wheel.

Bird flu is so bad that Japan is running out of land to bury chickens

South Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after tense stand-off

The central, southern and eastern United States are bracing for the coldest, most persistent frigid Arctic air in years that will come in waves and last through mid-January. Storms packing snow and ice will join in.

NASA Is Watching a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth’s Magnetic Field

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 2, 2025

U.S. Reportedly Setting Up New Base In Northern Syria

New estimates gauge that Hamas’s forces are up to between 12,000-23,000.

The raid is old news. What is just coming out is some imagines and videos of what they did. Inside Israel’s Commando Raid On Iran’s Underground Missile Factory In Syria

New Year’s chaos in Berlin: Over 400 arrested, 36 apartments destroyed with ‘ball bomb’ firework mortars

Honda and Nissan in Merger Discussions Amid EV Upheaval

FBI Believes Jabbar Acted Alone in New Orleans Terror Attack

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Shamsud Din Jabbar Identified as Suspect in New Orleans Attack

Cybertruck ‘Explosion’ at Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas Being Investigated as Possible Act of Terrorism

Americans still waiting on Biden broadband plan; rural high-speed internet stuck in Dems’ red tape. Republican senators wrote to Mr. Davidson. “NTIA’s failure to resolve these concerns will prolong the digital divide and put billions of scarce taxpayer dollars at risk.” The letter outlines a list of stipulations for obtaining the funds that lawmakers say are not part of the law and should be eliminated. They include: Preference for hiring union workers, who are scarce in some rural areas. Requiring providers to prioritize “certain segments of the workforce, such as individuals with past criminal records,” when building broadband networks. Requiring eligible entities to “account not only for current [climate-related] risks but also for how the frequency, severity, and nature of these extreme events may plausibly evolve as our climate continues to change over the coming decades.”

Joe Biden spent the first half of his presidency enacting plans to steer at least $1.6 trillion to transform the economy and spur a clean-energy revolution — only to watch those programs become afterthoughts in the 2024 election. Now the core of his domestic legacy stands unfinished, with hundreds of billions of dollars left to deploy, and imperiled as Donald Trump prepares to take office.

FDA Says IV Fluid Shortage Will Last until March 2025

Morris Chang and the Origins of TSMC