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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 3, 2026

39 hours in line for gas: One driver’s road trip through Russia’s fuel crisis

NHS facing ‘absolutely shocking’ £27bn bill for maternity failings in England. Jeremy Hunt, the former Conservative health secretary, said: “It should be a matter of national shame that we now spend more on maternity litigation than the total cost of running maternity services.”

Trump personally made more from crypto than EVERY publicly traded US crypto company.

Explosive Diarrhea Parasite Spreads Across America Ahead of Independence Day

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 2, 2026

52,000 Kyiv residents sheltered in the subway during Russia’s strike — the highest number on record

German Prosecutors: Ukraine Behind Nord Stream Destruction

The Life and Death of the Kerch Bridge

Mourning on hold: Earthquake-stricken Venezuela’s desperate search continues

Google loses long-running appeal of record EU fine, will have to cough up $4.7 billion

Sony to end video game disc production in January 2028

Budget Allows Hochul to Spend $1.5 Billion Without Normal Review

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 30, 2026

Defeating Russia’s Supply Chains

Russian truckers warn clients of rate hikes of at least 10% amid fuel crisis

Grief turns to rage amid the rubble of Venezuela’s earthquake zone

The construction failures and risky geography behind Venezuela’s quake tragedy

Chinese people are trolling Europeans by posting videos on social media showing that even their pigs have air conditioning, while many Europeans can’t because of government rules.

Australia doubled the maximum penalty imposed on social media companies that fail to comply with the ban on under-16 users, as evidence grew that children are circumventing restrictions.

This Scrappy Little Rocket Company Just Made a Big Play Against Elon Musk

House Highway Bill Costs At Least $100-$235 Billion Over a Decade

Conflict among team of contractors remaking I-81 spills into courts

Earlier this year, Trinity wrapped up its eighth medical debt campaign, part of what the church calls its Debt Jubilee Project. This one raised more than $17,000. That helped retire more than $2.2 million in debt. Medical debt can be bought for pennies on the dollar because creditors believe most debts won’t be paid.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 29, 2026

Meduza has collected some of the most striking online reactions to the fuel shortage. Drivers are spending entire nights in line, and even then not everyone manages to buy fuel. Irkutsk Mayor Ruslan Bolotov said late last week that the city would deploy portable toilets near gas stations to ease the inconvenience for drivers waiting in line.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday touted his minimum wage bill that aims to gradually increase worker pay from $7.25 to $25 hourly.

The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us

Sony Deletes 551 StudioCanal Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 28, 2026

AI and the Compression of Target Development

Tit-for-Tat in Strait of Hormuz; Iran Attacks Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraqi Government Upheaval

How Europe Became the World Champion of Heat Deaths

Your Kids’ School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle. A company that sells cameras to catch drivers illegally passing stopped school buses wants to turn them into license plate readers.

High doses of vitamin B3 could help in fight against deadly brain cancer, study finds