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April - Florida man asks schools to ban Bible following the state's efforts to remove books 

Biden tests positive for COVID again — days after initial recovery

Dr. Lisa-Maria Kellermayr — targeted by anti-vaxxers — commits suicide The Default Tech Settings You Should Turn Off Right Away

These controls, which are buried inside products from Apple, Google, Meta and others, make us share more data than we need to.

‘Not enough shots’: U.S. faces ‘vaccine cliff’ on monkeypox

Chinese Army - "Prepare for war"

International oil traders are flocking to India as the nation seeks new ways to buy Russian crude

Russia's oil exports to China via ‘dark’ ship-to-ship transfers have surged as trading secrecy grows

Videos show water pouring into Las Vegas casinos as flash flooding follows a rare, heavy thunderstorm in one of the US's driest cities

Infowars parent company files for bankruptcy as defamation trial for Alex Jones' Sandy Hook conspiracy claims nears decision on awarding damages to victims

1. Prince Charles gifted $1.2M by Osama Bin Laden's family: report

 

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San Francisco, New York state declare monkeypox emergencies as outbreak grows

Man accused in plot to kill Kavanaugh eyed other justices, FBI says

Biden issues disaster declaration as Kentucky flooding kills at least 15

Let’s say Biden isn’t the nominee. Here’s who runs — and wins

China’s Wuhan shuts down district of 1 million people over 4 asymptomatic Covid cases

Biden Administration Plans to Offer Updated Booster Shots in September

German cities impose cold showers and turn off lights amid Russian gas crisis

Hanover is first large city to impose energy-saving measures and Berlin switches off monument spotlights

Cities in Germany are limiting heating and turning off spotlights to save natural gas as Russia slashes fuel supply

The US dollar could fall from 20-year highs as the Bank of England sets sight on its largest rate hike in nearly 3 decades, says analyst

A potentially deadly kind of bacteria has been found in US soil and water for the first time. These are the symptoms of an infection the CDC has said to look out for.

 

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Climate change is killing more elephants than poaching, Kenyan officials say

How local journalists proved a 10-year-old’s abortion wasn’t a hoax

ICYMI: Murphy Administration Encourages New Jersey Residents and Businesses to Conserve Water

China’s Gen Z Is Dejected, Underemployed and Slowing the Economy

The two forms of lithium mining (brine and rock extraction) also present social and environmental risks. For example, indigenous communities that have lived in the Andean region of Chile, Bolivia and Argentina (which holds more than half the world’s supply of lithium beneath its salt flats) for centuries must contend with miners for access to communal land and water. The mining industry depends on a large amount of groundwater in one of the driest desert regions in the world to pump out brines from drilled wells. Some estimates show that approximately 1.9 million litres of water is needed to produce a tonne of lithium.193 In Chile’s Salar de Atacama, lithium and other mining activities consumed 65 per cent of the region’s water. That is having a big impact on local farmers – who grow quinoa and herd llamas – in an area where some communities already must get water driven in from elsewhere.194

Urban Design in an Antibiotic-Resistant World: Lessons From Mumbai

Texas Starts Clock on Abortion Ban, Exempts IUDs, Contraceptives

China Banks Rush to Raise Record Debt as Credit Losses Mount

Egypt Cancels 240,000 Tons of Ukrainian Wheat Contracts

Hamptons Home Prices Hit a Record in Pandemic Boom’s Last Gasp

US Carrier Group Enters South China Sea Amid Taiwan Tensions

Boris Johnson Tipped to Become Next NATO Chief

The Global Glut of Clothing Is an Environmental Crisis

The fashion industry, which relies heavily on fossil fuels for production of polyester fabrics, accounts for 10% of global carbon dioxide emissions. More clothing is being produced–and and thrown away—than ever. 

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Longtime HIV patient is effectively cured after stem cell transplant

Roboticists discover alternative physics

Iran's Oil Revenues Soar By 580% As Crude Prices Rally

Ted Cruz breaks with Trump and endorses yet another GOP candidate running against the former president's pick

Mark Zuckerberg told staff Meta is in 'deep, philosophical competition' with Apple to build the metaverse, report says

Mark Zuckerberg told Meta staff the company will try to build more "open" metaverse tech than Apple, The Verge reported.

European power prices soar to a record high as Russia slashes natural gas supplies, pushing the continent to the brink of recession

Veteran investor Jim Rogers predicts the worst bear market of his life, a brutal recession, and limited success for bitcoin. Here are his 10 best quotes from a new interview

Germany says it may leave its final 3 nuclear energy plants running for longer than planned, reversing nearly a decade of work

A baggage handler at one of Europe's busiest airports says there's a 'very slim' chance luggage will reach its destination

Germany just approved a $180 billion fund designed to reduce the nation's reliance on Russian energy supply

'The damage is likely to have already been done': A former IMF official says that substantial home price declines are coming in the US housing market as demand-crushing dynamics continue to put buyers on the sidelines

 

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1. Russia plans to withdraw from the International Space Station

   After Supreme Court ruling, activists push prayer into schools

   WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency amid surge in cases

   China approves Genuine Biotech's HIV drug for COVID patients

   Union calls on 20,000 Lufthansa ground staff to strike at Germany's airports, adding to Europe's travel chaos

   Hate speech on Facebook is once again fueling violence in Ethiopia. Its tech doesn't seem to be helping.

   The US has become the world's top LNG exporter as it funnels supply to European consumers at the mercy of Russia

   Walmart plunges by as much as 9% in premarket trading after slashing its profit forecast over surging food and fuel prices

   Russia's economic outlook has improved since April

2. Ukraine will pursue war-crimes charges against leaders of JPMorgan Chase, Citi, and HSBC over Russia financing, Zelenskyy's economic advisor says

 

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Chess-playing robot breaks finger of 7-year-old boy during match

ECB’s Long Journey into Currency Collapse Just Got a Lot Shorter

Sri Lanka Energy Minister Introduces Fuel Rationing Scheme Amid Shortage 

The new pass will guarantee the allocation of fuel quota on weekly basis. A QR code will be given for each National Identity Card number (NIC), once the vehicle identification number and other details are verified.

Moldova says it fears a Russian invasion as more neighbors ring alarm over Ukraine war

Larry Summers says a US recession is very likely, as the market braces for weak Q2 growth figures

Neither Moscow nor Kyiv can control Ukraine's skies. These are the jets they're using to fight the air war.

The AAA says high gas prices are destroying demand, with 64% of Americans altering their lifestyle as fuel costs surge

Videos and photos show a massive sandstorm chasing motorists and darkening the sky in northwestern China

With federal stimulus payments unlikely, here are the 18 states giving money to residents in relief checks to combat inflation

 

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How the Federalist Society Won

Saturday Report 7/23/22 - Josh Hawley has broken the internet, as people all over the world are rolling on the floor laughing...

China says COVID vaccines are safe as it reveals leaders have received shots

Survey: More Than Half of Higher Ed Workers Plan to Leave

Quit, Joe, Quit! Biden could save the midterms with a one-term pledge.

The BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants now dominate worldwide

What extreme heat does to the human body

A triumphant antiabortion movement begins to deal with its divisions

She survived a forced sterilization. She fears more could occur post-Roe

A floating abortion clinic is in the planning stage, and people are already on board

The 500-Year Old Papal Decree Encouraged Colonization 

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WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency as infections soar

Russian missiles strike Odessa port day after grain deal, Ukraine says

Steve Bannon found guilty in Jan. 6 contempt of Congress trial

Current world leaders do not realize that the energy situation is very much like the water level in Lake Mead. Looking at it from the top, there still seems to be water there but, in fact, the required depth is lacking. Water for watering crops will soon be exhausted. The world’s energy supply is not a whole lot different. The supposedly proven reserves do not tell us anything at all. It is the amount of fossil fuels that can be affordably extracted that is important. We have already exceeded the amount that can be affordably extracted.

Steve Bannon found guilty in Jan. 6 contempt of Congress trial

New assault rifle being sold to civilians is twice as powerful as the AR-15 and capable of shooting through bulletproof vests, report says

New York Post editorial board throws cold water on a 2024 Trump campaign, calling him 'unworthy' to serve in the White House for another term

Secret Service identifies potential missing text messages from around Jan. 6 on 10 agents phones, report says

Buy these 5 hidden-gem robotics technology stocks which are set to crush the price gains of Big Tech names like Meta and Tesla according to a sector expert.

Saudi Arabia plans to build 75-mile-long mirrored skyscrapers that will cut through mountains and feature high-speed rail, a sports stadium, and a yacht marina — and cost up to $1 trillion

 

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Saudi Arabia Nears Its Oil Pumping Limit

OPEC’s next meeting on Aug. 3 is clouded by questions over the group’s ability to produce more oil

As heat waves ravage parts of the US and the UK, rail infrastructure is at risk of buckling

Robot dog with machine gun hints of a dystopian future

IEA Chief: Europe Must Cut Gas Usage 20% To Survive Winter

Wheat prices drop to pre-war levels after Ukraine and Russia strike deal to unblock shipments

Side-by-side images from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes show why NASA spent 25 years and $10 billion on the Webb

Trump's inner circle is secretly making plans to fire thousands government employees if he wins in 2024, report says

Trump, who has railed against a "deep state," could target employees of the FBI, DOJ, Pentagon, State Department, and beyond, sources told Axios.

Justice Kagan gives pointed warning about the 'legitimacy' of the court, seemingly calling out justices with 'political social preferences'

Polio detected in New York, first known case in US since 2013 

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Potentially deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork

Tests found more than 10% of sampled products resistant to antibiotic used to treat serious illnesses in humans

THE AMOUNT OF GREENLAND ICE THAT MELTED LAST WEEKEND COULD COVER WEST VIRGINIA IN A FOOT OF WATER

EVO MORALES: UK ROLE IN COUP THAT OUSTED HIM

AMAZON TO BUY ONE MEDICAL FOR $3.9 BILLION IN BIG PUSH INTO HEALTH CARE

Saudi Arabia Nears Its Oil Pumping Limit

Putin’s Trip to Tehran Aims to Boost Ties With Iran, Turkey

Justice Department Seizes and Forfeits Approximately $500,000 from North Korean Ransomware Actors and their Conspirators

The US would face a 'deep and immediate recession' if made-in-Taiwan chips were cut off, US commerce secretary says

Although many of the chips the US uses are designed at home, the country purchases 90% of leading-edge chips from Taiwan, where they are made.

Many people with debilitating blood disorder hemophilia B could be cured within 3 years by new gene therapy, doctor said

Ukraine's central bank has devalued the nation's currency by 25% against the dollar in a bid to shore up its war-torn economy

 

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1. Alan Dershowitz’s Martha’s Vineyard Cancellation

   Amid heat wave, Germany cuts back on power use, fearing Russian gas cuts this winter

   China’s giant space telescope will have a 300 times wider view than Hubble

   “Systemic failures” in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details

   Global extinction threat may be much higher than previously thought

   1. Britain recorded its hottest day ever on Tuesday, 

      De Blasio Leaving Electoral Politics 

      Russian lawmakers baselessly claim their army is up against biologically modified Ukrainian super soldiers

      Methanol found in the blood of all 21 teenagers who mysteriously died at a South African bar, officials say

      China is no longer the top holder of US debt
   Zuckerberg to give 6-hour deposition on Cambridge Analytica