From Jenna Orkin

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

 

From Jenna Orkin

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

 

From Jenna Orkin

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

 

From Jenna Orkin

A 1792 case reveals that key Founders saw abortion as a private matter

Britain sees hottest day on record — with mercury set to rise further

MEET THE EX-CIA AGENTS DECIDING FACEBOOK’S CONTENT POLICY

Herman Daly in NYTimes

Exclusive: Russia's Gazprom tells European buyers gas supply halt beyond its control

1. California went big on rooftop solar. Now that's a problem for landfills

   California’s Idle Crop Land May Double as Water Crisis Deepens

   1. How a conservative US network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada

      An Amazon worker making $15.75 an hour took a second job and is still having trouble paying for gas, as a record number of Americans are working 70-hour weeks to deal with inflation

      Russia's crude deliveries to China and India have plunged 30% from their wartime peak as concerns mount that Asia can't fully absorb Moscow's shrinking oil market

      Bridge in London wrapped in foil amid UK heat wave

   Russia distances itself from the US dollar further as it moves to trade oil with India using the UAE's local currency: report

   Europe's mightiest river is drying up amid a record heatwave, causing shipping issues and deepening the continent's energy woes

 

From Jenna Orkin

Florida Lawsuit Arguing For Abortion in the Name of Religious Freedom 

Kazakhstan Pivots from Russia amid Ukraine War

Sudan Launches Border Strikes against Ethiopia

Winter Looms for Energy-Starved Europe

As much as 65 percent of the world’s discovered oil and gas reserves are under the control of national oil companies.

To make matters even more complicated, more than 40% of new discoveries were made by national oil companies, as well. 

Investigative Committee on Robb Elementary Shooting

Ex-NATO commander says Russia's war in Ukraine will likely end and become a 'frozen conflict' in 4 to 6 months, compares to Korean War

Former FDA commissioner says the window to control the spread of the monkeypox outbreak 'probably has closed'

A new Missouri law makes it a crime for the homeless to sleep on state-owned land including under bridges and overpasses

Oil prices rise above $100 a barrel as Biden fails to secure an oil output deal with Saudi Arabia

Russian gas holds the keys to the euro as the energy crisis weighs on Europe's economy and currency