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Home insurance rates are up 47% nationwide. See the states where rates rose the most.
Iran says it hit American vessels, oil tankers in Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. strikes
The U.S. and Iran traded new attacks around the Strait of Hormuz, as President Donald Trump insists oil prices will drop fast once the Iran war ends.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse - Mossad, the CIA, and the Cult of Black Ops | naked capitalism
The world’s elite intelligence agencies can perform astonishing feats. The harder question is whether those feats actually advance the interests they are supposed to serve.
Chinese giants Xiaomi, Huawei race to get ahead of Apple’s rumored foldable iPhone
Xiaomi and Huawei launched new foldables ahead of Apple’s event, where the company is rumored to unveil its first foldable iPhone.
UN chief demands Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon amid Nabatieh escalation
The Secretary-General has condemned mounting civilian casualties in southern Lebanon and called on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanese territory, as fighting intensifies in and around Nabatieh.
AI datacentres pose growing threat to electricity systems worldwide
Use of data-intensive technologies – in particular artificial intelligence (AI) data centres – is growing faster than electricity infrastructure can handle, the UN’s economic commission for Europe has warned, raising con...
Ebola response in eastern DR Congo must include food aid, WFP says
As Ebola sweeps across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ensuring families meet their basic food needs is crucial to halt the spread of the deadly disease.
Daily Memo: Greenland Investment, Arctic Development
Investing in Greenland. At a meeting with Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced
Grappling with US fiscal deficits and debt: Understanding the implications at home and abroad
The United States faces persistent and growing fiscal deficits and rising federal debt, raising important questions about the sustainability of the nation's fiscal outlook and the implications for the broader economy. Wh...
Safety for Whom? Refusing the Right Subset of a Topic, Not the Whole Topic
A Blog post by Multiverse Computing on Hugging Face
On Labor Day, Mamdani Debuts ‘Worker Power’ Office to Support Union Organizing | naked capitalism
New York City mayor Mamdani gives the boss class a new poke in the eye by establishing an office to support union organizing.