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US summer trips decline as 45 percent of Americans skip holidays due to soaring airfares and car travel expenses., The global travel industry, already weighed down by the ongoing tensions between the US, Israel and Iran, is being buffeted by more headwinds as United States President Traitor 47 declared thatContinue Reading

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President Traitor 47 says he’s “not happy” with some of America’s allies as the NATO summit nears its end in Turkey. He will join fellow NATO leaders for the summit’s only meeting Wednesday with all members in attendance before holding meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Before heContinue Reading

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Russian President Vladimir Putin can no longer conceal the cost of his Ukraine war from the Russian public. There are fuel shortages throughout the Russian Federation. Videos show hundreds of automobiles lining up to get a few liters of gasoline at gas stations around Moscow. Gasoline sales to civilian vehiclesContinue Reading

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Generative AI should be managed like a human source: useful, fast, sometimes brilliant, sometimes wrong, and never a substitute for disciplined questioning and human judgment. The three of us spent our careers in an environment where bad information costs lives. We learned early that the most dangerous source isn’t someoneContinue Reading

“your-flip-flops-will-melt-along-with-gas-pedal”:-ukraine’s-drone-chief-warns-russian-truckers-off-crimea-corridor

Ukraine’s drone commander said Russian truck drivers moving cargo to occupied Crimea are legitimate military targets and called them to “f*ck off” to Russia’s Rostov. Robert “Madiar” Brovdi said on 8 June that Ukrainian drones have hit more than 360 Russian truck drivers on the Crimea-bound land corridor in theContinue Reading

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Medics report 12 injuries alongside eight deaths in Gaza as Israeli air strikes target civilians and displaced families., Medics report 12 injuries alongside eight deaths in Gaza as Israeli air strikes target civilians and displaced families. Israeli air strikes have killed at least eight people in Gaza, including two children,Continue Reading

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This piece was co-published with The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom covering gender, politics and policy. Taylor Townsell remembers her OB-GYN reassuring her that her IUD insertion would feel like “just a pinch.” The pain came a split second later. The 32-year-old described it to Truthdig in still-vivid detail: “Bright, electric,Continue Reading