August 13th, 2021

• As Cyberattacks on Ships Surge, Israeli Threat Experts and Ex-Navy Officers Team Up to Make Seas Safer
• Bennett cut down plans for new settlement homes to avoid angering US - report
• HRW: Gaza groups committed war crimes, killed Palestinians with failed launches
• IDF Northern Command calls for disarmament of terror groups in Southern Lebanon
• New report exposes 'land of tunnels' in Lebanon, pioneered by Hezbollah
• Lebanon's state facilities to suspend operations as fuel crisis worsens
• Lebanon: Politicians blast central bank for ending fuel subsidies
• Electricity and transport become 'luxury' items overnight accelerating Lebanon's economic tailspin
• Egypt officials say militant attack kills 7 troops in Sinai
• Russia bus explosion kills 2, injures 22; cause under review
• Russian security agents arrest research chief who worked on hypersonic aircraft on suspicions of treason
• 'We are Small But We Are Tough' Lithuania Will Not Back Down After China Hints at War, Says MP
• Report: China Ready to Recognize Taliban If Kabul Falls
• E.U. Issues Stern Warning to Taliban: 'Isolation' Will Follow If Terror Group Seizes Power
• Chilling map shows how foreign jihadis are flocking to Afghanistan to launch new terror war with West
• Taliban advances show 'al Qaeda 3.0' attacks will follow America home: Rep. Waltz
• When Kabul falls, America is in danger again
• Taliban Seize Kandahar, Prepare to March on Afghan Capital Kabul
• Taliban sweep across Afghanistan's south, take 4 more cities
• Taliban Seize Attack Helicopter From Afghan Government
• Afghanistan on brink of 'humanitarian catastrophe', UN agencies say
• Britain's former headquarters in Afghanistan overrun by Taliban
• "Won't Send Another Cent" To Afghanistan If Taliban Takes Control, Germany Warns
• US nearing deal with Qatar to house thousands of Afghans who helped military, as situation worsens in Afghanistan
• US officials in Afghanistan are destroying sensitive docs at embassy in Kabul
• With Americans Under Threat in Afghanistan, Biden Bails For Delaware
• Biden faces mounting blame for chaotic Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
• 'We Are Powerless': Joe Biden Official Deletes Social Media Post Admitting Failure in Afghanistan
• 'Why did my friend get blown up? For what?': Afghanistan war veterans horrified by Taliban gains
• McConnell pushes Biden to 'hammer' Taliban with airstrikes as Afghanistan spirals
• White House Announces New Round of Sanctions Against Cuba
• Mayorkas says border crisis 'unsustainable' and 'we're going to lose' in leaked audio
• GOP demands Biden administration act after Mayorkas calls border crisis 'unsustainable'
• Six Dead, Several Injured in Plymouth, England Shooting
• UK mass shooter was a virgin 'incel' who warned he was 'a Terminator'
• One teen killed, another arrested in shooting at Albuquerque middle school
• A Washington, DC, military base was on lockdown over a 'potential armed individual' at the installation
• Durham Presenting Evidence To Grand Jury, Final Report Expected In Few Months
• Eric Holder: 'Citizens Need to Be in the Streets' Over Voting Laws
• 14 Percent of Biden Voters Say Trump Will Be Reinstated as President This Year: Poll
• Ted Cruz Derails Democrats' Late-Night Push To Pass Federal Election 'Takeover'
• Officers Deputized to Start Rounding Up Missing Texas House Democrats
• Major fact-checking Web site admits plagiarizing articles during partnership with Facebook
• The Co-Founder Of The Fact-Checking Site Snopes Was Writing Plagiarized Articles Under A Fake Name
• Rumble, a YouTube rival popular with conservatives, will pay creators who 'challenge the status quo'
• Google's new 'time crystals' could be a breakthrough for long-awaited quantum computers
• Touchless Taco Bell could be the future of drive-thrus
• Spacesuits and Lawsuits Put 2024 Moon Landing in Jeopardy
• No Pressure Suits? Bezos, Branson Spark Alarm Over Safety in Space
• NASA Calculations Show Asteroid Bennu Has a Chance of Slamming Into Earth
• At least 15 dead after landslide hits highway in northern India
• 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Bagalangit, Philippines
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands region
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Southern Qinghai, China
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Pondaguitan, Philippines
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Pondaguitan, Philippines
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits south of Tonga
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Jipijapa, Ecuador
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the South Sandwich Islands region
• High-level eruption at Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba submarine volcano, ash to 16.4 km (54,000 feet) a.s.l., Japan
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Sheveluch volano on Kamchakta, Russia erupts to 17,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Nevados De Chillan volcano in Chile erupts to 14,000ft
• Chirinkotan volcano in the Kuril Islands erupts to 13,000ft
• Semisopochnoi volcano in the Aleutian Islands erupts to 10,000ft
• Tropical depression Fred is approaching Florida with another storm close behind
• Florida now in cone of Tropical Depression 7, expected to become Tropical Storm Grace
• Medistorm Falchion forms in the Black Sea, bringing heavy rains and floods
• Deadly floods hit Hubei, 774 reservoirs exceed flood warnings, China
• Floods In China's Hubei Claim 21 Lives, Leave Trail Of Destruction
• Hundreds of Thousands of Residents Asked to Evacuate Amid Torrential Rains in Japan
• Severe thunderstorms cause historic power outage across Michigan, U.S. - more than 900,000 homes without power
• July was the hottest month ever recorded, NOAA says
• Oregon Gov. Brown: Impacts of Climate Change Are 'Absolutely' a Public Health Emergency Like COVID Is
• Pelosi Says She Has Her 'Own Operation' to Help Gavin Newsom in Recall Election
• Bill de Blasio warns 'very close eye' should be kept on Cuomo during final days in office
• New York Assembly will suspend Andrew Cuomo impeachment investigation after governor resigns
• Scottish Govt Guidance: Schools Can Assist Gender Changes from Age Four, Not Tell Parents
• Apple staffers in revolt over tech giant's plan to scan customer's iPhones for child abuse pics amid privacy fears
• Senators want answers about Amazon's biometric data collection
• Digital Addictions Are Drowning Us in Dopamine
• W.H.O. Member Metzl: 'We Need a Full Investigation' into China Lab Leak Theory
• Fauci: 'Inexplicable' People Are Attacking Me - 'Enemy Is the Virus'
• Top health expert predicts coronavirus will change from 'pandemic' to 'endemic'
• New COVID cases in US soar 700% week-over-week since July 1, CDC says
• Oregon governor deploys up to 1,500 National Guard troops to support hospitals
• Excess of COVID-19 cases and deaths due to fine particulate matter exposure during the 2020 wildfires in the United States
• FOCUS-Pfizer, Moderna seen reaping billions from COVID-19 vaccine booster market
• The most vaccine-hesitant group of all? PhDs
• Israel health chief says kids to get COVID vaccines in schools: 'We're in an emergency'
• Top health official in Israel opposed boosters for over-50s, citing insufficient data
• Covid booster: US approves third jab for the immunocompromised
• Twenty-Seven Vaccinated People on Cruise Test Positive for Coronavirus
• Vaccinated Israelis account for 53% of new daily COVID cases
• Growing Sydney outbreak prompts new borders inside Australia
• Facebook Censors Speech in Australian Parliament on Coronavirus Lockdowns
• Majority of Britons Would Treat Unvaccinated Like Pariahs, Refuse to Use Their Services
• Canada Will Require All Air Travelers To Be Vaccinated In A Broad New Policy
• Biden Eyes Tougher Vaccine Rules Without Provoking Backlash
• Biden administration may consider 'vaccine passports' for interstate travel
• Three Words in WH Official's Statement About Mandating Vaccines for Interstate Travel Are Very Worrisome: "For the moment"
• Biden's CDC 'applauds' the 'innovation' of vaccine passports
• Rogan Blasts Vaccine Passports: People 'Don't Understand History,' 'One Step Closer To Dictatorship'
• Nolte: New York's Jim Crow Vaccine Passport Will Deny Service to 72% of Young Black Residents
• San Francisco Becomes First Major US City to Mandate Vaccination for All Indoor Entertainment, Including Restaurants
• Job Postings Requiring Covid-19 Vaccination Jump in Past Month
• Parents Claim Profane Mask Video Shown to Texas Elementary Kids
• Biden administration offers financial help to Florida school leaders defying DeSantis
• DeSantis Backs Down on Threat to Cut School Officials Pay Over Mask Mandates
• Biden says masking children isn't political before making it political, proposing new $6.5 billion federal medical agency
• China's zero-Covid policy is so strict that it shut down a whole shipping terminal after just one case
• China's Port Shutdown Raises Fears of Closures Worldwide
• Biden 'Inflation Tax' Erases Gains in Workers' Pay, as Democrats' Own Economists Admit Fears
• Moderate Dems defy Pelosi and 'Squad,' block $3.5T spending plan until infrastructure passes
• Federal judge denies landlords' request to block CDC national eviction ban
• The Nation: Biden Eviction Moratorium 'Act of Presidential Civil Disobedience'
• Ryan Zinke: Biden Took America from 'Energy Dominance' to Being 'Held Hostage' by OPEC for Oil
• President of Argentina Open To Adopting Bitcoin As Legal Tender