June 18th, 2021

• ​IDF strikes Gaza for second time this week, after incendiary balloons spark eight fires in southern Israel
• Sen. Risch Won't Lift Hold on Palestinian Aid Without Guarantee Taxpayer Money Is Kept From Terrorists
• Sudan laments lack of US investment following Israel normalization
• After years of delays, Jordan said to nix Red Sea-Dead Sea canal with Israel, PA
• Lebanon Army Chief: Economic situation will lead to collapse of military
• Report: Israeli tanks destroy Iranian militia outpost in Syria
• Gantz: Israel working with US to step up Iran nuclear oversight
• After delay, IDF chief heads to DC to discuss Iran nuke threat with US officials
• Gulf States: Nuclear Talks Should Address Iran Missile Program
• IAEA chief: Nuclear deal must await new Iranian government
• Former Iranian president lashes out over election process, demands U.S. stops 'meddling' in Middle East
• Ayatollah Pleads with Iranians to Avoid Embarrassing Low Turnout for Presidential Election
• Iranian ships once believed to be headed toward Venezuela change course, U.S. officials say
• Cruz: 'Distressingly High' Possibility China Invades Taiwan and 'Real Possibility' Iran Gets Nuke Before 2025
• India Warns China to Back Off Border on Anniversary of Himalayas Clash
• Rumors of U.S. Secretly Harboring Top China Official Swirl
• Editors of Hong Kong newspaper arrested under security law on charges of colluding with foreign powers
• Joe Biden Tells Swiss Audience "We Yield Our Rights to a Government"
• GOP lawmakers, led by ex-White House doc, ask Biden to take cognitive test
• Putin raves about Biden's summit performance - but wasn't impressed by 'pretty' Psaki
• China: Russia 'Too Big and Too Powerful' for Biden
• U.S. House backs repeal of 2002 war authorization in bid to end 'forever wars'
• For Republicans considering a presidential run in 2024, has Israel become the new Iowa?
• Cruz Slams Dem Election Takeover Bill: Most Dangerous Piece of Legislation
• Sidney Powell says Merrick Garland should recuse himself from 2020 election audit review
• Arizona Audit Finishes With Hand Count, Closing In on End of Paper Evaluation
• Secretary of State Jena Griswold implements emergency rules to block Arizona-style audit in Colorado
• Georgia investigator's notes reveal 'massive' election integrity problems in Atlanta
• Failed Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams Financed and Controlled Staffing for Fulton County Georgia's 2020 Election
• Temp Firm Financed By Stacey Abrams Infiltrated All Levels Of GA Government, Including Governor's Office
• Michigan Senate Passes Legislation to Add Voter ID Requirements: 'Overwhelmingly Popular'
• Allen West calls out 'constitutional crisis': Texas sovereignty not protected by Biden border policies
• Two soldiers charged with attempting to smuggle illegal immigrants into Texas
• Army Battalion Commander Under Inquiry After Allegedly Telling Soldiers 'White People Are the Problem'
• Cotton plantations and non-consensual kisses: how Disney became embroiled in the culture wars
• Biden signs Juneteenth bill, creating new federal holiday commemorating end of slavery in U.S.
• St. Louis couple Mark, Patricia McCloskey pay fines, lose guns in guilty plea over encounter with rioters
• Missouri Has Declared Federal Gun Laws Invalid. Can It Do That?
• Portland's police riot team resigns after officer indicted over alleged assault on photographer
• 1 killed, 3 others shot and 9 more injured in West Valley shooting spree, police say
• Poll: Less than a Quarter of Voters Trust Media's Reporting on Crime
• Ransomware claims are roiling an entire segment of the insurance industry
• Airline and bank websites go down in another major internet failure
• Brief, global internet outages blamed on software bug
• China Admits to Broken Fuel Rods at Nuclear Plant After Insisting 'No Leak'
• China launches first astronauts to its new space station, as race with U.S. heats up
• Russia, China reveal moon base roadmap but no plans for astronaut trips yet
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Hihifo, Tonga
• 3.8 magnitude - Indiana's strongest earthquake in more than a decade sends ripples into Illinois, Michigan
• Magnitude 3.2 earthquake felt south of Dimona in Israel
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 25,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 19,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Nevados De Chillan volcano in Chile erupts to 13,000ft
• Karymsky volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 12,000ft
• Tropical storm likely to hit U.S. this week as hurricane season gets off to an active start
• Warnings are posted for Gulf Coast as a possible named storm begins to take shape
• Gulf Coast bracing for up to 20 inches of weekend rain if Tropical Storm Claudette forms
• Remnants of TC Koguma leave major damage in Laos
• 1,432 natural disasters claimed 493 lives so far this year in Indonesia
• Severe floods and landslides wreak havoc across Nepal's Gandaki Province
• Relentless heavy rains trigger severe flash floods and landslides in Bhutan
• Floods, mudflows and rockfalls hit Dagestan after nearly half a month's worth of rain in a day, Russia
• Russian-Annexed Crimea Declares State of Emergency Over Floods
• Snow falls in Cordoba for only 7th time in 100 years, Argentina
• Intense dust storms affecting Kuwait
• Death Valley National Park Reaches 129 Degrees
• Heat in Midwest causes roads to buckle
• Scientists still puzzling over deaths of birds in DC area
• An explosion of ticks in Upstate NY is 'worst-case scenario' for Lyme disease
• Fire-ravaged cargo ship sinks off Sri Lanka sparking fears of environmental disaster
• Researchers in Japan use soybean compound to make catfish 100% female
• Tiny barcodes for a global food chain
• Ghislaine Maxwell's jail cell flooded with raw sewage, filing says
• In a new lawsuit, more than 30 women accuse Pornhub of profiting from videos posted without their consent
• 'The true spectrum': Victoria's Secret ditches Angels to push empowerment
• Victoria's Secret rebrands featuring diverse, inclusive message for new generation
• Victoria's Secret Scandals - From Transgender Backlash to Sexual Assault Allegations
• Biden Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner Pushing Transgender Ideology
• U.S. Justice Dept. calls state laws restricting trans rights unconstitutional
• U.S. and EU condemn Hungary's new ban on "promotion" of homosexuality to minors
• Disney+ Hosting LGBTQ Pride Concert Aimed at Children, Starring Drag Queen Nina West
• Report: Nickelodeon's Ratings Drop as the Network Pushes LGBT Content to Children
• 1st Amendment Victory: SCOTUS Strikes Down Philadelphia Law Forcing Same-Sex Adoption at Catholic Org
• Court Rules North Carolina Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
• Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to Obamacare in 7-2 ruling
• 'Clearly Unconstitutional': 2 Justices Issue Dissent in Supreme Court's Obamacare Ruling
• Senate Democrats' warnings about Justice Barrett proven wrong by Obamacare ruling
• Supreme Court backs Nestle, Cargill in child slave labor suit
• Opioids rip through U.S. workforce, with deaths at record level
• America has spent over a trillion dollars fighting the war on drugs. 50 years later, drug use in the U.S. is climbing again.
• W.H.O. Demands Women of 'Child-Bearing Age' Not Drink Alcohol
• China disease expert says COVID-19 origins probe should shift to U.S.
• Who is Alina Chan? Lab leak theory denied to avoid being Trump 'tool': Scientist
• 'Risk Of Being Bitten By Bats Still Exists': Wuhan Lab Erased Reports Of Bats Biting Researchers.
• 1 in 4 COVID patients hospitalized while vitamin D deficient die - Israeli study
• Vaccine Maker Earned Record Profits but Delivered Disappointment in Return
• Hundreds of Indonesian healthcare workers contract COVID-19 despite vaccination, dozens hospitalised
• Royal Caribbean postpones cruise after eight vaccinated crew test positive for COVID
• Over 300 cases of heart issue after Covid vaccination reported in young people, CDC says
• Majority of Physicians Decline COVID Shots, according to Survey
• Unvaccinated West Point cadets face growing and severe retaliation, sources say
• SF Gate Columnist Says 'Anti-Vax Pro Athletes Deserve to be Booed'
• Japan's 'Dr. Fauci' Damps Olympic Mood With Call to Ban Fans
• Sen. Tom Cotton Warns: China Could Collect DNA from Athletes at Beijing Olympics
• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Pushes Through Pardons For Mask Mandate And COVID-19 Violators
• Kim Jong Un warns that North Korea is running out of food as reports say a bunch of bananas now costs $45
• Soros, Bezos, Buffett, Bloomberg Paid Almost Zero in Tax While Wrecking America
• Commentary: Financial Elites Plotting a 'Great Reset' to Destroy Personal Wealth
• El Salvador to keep dollar as legal tender, seeks World Bank help with bitcoin
• World Bank rejects El Salvador's request to implement bitcoin as legal tender
• China is kicking out more than half the world's bitcoin miners - and a whole lot of them could be headed to Texas
• Miami's mayor looks to woo Chinese bitcoin miners with low energy prices and clean nuclear power