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NEW PROGRAMS SHIELD MEDIA COMPANIES’ CONTENT FROM “SCRAPING”

Media companies are tired of having their websites scraped and rescraped and they’re reaching for new tools to stop the bleeding.

PENTAGON AWARDS CONTRACT TO MUSK’S “MECHAHITLER” AI

The U.S. defense department has awarded contracts to AI developers Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and Elon Musk’s xAI. Each company signed deals worth up to $200 million each.

A MEDICAL LAB IN YOUR GUT

Maybe you’re taking medication that requires you to visit a medical lab every so often to give blood or other body fluids to have various aspects of your biochemistry checked.

LOW LEVELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION LINKED TO INCREASED RISK OF CANCER, STUDY SUGGESTS

A newly released study that examined the health outcomes of people who lived near a nuclear waste site in Missouri that was produced during the Manhattan Project found that they had a higher risk of cancer than the general public.

STAMPEDE AT GAZA HUMANITARIAN AID SITE KILLS AT LEAST 20 AS POPULATION GROWS MORE DESPERATE

A stampede outside a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) food distribution site near Khan Younis killed at least 20 Palestinians as desperation inside the enclave continues to grow.

JAPAN’S EXPORTS DECLINE FOR A SECOND MONTH IN JUNE

After dropping by 1.7 percent in May, Japan’s exports shrank another 0.5 percent in June, year on year.

WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT

The U.S. Department of Labor announced this month that “native-born workers” have accounted for all job gains since January amid historic immigration crackdowns.

ICC REFUSES TO BOW TO U.S./ISRAEL PRESSURE TO DROP ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST NETANYAHU, GALLANT

Judges from the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected appeals last week to dismiss arrest warrants issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, his former defense minister, for allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WAS AN ABOMINATION! WE DO NOT CONSENT!

While we slept, THEY moved. They pushed through corporate-run stablecoin legislation… handing control of your money, your future, your freedom to Wall Street, the Fed, and Babylon's digital cage.

IN A FEW MOMENTS, AI DESIGNS PROTEIN TO KILL RESISTANT BACTERIA

At Australia’s Monash University, biologists and computer scientists collaborated to create an AI that, in a few seconds, designed a protein that can kill e. coli and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

EXERCISE WILL STICK IF IT MATCHES YOUR PERSONALITY TYPE, STUDY FINDS

With people in advanced nations becoming more and more sedentary, fitness experts are trying to get more of us back on our feet.

WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE? U.S. RAMPS UP AIRSTRIKES ON SOMALIA

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said last week that it ramped up airstrikes across Somalia at a record pace to strike an ISIS-affiliated group in the northeast and southeast part of the country, which is hardly mentioned in the mainstream news media.

ERDOGAN’S CHIEF RIVAL HEADS TO PRISON FOR INSULTING PROSECUTOR

Ekrem Imamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and top opponent of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was sentenced to 20 months in prison last week for calling out a prosecutor for targeting opposition leaders in the country earlier this year as he waited in jail for his own trial on corruption charges, which was seen as the latest attempt by the country’s president to snuff out his chief rivals.

SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR

U.S. government revenue from import fees reached a record $64 billion in this year’s second quarter, compared to just $17 billion during the same period in 2024, the treasury department reported.

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, THEY TAKE YOU TO WAR: GERMANY THE ‘SICK MAN OF EUROPE’ AGAIN

Oliver Bäte, the CEO of Allianz, the German financial company, said last week that he believes Berlin’s social security system will “be on its knees” in about 10 years because the country’s “static” GDP is not keeping up with expenses.

GERMANY, U.K. SIGN NEW DEFENSE TREATY IN LATEST EFFORT TO MILITARIZE

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signed a mutual defense treaty last week that—in part—promised to come to each other’s aid if there’s an attack on either, which seemed redundant given that NATO is supposed to already have the same assurances under Article 5.

ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW

On the tariff side of life, today, the word is that Donald Trump’s tariff deadline with China will be extended, according to the U.S. Treasury Secretary mouthpiece Scott Bessent.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WAS AN ABOMINATION! WE DO NOT CONSENT!

While we slept, THEY moved. They pushed through corporate-run stablecoin legislation… handing control of your money, your future, your freedom to Wall Street, the Fed, and Babylon's digital cage.

INVESTORS FLOOD MONEY INTO U.S. TECH STOCKS

Investors are snapping up U.S. tech stocks at the fastest pace since March 2009, according to a Bank of America survey.

MSM CONTINUES TO CATCH ON TO AI INTERNET DESTRUCTION, AND AUTHORS TELL CONGRESS TO STOP THE AI STEAL

The Economist picked up on the import of what generative AI searches are doing to the revenue model of millions of endpoint websites that have labored to create content, and which depend on traffic to sustain their business models.

IRAN MANAGED TO BREAK THROUGH ISRAEL’S VAUNTED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS DURING LAST MONTH’S WAR, SEEN AS ‘CAUTIONARY TALE’

The Iranian military made quick work of Israel’s Iron Dome and David’s Sling anti-missile systems during last month’s 12-day war that resulted in a tenuous ceasefire after the U.S. joined the war and bombed Iranian nuclear sites.

WARMONGER GRAHAM USES U.S. BOMBING OF IRAN IN WARNING TO RUSSIA AS WAR DRUMS GROW LOUDER

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., issued a warning to Russia by invoking the Trump administration’s decision to join Israel’s war on Iran.

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Global Economy

SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR

U.S. government revenue from import fees reached a record $64 billion in this year’s second quarter, compared to just $17 billion during the same period in 2024, the treasury department reported.

SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE

Forty-two percent of U.S. businesses operating in China are being impacted by overcapacity as China’s domestic economy continues to deflate amid ongoing price wars, a survey by the U.S.-China Business Council found.

SPECIAL REPORT: STABLECOINS ARE TAKING CRYPTO MAINSTREAM

On 17 July, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the first federal legislation governing stablecoins, legitimizing their broad use in finance and commerce. The 308-to-122 vote was broadly bipartisan.

The Israel War

GAZA DEATH TOLL

The Israelis killed at least 59,106 Palestinians since the start of the genocide. An additional 142,511 have been injured and 11,000 missing.

ISRAEL ISSUES ADDITIONAL EVACUATION ORDERS AS IT RAMPS UP OFFENSIVE IN GAZA

The IDF ordered the evacuation of a town in central Gaza on Sunday as its troops began raids on one of the few areas inside the battered enclave that have not been invaded by the occupation army.

STAMPEDE AT GAZA HUMANITARIAN AID SITE KILLS AT LEAST 20 AS POPULATION GROWS MORE DESPERATE

A stampede outside a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) food distribution site near Khan Younis killed at least 20 Palestinians as desperation inside the enclave continues to grow.

Trends in AI

PENTAGON AWARDS CONTRACT TO MUSK’S “MECHAHITLER” AI

The U.S. defense department has awarded contracts to AI developers Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and Elon Musk’s xAI. Each company signed deals worth up to $200 million each.

AI BOOSTS UNILEVER’S SOAL SALES

Advertising is shifting its emphasis from websites to social media influencers, as we reported in “Artificial Intelligence Eats the Ad Industry” (17 Jun 2025). Unilever, the global conglomerate owning more than 400 brands of consumer products, is using AI to make the most of the transfer.

Global Economy

The Israel War

Trends in AI

Hi-Tech Science

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