Israel Katz, the Israeli Defense Minister, said in a statement Monday that he will not be withdrawing his forces from southern Lebanon, despite the newly announced ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran that calls for the troops to be pulled back.
Category: 16 June 2026
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REPUBLICANS LARGELY DO NOT BELIEVE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE ENOUGH TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR EPSTEIN VICTIMS, POLL SAYS
A newly released poll found that just 21 percent of Republican voters say they believe the Trump administration has done enough to “deliver justice” for victims of Jeffrey Epstein, according to Reuters.
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AMERICANS DISLIKE DATA CENTERS THE MOST, SURVEY FINDS
Among 15 large countries where Public First surveyed the populations, residents of the U.S. were the most opposed to the spread of AI data centers.
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ANTHROPIC’S AI NOW WRITES MOST OF ITS OWN CODE
Claude, AI lab Anthropic’s equivalent of ChatGPT, now writes 80 percent of its own code, up from 10 percent in February 2025, the company reported in a blog post earlier this month.
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WORLD’S FIRST WIND-POWERED UNDERWATER DATA CENTER IS NOW ONLINE
China has flipped the switch on an AI data center anchored on the ocean floor and powered by wind turbines.
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U.S. KILLED THREE INDIAN SAILORS IN STRIKE ON OIL TANKER IN GULF OF OMAN, NEW DELHI WANTS ANSWERS
The United States military last week killed three Indian sailors in a strike on an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after claiming that the ship “repeatedly failed” to follow orders.
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NVIDIA DEBUTS ITS OWN AI LAPTOP COMPUTER
The world’s leading maker of AI chips has made a new version that sits at the center of its new laptop computer designed specifically to manage AI agents.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE
It appears that for now, the U.S. involvement in the Iran War is coming to an end. As a result, Brent crude, which at one time was trading around $120 a barrel as the war intensified, is now trading in the $77 per barrel range.
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THE SYSTEM IS NOT COLLAPSING IN A STRAIGHT LINE… ITS FRACTURING IN PIECES FASTER
The US economy is not breaking all at once in one dramatic, easy to read event. That’s obvious.
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IRAN WAR WILL NOT END WITHOUT ISRAEL ENDING ATTACKS ON LEBANON
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s top diplomat, said Tuesday that the ceasefire deal between the United States and Tehran hinges on whether Israel continues to attack Lebanon because that war has become “connected to the war with Iran, and the two fronts became intertwined and dependent on one another.”