The steady stream of bankruptcies and business closures continues to paint a troubling picture of economic reality.
Category: 18 August 2026
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
The job-cutting trend continues to spread across sectors, signaling deeper economic weakness beneath the surface of the official data.
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SWITCHING PRESIDENTIAL PLANES IN ANKARA – WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT AND WHO DID WHAT TO WHOM?
Hardly a week goes by when Donald Trump is not the centerpiece and source of a lie so outrageous or an accusation so heinous that one has to sit back gazing at one’s computer screen, stunned by the audacity and shaking one’s head in disbelief.
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OUR BRAINS UNDERGO A TRANSFORMATION AT MIDLIFE, RESEARCHERS FIND
Around age 50, the memory centers in a person’s brain begin to lose many of its long-standing immune cells.
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TODAY’S OLD PULP MILLS CAN BE TOMORROW’S BIOREFINERIES
The U.S. state of Georgia has about 24 million acres of woodland and the state’s eight pulp mills are busy turning those trees into paper and cardboard.
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ONE SIMPLE BLOOD TEST COULD FIND A RANGE OF AILMENTS
Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles have created an affordable blood test that can spot various cancers, several liver diseases, and signs of damage to other organs all at the same time.
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ICE WANTS OUR EMAILS
When a government agency comes to an internet service provider demanding information about Americans because of what they have said on social media, the provider should discard the demand, close the door or hang up the phone.
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THE ROLE OF FOOD NUTRIENTS IN REDUCING OXIDATIVE STRESS LINKED TO MICROPLASTICS
You can't see them, but the plastic you encounter every day is breaking down into fragments small enough to slip past your body's defenses.
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UKRAINE LAUNCHES ONE OF ITS BIGGEST DRONE ATTACKS ON RUSSIA SINCE START OF WAR
The Kremlin announced that it shot down about 1,500 Ukrainian drones in an attack that started in the late-night hours on Saturday and continued into Sunday, as Kyiv continues its attempt to apply pressure on Moscow’s war economy by targeting soft targets across the country.
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NEW AI COULD BE 1,000 TIMES MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT
Unconventional AI is a startup formed by engineers from Databricks, Google, MIT, and Stanford University.