U.S. President Donald Trump invoked his “emergency authority” to bypass Congress and approve another $4 billion in weapon sales to Israel, which will provide Tel Aviv with 35,529 2,000 MK 84 bombs and 4,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads, according to a statement from the State Department.
Category: 4 March 2025
OLD WIND TURBINE BLADES BECOME NEW ROADS IN CHINA
Over the rest of this decade, between 5,000 and 9,000 fiberglass blades from worn-out wind turbines will be stacking up in the U.S. alone, a number that could reach 20,000 a year by 2040, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GIVES ISRAEL ‘GREEN LIGHT’ TO VIOLATE CEASEFIRE DEAL: OK FOR IDF TO REMAIN IN LEBANON
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense head and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loyalist, said the Trump administration approved of Tel Aviv’s plans to keep troops in the southern region of Lebanon, violating his country’s ceasefire with Hezbollah.
RESEARCHERS PULL THE PLUG ON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have found a particular type of cell in small-cell lung cancers that makes the energy that enables the cancer to live and grow.
ISRAEL CARRIES OUT NEW STRIKES ACROSS SYRIA, SAYS IT WILL NOT ALLOW COUNTRY TO BECOME ANOTHER LEBANON
Israel Katz, the head of the IDF, confirmed Israeli strikes across southern Syria last week and said Tel Aviv will not allow the region to become like “southern Lebanon.”
ISRAEL SAYS MILITARY OPTION AGAINST IRAN MAY BE NEEDED
Gideon Saar, the Israeli foreign minister, said in an interview last week that Israel may have to confront Iran militarily to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon—and it will look to U.S. President Donald Trump for support.
MICROSOFT CLAIMS QUANTUM COMPUTER BREAKTHROUGH USING NEW FORM OF MATTER
Microsoft has unveiled its Majorana 1, a quantum computer processor designed to house a million “qubits” and using a form of matter theorized for a century but never created before in physical form, the company claims.
AFTER ISRAEL VIOLATES CEASEFIRE DEAL, IDF BLOCKS ENTRY OF ALL HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA
Al Jazeera reported Sunday that Israel banned humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas agrees to its new terms and extends Phase 1 of the deal, which ended on Saturday. Hamas called Israel’s move a “war crime and a blatant attack,” the Associated Press reported.
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE IS THE SOLUTION TO A BROKEN MEDICAL SYSTEM
For over 50 years, there has been no concerted or successful effort to bring down medical costs in the American healthcare system. Nor are the federal health agencies making disease prevention a priority.
19 SIDE EFFECTS LINKED TO WEIGHT LOSS DRUG OZEMPIC
Glucagon-like peptide-1 or GLP-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic and Wegovy, originally intended as diabetes medications, have gained popularity for weight loss, leading to global shortages despite having modest benefits.