The U.S. northeast may soon serve as a petri dish for the latest gene edited experiment, and at least some environmental groups are voicing opposition.
Category: 8 July 2025
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS COMING TO TOWN AGAIN
Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way for his third visit to Washington during the first six months of the second term of President Donald Trump.
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Stock market churn, geopolitical strife, and Donald Trump’s chaotic tariff war have not hobbled the U.S. market for corporate mergers and acquisitions.
SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP TARIFF WAR
On 7 July, Donald Trump revealed new tariff rates ranging from 25 to 40 percent on 14 countries but delayed their onset from 9 July until 1 August to give those nations time to negotiate a trade deal.
SPECIAL REPORT: CRYPTO IS BECOMING THE NEW NORMAL
Chinese consumers are using mobile payment systems almost exclusively now, French newspaper Le Monde reported, so much so that cash “has dwindled to near extinction,” it said.
‘PEACE’ PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE’LL SEND NEW WEAPONS TO UKRAINE
President Donald Trump, who campaigned as a man that would bring peace on earth, told reporters that the U.S. will come to Ukraine’s aid and begin providing it with new weapons, citing the recent aerial attacks by Moscow on Kyiv.
TONY BLAIR INSTITUTE CONTRIBUTED TO POST-GENOCIDE GAZA PLANS THAT CONSIDERED A ‘TRUMP RIVIERA,’ MUSK ‘SMART MANUFACTURING ZONE’: FT
Employees from the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) participated in a slide deck that was shared with the Trump administration that considered a post-genocide Gaza that included the concept of a “Gaza Riviera” after half a million Palestinians were paid to leave the battered enclave, according to the Financial Times.
SAUDI ARABIA-IRAN RAPPROCHEMENT: RIYADH APPEARS TO BACK TEHRAN AFTER WAR WITH ISRAEL
Saudi Arabia appeared to back Tehran after Israel decided to launch its unprovoked war last month, which was seen as the latest setback for President Donald Trump’s effort to get Riyadh to normalize relations with Tel Aviv in his Abraham Accords.
IRAN IN ‘STATE OF FULL READINESS,’ BELIEVES ISRAEL WANTS NEW WAR, TRUMP WILL HELP
The Israelis want to restart the war with Tehran and President Donald Trump “appears to be on board,” Iranian sources told Press TV.
TESLA SALES CRASH IN SECOND QUARTER
Once the world’s leading maker of electric vehicles (EVs), Tesla delivered 384,000 EVs in this year’s second quarter, compared to 444,000 during the same period in 2024.









