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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.

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.

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.

‘PEACEMAKER’ TRUMP HAS LAUNCHED NEARLY AS MANY AIRSTRIKES IN FIRST 5 MONTHS AS BIDEN DID IN 4 YEARS

U.S. President Donald Trump billed himself as a peacemaker during his campaign in 2024, and crystallized his message on 6 November 2024, just after winning the presidency.

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.

U.S. MOVES TO BACKFILL GERMANY WITH PATRIOT MISSILE SYSTEMS INTENDED FOR UKRAINE

The U.S. has given priority to Germany to deliver its Patriot missile systems so Berlin can deliver these weapons to Ukraine, which was seen as the Trump administration’s first effort to indirectly arm Kyiv since January.

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.

WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL CALLS NETANYAHU A ‘MADMAN’ AFTER STRIKE ON DAMASCUS

The Trump administration is trying to separate itself from the murderous State of Israel in the media and using its favorite reporters to disseminate the messaging—this time is the attempt to paint Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as acting like a “madman.”

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.

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.

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.

ISRAEL BOMBS CENTRAL DAMASCUS TO SOW ‘CHAOS’ IN COUNTRY, AL-SHARA SAYS

Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara issued a rare statement in condemnation of the Israeli strike in central Damascus last week that targeted the country’s defense ministry and hit in the vicinity of the presidential palace.

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.

RUSSIA BRUSHES OFF TRUMP’S ‘THEATRICAL’ 50-DAY ULTIMATUM TO END THE WAR

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s national security council, did not seem impressed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose new sanctions on Moscow and flood Ukraine with weapons if the Kremlin does not end the war in 50 days.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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