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The South Korean Unification Ministry recently revealed that studies into the health of North Korean refugees from areas near the supposedly defunct Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site found about 30 percent of them carry chromosomal mutations. The Unification Ministry revealed the information to the South Korean National Assembly on Friday and published the results. The study in question is the fifth of its kind into North Korean defectors from the area surrounding Punggye-ri, according to the South Korean newswire service Yonhap, and appeared relatively consistent with the result of prior tests looking for evidence of radiation exposure. Experts indicated that, while…

Mike Rowe said if the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) “continue to grow in popularity, and the Democrats actually campaign on their behalf, I think it’ll be the largest political blunder in my lifetime.” “I’m not what you’d call a keen observer of the political climate in our country, but I do pay attention, broadly, to what’s going on within our two parties,” Rowe began in a Sunday X post, sharing a monologue from a recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. “Watching the latest from @billmaher, I was reminded of how we struggle to reconcile our support for an idea we…

An illegal alien, paroled into the United States by the Biden administration, is now accused of raping two women in Salt Lake City, Utah. Moise Sainteran, an illegal alien from Haiti, has been arrested by the Salt Lake City Police Department and charged with two counts of rape, forcible sexual abuse, object rape, aggravated sexual assault, and forcible sodomy. According to police, on July 18, Sainteran took a woman back to his apartment after being at several bars earlier in the evening. The woman alleges that Sainteran raped her. In another instance, on August 1, a woman told police that she fell asleep…

Vice President JD Vance is attending Thursday’s Senate Republican lunch. The visit comes as senators try to make progress on several key priorities and leave Washington for a five-week recess. Among the unsettled issues is whether the GOP will advance a budget framework for a new party-line spending bill and take votes on the SAVE America elections bill. Read the full article here

Just over 40 years ago, in July 1986, Mikhail Gorbachev traveled to Vladivostok and announced something that would reshape Russian foreign policy for decades to come. For the first time, the Soviet leadership publicly declared its intention to rebuild relations with China and deepen cooperation with Asia, while it also signaled a desire to repair the bitter split with Beijing that had defined much of the previous two decades.That marked the beginning of a gradual but lasting shift, and under Vladimir Putin, particularly from the late 2000s onward, it evolved into what became known as Russia’s pivot to the East.…

César Gastélum shot mid-livestream – Screengrab/X Upscaled Grok AI After politicians, social media influencers seem to be the new targets of these cartel-like hit-and-runs. A horrifying video going viral online shows a Mexican influencer being shot dead while streaming live on social media. The assassination took place outside a restaurant in Sinaloa state, a state controlled by cartel and gang violence. CBS News reported: “Cesar Gastelum, who had more than 600,000 followers on TikTok, was broadcasting with two friends — all dressed as food delivery workers as part of a challenge. Video circulating online showed a motorcycle carrying two people…

Google is losing key AI researchers as its booming cloud business raises questions about the company’s commitment to frontier AI development. CNBC reports the technology giant posted 82 percent second-quarter cloud revenue growth alongside a major AI shakeup: Chief Scientist Jeff Dean announced his departure after 27 years, and Demis Hassabis stepped down as Google DeepMind CEO to become the unit’s chairman. Google published the influential 2017 transformer paper that enabled the generative AI boom and now faces a resource dilemma: advanced models demand massive upfront investment in computing power and research without guaranteed returns, while cloud growth outpaces Amazon…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) avoided saying whether she believes the United States should even give defensive support to Israel like the Iron Dome. Host Elex Michaelson asked, “Do you agree with him on Israel, that, basically, we shouldn’t fund any military operations for them, shouldn’t fund the Iron Dome, shouldn’t fund anything that they’re doing?” McClellan responded, “I think that we need to make sure that we are supporting our national security interests here and abroad, and, obviously, making sure that we have the Middle East on a path to peace, which…

SpaceX insiders have gained their first chance to sell stock publicly on Thursday as a lockup agreement expired, freeing up to 911.5 million shares valued at roughly $101 billion. This is likely to put pressure on the stock price of Elon Musk’s rocket company as insiders cash out. Quartz reports that the lockup expiration increases the total shares available for trading to as many as 1.55 billion from approximately 639 million shares in its IPO. However, a separate tranche of up to 455.8 million shares will remain locked because SpaceX stock is trading below its $135 IPO price, according to…

Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said in newly circulating video that every third clip auto-playing on his Instagram feed is an “OnlyFans model.” The 40-year-old progressive made the remarks in footage posted Tuesday by RNC Research, the opposition-research arm of the Republican National Committee, as El-Sayed faces Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in Michigan’s Democrat Senate primary. El-Sayed said his own browsing habits had little to do with what the platform pushed to him. “Like you think about if you’re on Instagram, my team has access to my Instagram account and like the things that I actually look at on…