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A California earthquake has shaken the San Francisco Bay area with a 5.1 magnitude tremor that was immediately followed with an aftershock. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 11:42 a.m. quake struck 12 miles east of San Jose at a depth of about 4 miles. The area is about 40 miles southeast of downtown San Francisco. The 5.1-M earthquake was … Read More

A report says Ukraine faces a “very high” risk that Russia will use tactical nuclear weapons, officials say, as Moscow scrambles to reverse recent battlefield losses. A recent Ukrainian counteroffensive recovered large swaths of territory in eastern Ukraine, forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to order a “partial mobilization” to find more troops to throw into the fight. That decision is an apparent acknowledgment of a manpower problem that … Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that allowing Ukraine to join NATO would increase the prospects of a Russia-NATO conflict that could turn nuclear. Putin’s assertion, made in the context of a question about a Ukrainian attempt to take Crimea back from Russia, had came during a joint press conference with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron. Putin made it clear … Read More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that his country is filing an expedited “fast-track” application to join NATO. In his speech Zelensky said that Ukraine was counting on fast-track accession into NATO and that they were already allies. “De facto, we have already become a NATO ally. We trust each other, we help each other, and we protect each other. … Read More

After Florida officials were able to begin reviewing the impact of Hurricane Ian, the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, used the word “Biblical” to describe the destruction they had experienced. The destructive storm hit Florida with punishing winds of 150 miles per hour and an estimated storm surge of 12 to 18-feet. Only now as rescue teams sift through the massive … Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has illegally annexed four Ukrainian regions, has now vowed to use “all the power and all the means” at his disposal to defend them. And the Kremlin has said that attacks on any part of these would now be considered aggression against Russia itself. Russian government officials have also said that the four regions will fall under … Read More

A US Coast Guard vessel on routine patrol in the Bering Sea off the U.S. coast of Alaska encountered Chinese and Russian warships including guided missile cruisers. The US Coast Guard Cutter, the Kimball, while on a routine patrol discovered a Chinese missile cruiser with two other Chinese naval vessels and four Russian Navy ships. The Chinese naval vessels and … Read More

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued a stark security alert overnight that urged U.S. citizens to leave Russia immediately while there are still options for departing the country. The alert comes in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for partial mobilization of Russian men to fight in his war in Ukraine. “Russia may refuse to acknowledge dual nationals’ … Read More

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck western Mexico on the exact same date as the anniversary of two previous devastating earthquakes which residents there are now saying it’s an unexplained curse. The Mexican Government had just sounded the earthquake alarm earlier in the day as an exercise commemorating the past earthquakes on the same day. When on Sept. 19, 1985, … Read More

First responders in Taiwan searched through rubble for survivors after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the island which triggered fears of a tsunami in Japan. Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency said the quake hit off the island’s southeastern coast at a depth of roughly four miles. The agency also reported dozens of aftershocks in the hours after the opening quake. And the … Read More