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Waldemar Bożek

  • Jul 19

    Over 100 homes destroyed in Norway's largest residential fire since WWII

    A fire that started in a townhouse in Drammen, Norway, on Friday afternoon spread rapidly through a residential neighborhood and into forests, destroying more than 100 homes and forcing over 400 people to evacuate. Firefighters brought the blaze under control by Saturday after a rainstorm, but the cause remains unknown.

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The UN concedes 1.5C is gone

Washington widens Iran war as Europe hardens against sabotage and climate goals slip

The day's hard news clustered around systems that usually stay in the background: shipping lanes, power grids, climate thresholds and model sandboxes. Governments talked about control, but markets, saboteurs, floods and autonomous code kept testing how much control they really have.

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    Security services warn that Moscow is planning physical sabotage against Danish defense industries and critical infrastructure.

  • US strike on Iran's Larak Island

    Killed civilians in a strike on a wedding in Sirik, Iran, according to Iranian officials, further escalating regional tensions near the Strait of Hormuz.

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The US under Trump: second term

Iran strikes escalated to largest exchange since July with reported civilian deaths, but within the existing pattern of episodic US-Iran confrontation.

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