Maxime Marquette
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Trump cries "gouging" as Big Oil rakes in record profits
Since June 24, 2026, Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked America's major oil companies in public, accusing them of "gouging," meaning price abuse,
A light-activated switch wakes up dormant cancer
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a system capable of waking up cancer cells stuck in a dormant state, a survival mechanism
NATO puts €70 billion a year on the table for Ukraine
Just days before the NATO summit in Ankara, set for July 7 and 8, 2026, a text seen by several news agencies
Manila bets it all against Beijing in the South China Sea
The Philippines, holding the rotating ASEAN chairmanship in 2026, are staking everything on finalizing a code of conduct with China in the
Beaten by the Supreme Court, Stephen Miller vows to kill birthright citizenship
On June 30, 2026, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 in Trump v. Barbara: presidential executive order 14160, signed
Zuckerberg admits his AI super-agents have stalled for four months
At an internal meeting held on Thursday, July 2, 2026, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said something few tech executives dare say out
Zelensky's 40-day countdown is choking Russia's war machine
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky approved, in the week of June 23, 2026, a 40-day plan handed to Ukraine's security service, the SBU,
A Non-Invasive Device Improves Memory in 78% of Alzheimer's Patients
A randomized clinical study, published in the American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, reports that 78% of patients with mild
Mr. Trump, Your Only Real Conflict of Interest Is Yourself
Mr. Trump, this letter speaks directly to you, because the facts revealed this week deserve to be said plainly: according to your