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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – August 7, 2026
Greetings from Tyler, The Strait of Hormuz has always been strategic, but now more than ever. All that oil has to pass, though, and we’ve been talking about the passageway forever. Dad did programs where that was front and center. How’s the war going? There are many reports, and I’m sure every news organization wants…
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AfD sweeps Saxony-Anhalt with its best result in any German election
The party has taken more than double the vote of the governing Christian Democrats in a landslide without precedent in its history. Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, with 43.8 per cent of the vote, the best result in the party’s history. Preliminary official results announced by State returning officer Christa Dieckmann put it more than 26 percentage…
Church of England refuses to back same-sex marriage
LONDON (AP) — The Church of England said Wednesday it will allow blessings for same-sex, civil marriages for the first time but same-sex couples still will not be allowed to marry in its churches. The decision followed five years of debate and consultation on the church’s position on sexuality. It is expected to be outlined…
At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges ‘new golden age’ for alliance
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wrapped up her first summit talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo on Tuesday, with the new Japanese leader pledging to realize “a new golden age” for their countries’ alliance. Security was tight in the capital, with some 18,000 police officers mobilized for the meeting, a crucial test of Takaichi’s…
Watch Intuitive Machines’ private Odysseus lander attempt historic moon landing today
The touchdown try is scheduled for 6:24 p.m. ET today (Feb. 22). We’re just hours away from what could be the first moon landing by an American spacecraft in 50 years, a success that would kickstart the nation’s hope to eventually establish a long-term presence on the moon as part of its Artemis program. Odysseus…
Death toll climbs to 62 in migrant smuggling boat wreck on Italian coast
“It’s a gruesome sight,” said the mayor of a seaside resort city. The death toll climbed to 62 on Monday after a human smuggling boat packed with migrants slammed into the rocks off the coast of southern Italy on Sunday and “disintegrated” just feet from the shoreline, officials said. Migrants reportedly from Iran, Afghanistan and…
