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BREAKING: Japan to urge all citizens to stockpile at least 3 days of food and water in preparation for major disasters and events, with an official emergency request set for November 2.
"At least three days, and I'd like to say a week if possible… please prepare food, toilets, and water properly at home even without public assistance," Japan's Disaster Management says.
It comes just 2 days after the Pentagon started to prepare every major US military base to operate for at least 90 days without outside electricity, fuel, water or supplies, anticipating a major war.
The UK launched the "Be Ready" program 5 days ago, also advising all citizens to keep 3 days of key supplies, including bottled water, non-perishable food, and a battery or wind-up FM radio.
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Japan's call for citizens to stockpile at least 3 days of supplies is longstanding official advice for natural disasters like earthquakes and is tied to the scheduled November 2 launch of its new National Disaster Management Agency.
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Recent Pentagon updates include the FORTRESS America initiative. It requires major US bases to sustain essential operations independently for at least 90 days if power grids or supply chains fail in a major conflict, using portable nuclear reactors, microgrids, batteries, and strategic reserves. Announced by Defense Secretary Hegseth in September. US forces also remain involved in the ongoing Middle East conflict with Iran.
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It’s every bit as bad as we thought
Carney would find a lot more support on the immigration file if he had a credible plan to address this fraud and abuse.
The optics of ICE north will be brutal for the Liberals, but what is the alternative given the fraud involved?
💥EXPLOSIVE ATIP: Immigration Canada knew Indian agents were running MASSIVE FRAUD in the trucking industry and the student visa program as early as 2017 — and stamped the evidence "DO NOT DISCLOSE."
According to records released under the Access to Information Act, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) maintained an internal procedures manual for its New Delhi visa office documenting systemic fraud across the student visa and temporary foreign worker streams. The manual instructs officers to treat fraud as anticipated rather than exceptional
The most damning thing about this scandal is not the fraud — it's that the government predicted it, kept it running, and then stamped the file "DO NOT DISCLOSE."
Canada didn't lose control of its immigration system—they monetized it.
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BREAKING: DocuSign says it may lay off up to 162,000 employees.
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As of Docusign's most recent 10-K filing, Docusign had 7,044 employees as of 1/31/2026, making it impossible to lay off 162,000 employees.
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🚨: FDA approves cancer treatment using sound waves instead of Chemotherapy, radiation, or surgical procedures
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Skydance Is Offering Employees Voluntary Buyouts Ahead of Layoffs, Adopts 5-Days-per-Week In-Office Policy
According to a report issued by Los Angeles County in August, the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger could result in the loss of 4,500 film & TV jobs over 3 years in L.A. alone.
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Lie #2,867,001.
Trump: "We didn't start the war with Iran. Iran started the war with us."
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The U.S. launched the war on February 28, 2026, with coordinated strikes under the name Operation Epic Fury. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening strikes. Iran retaliated afterward.
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BREAKING: Microsoft $MSFT is offering voluntary exit packages to roughly 60,000 of its employees.
The cost cutting effort potentially affects up to 27% of Microsoft’s total workforce of 223,000 people.
"The Voluntary Exit Offer reflects an important part of how we're evolving our approach to change: creating greater flexibility and, where possible, more ways for employees to shape their next chapter," Chief People Officer Amy Coleman
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Just read this today. For the first time on record, gasoline-only cars fell below half of global new-vehicle sales in H1 2026, hitting 49% (down from 73% in 2021), as high oil prices accelerated the shift toward hybrids and EVs.
asia.nikkei.com/business/aut…
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Serbian longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic surprisingly conceded defeat in a snap vote on Sunday, saying the student-led movement won over 2 million votes in the Balkan country bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Elon Musk has cemented his record as the largest individual political donor in modern American history, per WaPo
Musk poured $446 million of his own money into this year’s midterm elections, mostly aimed at preserving the Republican Party’s control of Congress.
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More homes are hitting the market than at any point since 2000, yet 2026 is shaping up to be the worst year for existing home sales on record, per Yahoo Finance.
Home sellers now outnumber buyers by 63%, the biggest gap since the post-2008 housing crash, and mortgage applications have fallen back to 1995 levels.
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Being angry helped people solve 39% more puzzles on a difficult task and perform better on a challenging video game.
The advantage was seen on hard tasks, not easy ones.
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Celebrations have erupted in the streets of Serbia's capital Belgrade, after long-standing leader Aleksandar Vučić admitted defeat to a student-led protest movement in snap parliamentary elections. Read more: bbc.in/4BwV5ga
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That’s a broad concern among institutions right now.
They’re not super technical and see things breaking, so they reasonably wonder if bitcoin can break too, and as risk manages they correctly assign a limit.
What gets interesting months from now is if it doesn’t break.
