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European natural gas inventories rose by +102 BCF over past 7 days. EU nat gas storage 71% full. Current inventories at 2691 BCF. 23.2% higher than 1 year ago. EU goal is at least 80% full by Nov 1st for winter.

The new head of CNN has said he wants the network to become less of a partisan liberal outlet. In particular, Licht has called for on-air people to avoid using Democrat tropes like "the big lie." Mediaite reports: "Licht argued that using 'the big lie' makes the mistake of adopting branding used by the Democratic Party, thereby weakening the objectivity of the network." Despite Licht's supposed mandate to lean away from liberal partisanship, and to avoid using Democrat tropes, in the very first minutes of this morning's New Day, discussing yesterday's primary results, co-hosts Brianna Keilar and John Avlon parroted...

A senior Russian senator has said Russia will come to China's aid if there is escalation with the US over Taiwan. Vladimir Dzhabarov hope the two countries can help each other militarilyA top Russian senator has pledged his country's support if China goes to war over Taiwan, sparking fears of a massive escalation and World War 3. Vladimir Dzhabarov said he sees "no grounds to refuse to help China," as tensions in the region have risen after the visit of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi.In his role as first deputy chairman of the international committee in Russia ’s Federation Council, he...

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Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) has died in a car crash in Elkhart County, Indiana, along with three other people, according to local media reports. A car with Walorski and two other passengers was heading southbound on state Route 19 when a car heading northbound veered left and collided with the southbound car, according to a CBS affiliate in South Bend, Indiana. All four occupants of both vehicles, one of them apparently the congresswoman's communications director, are dead.

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In the wake of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the Chinese have taken unprecedented steps. Wednesday the Chinese military continued a series of massive exercises in the vicinity of Taiwan. Ominously, these exercises specifically included what Chinese state media called “joint blockade training.” That specific phraseology is clearly a deliberate reference to long-standing planning for a naval and air blockade of Taiwan to cut it off from the rest of the world. China also announced that it will fire missiles directly over Taiwan and that the “median line” which marks the boundary of Taiwan’s territorial waters “will cease to exist”.

Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski died Wednesday afternoon in a car crash, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed in a statement on social media. McCarthy on Twitter shared a statement -- "with a heavy heart" -- that he said was from Walorski's office. "Jackie was killed in a car accident this afternoon. She has returned home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Chris. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers. We will have no further comment at this time," the statement read.

Alex Jones appeared shocked as he was told his lawyers had accidentally handed over hundreds of text messages by mistake after he told a court that they did not exist, after admitting that the Sandy Hook massacre did happen. The InfoWars host squirmed in his seat after confirming his phone number was linked to the texts, after previously declaring under oath at the defamation hearing that there were no messages about Sandy Hook on his phone. Jones was horrified to discover that his team sent a digital copy of every text and email about Sandy Hook, despite declaring under oath...

Ukraine’s ambassador to Lebanon on Wednesday insisted a Syrian ship docked at a Lebanese port is carrying stolen Ukrainian grain and urged Lebanon to block the vessel from leaving. The claim comes just days before the tiny cash-strapped country receives Ukraine’s first grain shipment since Russia’s invasion began over five months ago. The Syrian-flagged Laodicea has been anchored at the port of Tripoli since it arrived last Thursday, carrying 10,000 tons of wheat flour and barley. Ukraine says the grain was stolen by Russia.

NAPPANEE Indiana — U.S Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, 58, is one of four people killed in a Wednesday wreck near Nappanee. The crash occurred at the intersection of Ind. 19 and Ind. 119, where one car was heading south and another heading north at 12:32 p.m. The other two occupants of the southbound vehicle Walorski was in are identified as Zachery Potts, 27, Mishawaka, and Emma Thomson, 28, of Washington, D.C. The sole occupant of the northbound vehicle, Edith Schmucker, 56, Nappanee, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Further details to follow as they become available.

Former President Donald Trump enjoys majority support in a hypothetical 2024 Republican primary race, a Harvard-Harris survey reveals. The survey asked respondents, “If the Republican presidential primary for the 2024 election was held today, who would you vote for?” It gave respondents a series of choices, including Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC). A clear majority of Republicans, 52 percent, said they would support Trump in a 2024 GOP primary...

London -- British-Indian prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on Wednesday pledged a crackdown on Islamist extremism, the UK's most “significant terror threat”, with a widened government definition of extremism and strengthening existing terrorism legislation. The 42-year-old former Chancellor, who is seen closing the gap with opponent Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in the race to 10 Downing Street, also vowed to weed out organisations that promote extremism in the UK and refocus the “failing”. Prevent programme, a government tool intended to tackle Islamist extremism. “There is no more important duty for a Prime Minister than keeping our country and our people...

I am considering renting a Chevrolet Tahoe for a vacation trip soon. Enterprise says No Towing allowed. I want to tow a 5x8 Enclosed Trailer from UHaul. I need the passenger space of the Tahoe. Questions?? Do Enterprise Tahoe vehicles have a 2x2 receiver and a 4 wire Flat lighting outlet? What are the likely consequences if I tow without Enterprise blessing?

Facebook sparked outrage among free speech advocates when it fact-checked a senior economist with the American Institute of Economic Research for spreading so-called misinformation. The platform flagged the economist for — get this — correctly defining the word “recession.”

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Video of Zelensky´s Advisor and Spokesman Arestovich's interview about Ukrainians Arestovich: You know and the Ukrainian authorities are not working properly either. They despise the people, believe me despises them and doesn't consider them humans and has all rights to do so apart from one. They're human beings after all. Ukrainian people, activists, social activists, all those businessmen, all those burning patriots are all stupid, unskilled, brainless, emotional, controllable, poor in spirit, but still human beings. Interviewer: Do you mean the people? Arestovich: Everybody, activists, common people, etc. In this country you can hardly find people who you can talk...

Call it cellular life support for dead pigs. A complex web of pumps, sensors and artificial fluid can move oxygen, nutrients and drugs into pigs’ bodies, preserving cells in organs that would otherwise deteriorate after the heart stops pumping. The finding, described August 3 in Nature, is preliminary, but it hints at new ways to keep organs in a body healthy until they can be used for transplantation. In earlier work, scientists built a machine they named BrainEx, which kept aspects of cellular life chugging along in decapitated, oxygen-deprived pig brains (SN: 4/17/19). The new system, called OrganEx, pushes the...

(R. Nial Bradshaw) Archaeologists recently stumbled upon a set of mysterious 'ghost footprints' in the salt flats of a Utah desert. These unusual ancient tracks get their eerie name not because they are from an ethereal realm, but due to their earthly composition: They become visible only after it rains and the footprints fill with moisture and become darker in color, before disappearing again after they dry out in the sun. Researchers accidentally discovered the unusual impressions in early July as they drove to another nearby archaeological site at Hill Air Force Base in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert. The...

Liberal billionaire George Soros is pushing back big time against critics of woke prosecutors that he helped elect across the country. He claimed in a recent commentary that the “agenda” of his “reform-minded prosecutors” is both “popular” and “effective.”