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Putin's Craven Inept Poodle: Bonkers Across the Board
Common Dreams
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August 20, 2025
Huh. Turns out Donny’s despot bestie playdate was not a show of historic statesmanship - See the red carpet! Hear the planes roar! - but a debacle, a cringe self-own, an inglorious "hostage video in real time" as a "nuclear orange" felon beamed,...
Where could drivers find the cheapest gas in cities within Harrisonburg city in week ending Aug. 9?
Central Shenandoah News - Virginia
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August 20, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Harrisonburg city...
Editor’s Picks: Tiffany & Co. clock, Huntsman speedboat, OMEGA watch and Belstaff tote
The Gentleman's Journal
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Each week we present to you some of the best products on the planet. Whether it’s pioneering whiskey or anniversary timepieces, these are the items that you need to shake up your lifestyle for the better... Chopard L.U.C Qualite Fleurier 20th...
India’s energy choices are rooted in national interest, not Western approval
The Economic Times
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August 20, 2025
In recent discourse on India’s decision to continue importing Russian crude oil, several high-ranking US officials, including very recently the White House's Trade Advisor, Peter Navarro, have attempted to paint New Delhi’s position as...
Hesitant homeowner questions the value of heat pumps in frigid hometown: 'I'm just not sure it's worth the expense'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 20, 2025
A Canadian homeowner came to Reddit with a common question about heat pumps: How well do they work in freezing weather? The community's answers were eye-opening and reassuring. The discussion occurred in the r/heatpumps subreddit, where a resident...
Ukraine diplomacy reveals how un-American Trump is
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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August 20, 2025
I am really trying to be fair in analyzing the Trump-Putin-Zelenskyy-Europe drama that has been playing out the past few weeks. I am trying to balance President Donald Trump’s commendable desire to end the murderous war in Ukraine with the utterly...
Trends & Growth Strategies Shaping The Global Scooter (Electric, Gas Powered, Manual Kick) Market 2025-2030 - Featuring Key Players Xiaomi Corp., Ninebot Co., Razor USA, Yadea Group, NIU Technologies & More
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Dublin, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Scooter Market by Propulsion Type (Electric, Gas Powered, Manual Kick), End User (Adults, Kids), Distribution Channel, Application - Global Forecast 2025-2030" has...
Russia confirmed it will continue supplying oil to India despite Western sanctions
Cryptopolitan
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August 20, 2025
Russia is not pulling the plug on oil to India anytime soon. On Wednesday, a senior official at the Russian embassy in New Delhi confirmed that oil exports to India will continue as usual. President Vladimir Putin also plans to visit Prime...
First commercial port site in Taiwan ready for wave energy pilot
Offshore Energy
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August 20, 2025
Wave energy developer Eco Wave Power Global and its partner I-KE International Ocean Energy, a subsidiary of Lian Tat Company, have obtained the official land use tender from Suao Port Company for a wave energy pilot station in Taiwan. Source: Eco...
India’s oil shuffle triggers China surge: What’s really going on with Russia’s crude?
Business Today
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August 20, 2025
Russian crude oil exports to India have collapsed by nearly two-thirds in August, while China has nearly doubled its intake, agency data shows. According to commodity tracker Kpler, India’s imports of Russian crude have dropped to no more than...
Spam is back at Rutter’s for a limited time
Convenience Store News & Petroleum
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August 19, 2025
Spam features in eight different options in all dayparts. | Rutter's Spam has made its way back onto Rutter’s menu for a limited time. Customers can enjoy the taste of Spam through the end of October, the convenience-store retailer said. This year...
China Buys Up Russian Oil Cargoes as Indian Demand Slows – Reuters
The Moscow Times
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August 20, 2025
Chinese refiners have purchased 15 cargoes of Russian crude for delivery in October and November, analysts told Reuters, as weakening Indian demand for Moscow’s exports opens the door for China to take on more supply. India has emerged as the...
Federal solar funding canceled as Kentuckians feel burden of summer energy costs
WUKY - Kentucky
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August 20, 2025
In 2023, the Commonwealth created a proposal aimed at reducing participating households' monthly energy bills by up to 20%. It mainly reaches low-income households and communities who do not often have access to renewable energy. Julia Finch,...
Argeo’s bankruptcy estate sells three ‘core’ technologies to Kongsberg Discovery
Offshore Energy
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August 20, 2025
Norway’s Kongsberg Discovery, Kongsberg Gruppen’s business area for robotics and sensor technology, is set to acquire active and passive electromagnetic sensing capabilities from Argeo’s bankruptcy estate. To remind, it was reported on July 7 that...
Wednesday's 9 Things to Know: KCPD seeks shooting suspects on ATV's and motorbikes- Aug. 20, 2025
KMBC 9 - Missouri
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August 20, 2025
Wednesday's 9 Things to Know: KCPD seeks shooting suspects on ATV's and motorbikes- Aug. 20, 2025 Officers say a pack of ATV and motorbike drivers shot at a car, Russia is slow to agree to peace talks with Ukraine, a radioactive shrimp recall, and...
Taiwanese court sentences ex-legislator’s son for illegal fuel transfers to North Korea
Associated Press
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August 20, 2025
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The son of a former Taiwanese legislator has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for a scheme that illegally supplied thousands of tons of fuel oil to North Korea. Huang Chung-wei was sentenced to 28 months in...
Clean energy heating transformation paves way for warmer, greener winters
People's Daily Online
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(Xinhua) 16:54, August 20, 2025 LHASA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Even in August, herder Mikyo Dorje always puts on his thick Tibetan sheepskin robe when going out in Tsochen County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The county sits at an...
Xizang Story: Clean energy heating transformation paves way for warmer, greener winters
Xinhua News Agency
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LHASA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Even in August, herder Mikyo Dorje always puts on his thick Tibetan sheepskin robe when going out in Tsochen County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The county sits at an altitude of 4,700 meters, and...
Ukraine war refugee with Parkinson's finds healing in NJ
The North Jersey Record - New Jersey
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Zaitseva underwent deep brain stimulation surgery in New Jersey, significantly improving her motor functions. When Russian rockets began raining down on her family’s neighborhood in Kyiv three years ago, Anastasia Kolomeithuk knew she had to get...
Xinhua Commentary: Regional ethnic autonomy drives Xizang's all-round progress
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Over the past six decades, Xizang has achieved historic milestones in its economic and social development, showcasing the remarkable success of China's system of regional ethnic autonomy and the Communist Party of...