Did B-2s Just Drop GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators On Another Iranian Nuclear Site? (Updated) – The War Zone

  1. Did B-2s Just Drop GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators On Another Iranian Nuclear Site? (Updated)  The War Zone
  2. IDF says it recently struck site where Iran advanced ‘critical capabilities’ in nuclear weapons  The Times of Israel
  3. Israeli military says it targeted site used in Iran's nuclear programme  Reuters
  4. Satellite Imagery Shows New Damage to Iranian Nuclear Site, Report Says  WSJ
  5. IDF strikes Iranian nuclear-linked explosives testing site  The Jerusalem Post
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China’s rubber-stamp parliament set to approve ‘ethnic unity’ law

New legislation will require schools to use Mandarin by default, taking priority over minority ethnic languages such as Tibetan, Uyghur and Mongolian

China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the state legislature, will vote on Thursday on a suite of new laws agreed at this year’s annual two sessions gathering, including a piece of legislation that will diminish the role of minority ethnic languages in the education system.

NPC delegates are expected to approve a new ethnic unity law, along with a new environmental code and the 15th five-year plan, the economic planning document for 2026-2030. Delegates have spent the last week debating Beijing’s proposed bills, which they are all but certain to approve. The NPC, which is often described as a rubber-stamp parliament, has never rejected an item on its agenda.

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China’s rubber-stamp parliament set to approve ‘ethnic unity’ law

New legislation will require schools to use Mandarin by default, taking priority over minority ethnic languages such as Tibetan, Uyghur and Mongolian

China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the state legislature, will vote on Thursday on a suite of new laws agreed at this year’s annual two sessions gathering, including a piece of legislation that will diminish the role of minority ethnic languages in the education system.

NPC delegates are expected to approve a new ethnic unity law, along with a new environmental code and the 15th five-year plan, the economic planning document for 2026-2030. Delegates have spent the last week debating Beijing’s proposed bills, which they are all but certain to approve. The NPC, which is often described as a rubber-stamp parliament, has never rejected an item on its agenda.

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See what Fukushima looks like 15 years after the nuclear disaster – Business Insider

  1. See what Fukushima looks like 15 years after the nuclear disaster  Business Insider
  2. Fukushima at 15: Living with radioactive hot spots and stigma as Japan's government pushes for more reactors  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
  3. Japan marks 15th anniversary of Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami  The Japan Times
  4. Japan marks 15 years since tsunami disaster as Takaichi pushes more nuclear energy use  NBC News
  5. Lai marks 15 years since Tohoku quake and tsunami  Taipei Times
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Hezbollah fires at least 150 rockets at north, Iran launches missiles in ‘integrated operation’ – The Times of Israel

  1. Hezbollah fires at least 150 rockets at north, Iran launches missiles in ‘integrated operation’  The Times of Israel
  2. Exclusive | Hezbollah terrorists launch 100 rockets at Israel — overwhelming the Iron Dome  nypost.com
  3. Israel Targets Hezbollah in New Lebanon Strikes  WSJ
  4. Two lightly injured in Hezbollah’s rocket barrage, medics say  The Times of Israel
  5. Sirens sound across Israel as Hezbollah, Iran launch attack  The Jerusalem Post
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Why did U.S. bombings cause ‘acid rain’ to fall in Iran? An atmospheric scientist explains – PBS

  1. Why did U.S. bombings cause 'acid rain' to fall in Iran? An atmospheric scientist explains  PBS
  2. Iran War Live Updates: Strikes in Beirut, Ship Attacks Near Strait of Hormuz and Oil Supply News  The New York Times
  3. Toxic rain fell over Tehran as airstrikes hit oil facilities  NBC News
  4. Explosions rock Iran's capital, and more attacks target Israel as US warns bombing will intensify  AP News
  5. Satellite images capture airstrikes reducing Iran's vintage American-made F-14 Tomcats to wreckage  Business Insider
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Iranian oil flows through Strait of Hormuz even as Gulf neighbors’ exports shut – Reuters

  1. Iranian oil flows through Strait of Hormuz even as Gulf neighbors' exports shut  Reuters
  2. Iran sends millions of oil barrels to China through Strait of Hormuz even as war chokes the waterway  CNBC
  3. The Billionaire Whose Ships Are Braving Missiles in the Strait of Hormuz  WSJ
  4. Iran’s Control of Hormuz Means It’s Exporting More Oil Today Than Before the War  WSJ
  5. How shipping companies are navigating danger in the Strait of Hormuz  CBC
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Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years – PBS

  1. Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years  PBS
  2. No Nobles Day: Britain's Parliament boots its last hereditary Lords after 700 years  NPR
  3. Hereditary peers to lose their seats in the House of Lords  The Guardian
  4. UK ends centuries-old hereditary seats in parliament upper chamber  Reuters
  5. Ministers offer Tories more peers to end hereditary bill standoff  BBC
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Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the Iran war – Atlantic Council

  1. Twenty questions (and expert answers) about the Iran war  Atlantic Council
  2. Analysis: Iran war becomes a contest of who can take the most pain  AP News
  3. In War’s First Week, a Punishing Military Campaign With No Coherent Endgame  The New York Times
  4. Iran crisis: Three ways this could end  CNN
  5. 12 days: How 2025 Iran blueprint trapped US, Israel in longer war  Al Jazeera
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