NEWS07/24

  1.  For early 2026 includes  a massive, life-threatening winter storm affecting over 90 million people across 23 states with ice and snow. This link of video provides an overview of the severe winter weather conditions expected across the US: https://youtu.be/qF3dztRyohw 2. Major political upheaval involving Trump-era policy shifts (including the U.S. exiting the World Health Organization and ICE detainee deaths), and international tensions over tariffs, such as Trump revoking Canada’s invitation to a new "Board of Peace". 3.  Geopolitics & Defense:  President Trump announced a "big force" of U.S. warships is heading toward Iran, aiming to de-escalate regional tensions . 4.  Foreign Policy/Diplomacy:  The newly launched "Board of Peace" to address global conflicts is facing scrutiny, while Trump continues to engage with NATO allies on issues like Greenland and Ukraine. 5.  Technology/Business:  TikTok has finalized a deal to split its U...

  A woman was coerced into sexual exploitation for over 30 years through invisible captivity that eroded her agency without physical restraint. The case challenges assumptions about consent, showing how survival often requires compliance mistaken for consent by outsiders. It calls for a deeper understanding of power, coercion and agency to recognize and prevent such hidden abuses before they become lifelong. Decade after decade. This is not a Victorian melodrama or a cautionary tale from a distant culture. It’s a contemporary British case, recently tried, exhaustively evidenced and adjudicated. The man responsible has now been imprisoned for life. The woman, finally free, says she no longer knows who she is. It’s difficult to read this without a sense of disbelief. Not because such abuse exists; that is depressingly and appallingly beyond dispute. But because of its duration and apparent invisibility. How does one person compel another adult to engage in acts they find abhorr...