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Iran is warning people at three major ports in the United Arab Emirates to evacuate,
“accusing the U.S. of launching Friday attacks on its heart-hylen from the UAE.”
White House press secretary Caroline Levitt told Fox News that the U.S. has annihilated the Iranian regime's navy. We've wiped out nearly almost all of their ballistic missile threat.
In fact, ballistic missile attacks from Iran right now are down 90 percent.
Their drone capabilities are down 95 percent. We have sunk more than 65 of their naval ships. We've hit more than 6,000 targets across the country and it's a very big country. And we're going to continue this mission until all of the objectives that President Trump in the Secretary of War have laid out are fully accomplished.
On energy price concerns by Americans, she said the Trump administration has a plan to address this, saying this is a temporary short-term disruption in global oil prices. A group representing Iran-backed militias has issued bounties for U.S. officials. The announcement came soon after the U.S. issued a reward for information on several prominent
“Iranian officials and appears as a "resvenient" reports.”
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq is offering upwards of $100,000 for information on the whereabouts of high-ranking U.S. military and intelligence officials. That's according to a message posted in the group's telegram channel. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which is comprised of several Iran-backed armed factions, claimed responsibility for recently downing a U.S. military aircraft in Iraq, killing all six
crew members.
The bounty was announced soon after the U.S. State Department said it would offer a $10 million
reward for information on 10 senior Iranian military and intelligence officials, including the newly appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtab Ahmenei. Arazi Reshani and Pyrenees Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. TIA's say officers have now gone without their first full paycheck as the partial government shutdown is now in its second month, and Pyra's Windsor-Johnston reports some airports
are now helping workers. Their reports are coming up with ways to support TIA's officers as the shutdown stretches on. A Denver International Airport officials have placed donation boxes around the terminal collecting grocery store and gas gift cards for workers.
Denver Airport Public Information Officer, Kaylyn Villagrana, says travelers and people in the area are dropping off dozens of cards. Those were the specific types of support we identified, helped them with, you know, their basic needs, getting to the airport, getting to their job, and also, you know, making sure that they have food on the table.
Other airports are stepping in as well, Seattle Tacoma International Airport has set up the food pantry for TSA work. This is NPR. Certain wellness influencers are very worried about parasites, recommending frequent deworming and using herbal supplements.
Their bone reports that these unproven treatments don't work and can be dangerous. A quick internet search for parasite cleanse will show you dozens of products that claim to read your body of these organisms. They're mostly supplements that have not been evaluated by the FDA for this use. That concerns Dr. Ape Satozkar, a pathologist who studies parasites at the Ohio State
University. However, it basically experimenting with yourself without even knowing whether you have a parasite or not. If you think you have a parasite, Satoskar says to talk to your doctor, "There are accurate tests to see if you're right as well as safe effective treatments."
From Pianes, I'm Sarah Bowden. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un appears to have witnessed a live fire test of rocket launch systems off the east coast of that country, according to KCNA, the official Korean central news agency. Photos published by North and South Korean media show Kim with his teenage daughter passing
all of green trucks with what looks like long rockets attached to them. Kim told reporters quote, "There exists no tactical weapon that surpasses the performance of this weapon system. This comes just hours after South Korea's military reported that Pianes fired 10 ballistic missiles toward their eastern sea, all of this is taking place during annual US South
Korean military exercises. This is in Pianes."
“Can you point to sorry to new chef, who is very consistent?”
"So for he never came late, I asked him for overtime, he never said no to me."
Does he never complain? "Never come late." That new hire is a robot. Robots are coming for the restaurant industry. What that means for the food we eat?
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