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25 Mar 2023 — 3 min read

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USA ⚔ Iran:

US forces and IRGC forces are currently fighting in Eastern Syria.
This follows a drone strike on a US maintenance facility in a coalition base in northeast Syria. One US contractor dead, five US service members and one US contractor wounded during the strike.
Two separate attacks have occurred last night on US bases in eastern Syria.
Since these attacks, the US military has been conducting military operations against IRGC forces including multiple airstrikes on IRGC facilities.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a branch of Iran's armed forces, founded after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
Statement link from the US DOD (skip to the time 31:55):

US Organ Transplants:

Currently, the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS), a private nonprofit, has complete control over the process of connecting donated organs to patients since 1986.
However, there have been numerous reports of UNOS' shortcomings, including susceptibility to hacking, delivering faulty organs, and providing cancerous organs to recipients.
Critics hold UNOS' monopoly responsible for these issues. On Wednesday, the US government revealed a proposal to dismantle UNOS' exclusive management of the system.

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Business:

Carvana has announced a restructuring plan that involves a $1 billion dollar debt swap.
PaWest Bank has raised $1.4 billion in cash following a 20% decrease in deposits.
Ubisoft has unveiled a new AI-powered tool that can generate dialogues for non-playable characters (NPC's).
Panera Bread locations across the United States will use Amazon's palm-scanning technology for digital payment.
Apple plans to spend $1 billion annually towards the production of movies for cinemas.

Statistic:

Top Satellite operating entities on Earth:
SpaceX and USA: 5000+
China: 600+
United Kingdom: 550+
Japan: 200+
Russia: 170+
India: 100+
Satellites play a critical role in military defense capabilities. Satellites can facilitate encrypted military communications, and earth observation.
SpaceX has the most satellites on Earth with a major ongoing military contract with the US Department of Defense.
This contract allows the US military to have dominant military communications and earth observation capability to view enemy troops, equipment, navy, aircraft, and missile movement.

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