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Energy markets are bracing for supply disruptions as the regional conflict heats up Global oil prices climbed on Friday after Israel’s invasion of Lebanon and Iran’s missile attack on Israel sparked volatility on energy markets.The Brent benchmark gained 1.8% on Friday to $79 per barrel as of 10:43 GMT, its highest level since August 30. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 1.3% to trade at $75.Markets have been reacting to fears of a disruption in crude flows from the Middle East, due to the conflict. On Thursday, oil prices leapt 5% after Israel threatened to strike Iranian oil facilities in…
Larry the Cat was seen leaving the residence of the British prime minister just as Keir Starmer welcomed the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s visit to the official residence of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday was ignored by one of the dwelling’s main occupants, Larry the Cat, according to a video of the Ukrainian leader’s arrival.Zelensky visited 10 Downing Street to seek more financial and military support for the conflict with Russia.A video published by Zelensky’s official X (formerly Twitter) account shows Starmer greeting Zelensky on a red carpet outside the residence in central London. As soon as the Ukrainian…
Authored by Alan Tonelson via RealityChek,So much outrage (including from Vice President and Democratic presidential contender Kamala Harris) about the claim in Bob Woodward’s upcoming book that Donald Trump during his presidency sent some test kits to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin at the height of the Covid pandemic when they were scarce in the United States. And about the famed journalist’s report that the former president called Putin seven times since the former left the Oval Office in January, 2021. (See, e.g., here.)And so little about by far the biggest outrage described in War (if true, of course – as with the above…
Sometimes the truth comes from unlikely sources. Lenard McKelvey, a prominent black radio host who calls himself “Charlamagne Tha God,” spent the spring and summer of 2020 urging then-candidate Joe Biden to select a black woman as his running mate, so the host bears at least some responsibility for the catastrophe that is Vice President Kamala Harris. Nonetheless, even Charlamagne can now see that in at least one crucial respect the underwhelming 2024 Democratic presidential ticket of Harris and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota lags far behind former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of…
PHILADELPHIA, PA – JULY 28: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivers remarks on the fourth day of the … [+] Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received the number of votes needed to secure the party’s nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Getty Images For the longest time banks have relied on the law to protect the private property of their account holders.…
By Dave DeCamp Jeremy Loffredo, an American journalist for The Grayzone, has been arrested by the Israeli military for his reporting inside Israel. Loffredo was jailed just a few days after releasing a report on Iranian missile strikes in Israel, information the Israeli military has been trying to censor. According to the Israeli news site Ynet, because of the report, Loffredo faces charges of “aiding the enemy during wartime and providing information to the enemy.” Representatives from the US embassy attended a hearing on a police request to extend Loffredo’s detention, but so far, the US government has been silent…
By Michael Snyder Do you want to live in a society where you are required to have your face scanned wherever you go? If not, you may want to speak up now while you still can. As you will see below, the U.S. government is aggressively expanding the use of facial recognition technology for identification verification purposes. For now, the use of facial recognition technology will be optional. But as we have seen before, once a voluntary option is adopted by enough people our leaders have a way of making it mandatory. Of course it isn’t just our government that…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) gave a “damning non-answer” during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate when pushed on the Biden-Harris administration’s pressuring Facebook to censor free speech. Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), former President Donald Trump’s running mate, said the true threat to democracy is “big technology companies silencing their fellow citizens.” He added Vice President Kamala Harris would like to “censor people who engage in misinformation,” and that is a “much bigger threat to democracy than anything we’ve seen.” in the last four or 40 years. Vance asked Walz, “Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the…
The largest North American producer of french fries is shutting down its plant in Washington and laying off hundreds of employees, company officials announced in a recent earnings report. Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. president and CEO Tom Werner cited “soft” restaurant traffic and frozen potato demand in an October 1 press release detailing the business’s failures in the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Compared to the first quarter of FY 2024, Lamb Weston’s net income declined by 46 percent to $127 million, the company highlighted. According to Werner, “key actions” to restructure the business include closing its “older,…
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” host and NBC News Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell stated that 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris “especially” “wanted to be part of the crisis response” to Hurricane Milton. Mitchell said, “[T]his is a bit of a balancing act, because the president, the Vice President, responding to the hurricane, especially she wanted to be part of the crisis response, but also, [there] are very few days left, 26 days until Election Day. So, she’s got to balance what she does.” NBC News Chief White House…