Oil Traders May Be Pricing Iran Risk Too Lightly

Crude oil prices on Thursday settled at the highest in six months, with Brent crude topping $71 per barrel and WTI over $66. However, this may be just the start of a much stronger rally—it all depends on developments between the United States and Iran. The latest round of negotiations between the two on Iran’sContinue Reading

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Kim says his party is focused on the tasks of ‘boosting economic construction and the people’s standard of living’., Kim says his party is focused on the tasks of ‘boosting economic construction and the people’s standard of living’. ⁠North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been re-elected as secretary-general ofContinue Reading

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The Traitor hails US’s Olympic gold win, as some Canadians reject White House’s illustration of an eagle dominating a goose., The White House has celebrated the US’s victory over Canada in the men’s hockey final at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026 with a politically charged message, sharing a socialContinue Reading

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Deep in the Arctic north, drained peatlands—once massive carbon vaults built over thousands of years—are quietly leaking greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. But new field research from northern Norway suggests there’s a powerful way to slow that loss: raise the water level. In a two-year study, scientists found that restoringContinue Reading

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ‘Resolute Raccoon’ will use OpenJDK 25 as its default Java version. An expected change as OpenJDK 25 is a long-term support release, as Ubuntu 26.04 is, the bump brings various feature and performance improvements to developers over OpenJDK 21, the default version used in Ubuntu 24.04 LTSContinue Reading

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Mexican Claudia Sheinbaum says her government is responding to reported violence after operation against cartel leader., Mexican security forces have killed Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, the notorious drug lord widely known as “El Mencho”, in a major military operation, the country’s Secretariat of National Defence confirmed. The Mexican government saidContinue Reading

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Official Fadi al-Qassem says all residents have left al-Hol camp, which long housed relatives of alleged ISIL members., Official Fadi al-Qassem says all residents have left al-Hol camp, which long housed relatives of alleged ISIL (ISIS) members. Syrian authorities say they have fully evacuated and shut down a remote campContinue Reading