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Oil Stays Near $100 Even As Iran Diplomacy Stirs

Oil prices fell on Monday after surging last week to near six-month highs, as investors seized on signs that hostilities between the United States and Iran might ease. The move was small and the mood cautious. US West Texas Intermediate futures were down $1.76, or 1.7%, at $101.51 a barrel […]

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Enforcement At Any Cost? A Death In ICE Custody

Julián Curo-Churata had lived in Laurel, Maryland, for approximately 17 years before immigration officers detained him in June. Three months later, the 47-year-old Peruvian died in a Louisiana hospital while in ICE custody. His family’s lawyer alleges that urgent requests for medical attention were ignored while ICE maintains that he […]

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The Self-Destruction Of America’s Republican Party?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Da3bo9IywX5/ Jul. 16, Trump’s pardons attorney quits when ordered to pardon Trump’s briber https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcZcLXOkxnQ/ Aug. 23, Anti-Trump Republican damns Trump for “violating the Constitution.” https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdeFICyEmGC/  Sep. 19, U.S. Treasurer Bessent says corruption in Government is of no concern to him. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dde8ZeUjaHG/ Sep. 19, Health CEO calls corruption “a model that […]

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Why $100 Oil Won’t Go Away

Oil flows from the Middle East have almost returned to the levels seen before the United States attacked Iran, an event that triggered one of the largest supply disruptions in history. On a simple reading, prices should have fallen back. They have not. Global crude remains above $100 a barrel, […]

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Who Should Lead The UN?

The race to choose the next United Nations secretary general has acquired an uncomfortable test case. The candidacy of Lana Nusseibeh, a minister of state of the United Arab Emirates and a former UAE ambassador to the UN, is reported to be gaining momentum and endorsements. It has also provoked […]

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Survivor Against Soldier (I)

Israelis voted last Tuesday in their first national election since Hamas’s attack of 7 October 2023. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 10 p.m. local time. For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been in office for 19 years and is Israel’s longest-serving leader, it was a […]