Gold prices reflect a shift in paradigm – Part I

Iran's Covert Oil Trade Persists As Tankers Breach US Blockade By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Iran continues to export its oil out of the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz using dark mode on tankers to move past the US blockade outside the world’s most vital oil chokepoint. At least two Iran-flagged supertankers fully laden with an estimated about 4 million barrels of crude have exited the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz and through the U.S. blockade, Bloomberg reports, citing satellite imagery analyzed by energy flows intelligence firm Vortexa. The two...

US Africa Command said in a press release on Saturday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on April 17, as the pace of US bombings in the country has escalated amid the very fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran. AFRICOM said that the strike targeted the ISIS affiliate in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland […]

Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 115 People on Caribbean Princess Cruise Ship, CDC Says Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, More than 110 people aboard the Caribbean Princess cruise ship have fallen ill due to a norovirus outbreak, a common cause of gastrointestinal illnesses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Caribbean Princess, owned by Princess Cruises, departed from the port of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 28 and is currently sailing in the North Atlantic Ocean, according to CruiseMapper. The voyage dates were April 28 to May 11. The ship...