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LNG Buyers Scramble For Conflict-Free Supplies Beyond Gulf As War Rejiggers Global Energy Flows Since the early days of the US-Iran conflict, we have tracked the rewiring of global energy flows. That theme continues today and is accelerating as LNG buyers seek supplies and shipping routes well beyond the Gulf. Before the conflict, roughly one-fifth of global LNG trade transited through the Strait of Hormuz, concentrating risk at a single chokepoint. That vulnerability is now driving buyers to rejigger supply networks.  At last week's Gastech annual conference and exhibition for natural gas and LNG...

Transcript Shows Bill Gates Claim Epstein Issued 'Veiled' Threats Over Affairs Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Bill Gates told lawmakers in a recent interview that Jeffrey Epstein threatened him subtly over his affairs but did not overtly blackmail him, according to a transcript released on June 23. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (C) in Washington, on June 10, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images Epstein in 2013 "made some veiled references that made me wonder whether he had become aware" of one of the affairs, Gates, the co-founder of...

DOJ Sues States Over Alleged Failure To Turn Over Food Stamp Data Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration has sued four states, accusing them of withholding crucial data on food stamp applicants. Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania refused to turn over information to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that would let federal officials identify fraud, Trump administration lawyers said in lawsuits filed on June 26 against the states. Officials are asking judges to enter injunctions that would force state authorities to hand over the last five years...