Syria Masses Troops Along Lebanon Border, Closes Crossing for Departure

IEA Warns Escalation In US-Iran Hostilities Could Upend Oil Surplus Forecast Despite the tentative recovery of oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz and the first build-up in global stocks since the war began, this week’s re-escalation of the U.S.-Iran hostilities could flip the outlook for an oil market surplus for next year, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.  Oil prices have plunged since the United States and Iran signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the middle of June, with North Sea Dated prices down by $31 per barrel in...

Germany's Energy Crisis And The National-Conservative Turn Submitted by Thomas Kolbe If the Union had been waiting for a favorable moment to save face and quietly escape the energy-policy fiasco, that moment has probably arrived. On Thursday, the European Parliament formed a broad coalition of the Union-backed EPP faction with the national conservatives. The goal: initiate a migration turnaround, prevent citizen chat controls, and soften the grotesque Supply Chain Act. Among the national-conservative parties in the EU Parliament is also the AfD faction, showing that the firewall against this party is a...

A historic metals shakeout, a simple “stacking plan,” and a bigger question: how do you stay independent when the system punishes savers?