Cement, Drugs, And Oil - How The Iran Conflict Could Disrupt Global Supply Chains

Major Advertising Agencies Settle Media Censorship Lawsuit With FTC Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and eight states secured a settlement on April 15 that will prevent three major advertising agencies from engaging in unlawful media censorship. An American flag flies at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters in Washington on Nov. 24, 2024. Benoit Tessier/File Photo/Reuters The defendants Dentsu US, Inc., GroupM Worldwide LLC (doing business as WPP Media), and Publicis, Inc. will no longer enter into deals that require them to restrict...

Switzerland Halts Military Exports To US, Citing Iran War Neutrality  Switzerland on Friday announced it is halting all military and defense exports to the United States, citing its neutrality, coming as the Iran war reaches the three week mark. "Exports of war materiel to the US cannot currently be authorized," the government said, as quoted in Bloomberg. The statement specifically referenced Washington's "international armed conflict" in the Middle East. Source: screengrab via Johnny Harris/YouTube The announcement might not be a surprise, given similar past stances by Switzerland; however it comes at a sensitive...

Iranian state media reported speaking with officials who said Tehran has rejected a 15-point peace proposal to end the war in the Middle East. On Monday, President Donald Trump said the US talks with Iran were progressing, and Washington sent Tehran a peace proposal via Pakistan.  On Saturday, Trump gave Iran a 48-hour deadline to […]