Iran Earning $139 Million A Day From Oil As Hormuz Crisis Locks Out Rivals

China's Quiet Gains During US-Israel War On Iran Authored by Hamza Zaman via RealClearDefense, The Iran conflict continues to protract despite President Trump’s assumption of a quick and easy victory. The goals of regime change and the decimation of the Iranian ballistic missile program remain unfulfilled, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz further adds to the strategic qualms of the Western powers. The GCC states are also facing significant damage to their services industry, transport infrastructure and energy sector. While both sides suffer great losses in this protracted conflict, America’s biggest geopolitical...

These Are The Countries With Lower GDP Than Elon Musk's Net Worth Elon Musk recently became the world’s first trillionaire following SpaceX’s IPO earlier this month. At roughly $1 trillion, his personal fortune now exceeds the annual economic output of most countries around the world. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Jeffe Desjardins, highlights the countries with nominal GDP below Musk’s estimated net worth, using 2026 projections from the IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026) and Forbes real-time estimates of Musk’s wealth. Countries With Less Than $1 Trillion in GDP Below is a list of countries...

Protesters Rally Outside OpenAI, Anthropic, And xAI Offices Over Industry Concerns Authored by Jason Nelson via decrypt.co, In brief 200 protesters marched from Anthropic to OpenAI and xAI offices in San Francisco. Activists called on AI companies to pause development of new frontier AI models. Organizer Michael Trazzi previously staged a multi-week hunger strike outside Google DeepMind. Protesters took to the streets of San Francisco on Saturday, stopping outside the offices of Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI to call for a conditional pause in the development of increasingly powerful artificial intelligence. According to Stop the AI Race...