Maersk Slaps Emergency Fuel Surcharge As War Upends Marine Supply Chains

Amazon Data Centers "Disrupted" Across Bahrain After Drone Activity Brent crude futures are back in triple-digit territory as fighting in the Middle East continued overnight, even as President Trump claimed that talks are underway with Iran to resolve the conflict, which has now entered its fourth week. Overnight, the Amazon Web Services in the Bahrain region was severely "disrupted," according to Reuters, citing an Amazon spokesperson, following drone activity in the area. The spokesperson would not confirm whether Iranian drones struck any data centers. "As this situation evolves and, as we have...

Pope Leo Says 'I Am Not Afraid Of Trump' - Amid War Of Words Over Iran Conflict An open public clash between the Pope and President Trump was perhaps bound to happen given the Vatican's increasingly vocal criticism and condemnation of US military action in the Middle East. The Vatican has been consistently anti-war especially going back to the Iraq invasion and US occupation under the Bush administration.  While recent years and decades have seen successive popes move a bit leftward on general matters of moral theology (particularly the last one,...

To complain against the state’s actions, argues Hobbes, is to ultimately complain against yourself because you originally authorized the state through social contract and the state represents you!