North Sea Oil Fight Escalates As Starmer Cites Legal Limits

US Must Boost Domestic Uranium Enrichment To Counter Proliferation Risks The Export-Import Bank of the United States recently issued letters of interest supporting up to $4.2 billion in financing for enriched uranium sales by General Matter to utilities in Japan and South Korea. This includes up to $2.4 billion for Japanese operators and $1.8 billion for South Korean ones over the coming decade.  As we reported, the deal advances American energy dominance and reduces allied dependence on adversarial fuel suppliers. This transaction arrives as the United States, and much of the world,...

Sweden Will Consider Ways To Limit Energy Use If Iran War Continues, Government Says Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sweden may need to consider options to reduce energy consumption, including rationing, if the disruption to the flow of fuel supplies continues as a result of the Iran war, the country’s prime minister and finance minister said on on April 23. Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson speaks at a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on Dec. 19, 2024. Johanna Geron/Reuters “We are not planning any rationing...

Iran Strike Debate Erupts: Joint Chiefs Chair Allegedly Resists, Trump Fires Back Military generals tend to be much more realistic about the potential negative consequences of going to war, as well as difficulties and challenges, over and against the often more hawkish policy-makers. Currently, Pentagon generals appear to be belatedly speaking up, as Washington beats the drums of war on Iran. The Walls Street Journal reports Monday, "The Pentagon is raising concerns to President Trump about an extended military campaign against Iran, advising that war plans being considered carry risks including...