Trump Announces 10-Day Lebanon-Israel Truce, As Iran Reasserts Tolls Via Iranian Banks; US Vows Hormuz Blockade "As Long As It Takes"

Downtown Seattle Lost 30,000 Jobs Since 2020 Payroll Tax: Report Authored by Dylan Morgan via The Epoch Times, A new report from the Downtown Seattle Association published June 15 stated that downtown Seattle has lost around 30,000 jobs since 2020, when city leaders passed the “JumpStart” business tax, while neighboring Bellevue has become more attractive for businesses. “What we have seen in downtown Seattle is not a ‘jump start,’ but instead, a slowdown,” the report stated. “Seattle has become a tax outlier in the region, and it’s costing the city jobs and tax...

Curious Timing: Ukraine Declares Druzhba Pipeline Repaired After New Hungarian PM Elected Ukraine announced Tuesday it completed repairs to the damaged Druzhba oil pipeline and stands ready to resume pumping Russian oil to Europe, a step Ukrainian officials expect will unlock a long-delayed EU aid package. The timing is quite interesting and surely not coincidental given that Hungary's newly elected PM Péter Magyar and his victorious Tisza party are now in Budapest rapidly preparing for the transfer of power in Hungary. Magyar just accomplished a dramatic landslide defeat of Viktor Orbán...

Days After Trump Delays Xi Summit, Chinese Carrier Unveils 101-Jet Airbus Deal Days after President Donald Trump delayed a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping over the now 26-day-old U.S.-Iran conflict, one of China's top state-owned airlines unveiled a major narrow-body aircraft deal with Airbus. China Eastern Airlines announced a $15.8 billion deal for 101 Airbus A320neo aircraft on Wednesday, with deliveries scheduled between 2028 and 2032. The Shanghai-based carrier, which operates domestic and international passenger and cargo flights, said it negotiated prices well below list value and expects to fund...