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US Treasury Extends Russian Crude Waiver Amid Supply Disruptions
US Treasury Extends Russian Crude Waiver Amid Supply Disruptions
Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,
The Trump administration renewed a key sanctions waiver on April 17, allowing countries to purchase Russian oil stranded at sea, responding to urgent pressure from Asian nations battered by skyrocketing energy costs.
The move also reverses a position Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had stated two days earlier.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General License 134B on Friday, authorizing transactions tied to Russian crude and petroleum products loaded onto vessels as of that...
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Jul 31, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Futures Rise After Record Rip In Kospi; Bond Bounce Fades As Oil Jumps, BoJ On Hold
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A broad rally in US tech stocks is extending for a second day, with Nasdaq 100 futures rising over 1%. Amazon is the standout in premarket trading, up by 12% after reporting a fifth quarter of cloud sales growth, while Apple is sinking 7% after its sales forecast was dented by industry-wide supply shortages.
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May 22, 2026 / Tyler Durden
US Removes UN Gaza Rapporteur Francesca Albanese From Sanctions List
US Removes UN Gaza Rapporteur Francesca Albanese From Sanctions List
Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The United States has removed U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from its sanctions list, according to a May 20 notice posted by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a news conference during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 24, 2026. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
The notice said Albanese, listed as Francesca Paola Albanese,...
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Aug 26, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Penal Leviathan: What Wacquant And Rothbard Reveal About Modern Punishment
The Penal Leviathan: What Wacquant And Rothbard Reveal About Modern Punishment
Authored by Luc Lelièvre via Mises Institute,
Loïc Wacquant and Murray Rothbard come from completely different worlds. Wacquant, in Punishing the Poor (2009), analyzes how modern states manage marginalized populations through policing and incarceration. Rothbard, in The Ethics of Liberty (1982), argues that the state is a monopoly of coercion and that real justice means restitution to victims rather than punishment imposed by the government. At first glance, they seem to have nothing in common. Yet, when you look closely...
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