Pot Stocks Soar As DoJ Reclassifies Medical Marijuana As Less Dangerous Drug

On the second day of Lebanon’s Army deploying into the “pilot zone” villages in the country’s south, officials are trying to make much of this being the beginning of an end to the Israeli military occupation of the entire country, while from Israel’s perspective, the signs are that very little has changed. Israeli artillery attacks […]

Toxic Wildfire Smoke Begins To Disrupt Local Economic Activity As GOP Senator Readies Canada Sanctions Bill Summary: Questions Swirl Whether Ecoterrorism May Have Accelerated Wildfires  Economic Activity Impacted in Some States  WaPo Warns Smoke Plume To Worsen  GOP Members Blast Canada Over Toxic Smoke; Sanction Bill Against Canada Set To Be Introduced   Toxic Smoke Plume Over Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast  Canada's Wildfire Management Failures Choke Millions Of Americans With Toxic Smoke The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang reports that deteriorating air quality across the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast could be "as bad...

Oil Tanker Makes Red Sea U-Turn After Houthi Threats, Reroutes Around Africa In Costly Transit ING's Singapore-based head of commodities, Warren Patterson, was asked during a recent webinar what it would take for Brent crude to exceed $120 a barrel. His answer was "not much," warning that prices could soar well into triple-digit territory if the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked through August and threats to Red Sea shipping intensify. Patterson's warning about disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait echoes concerns voiced across commodity desks...