Jet Fuel Shortage Deepens Pressure On Global Airlines

'Obvious Dangers': Gabbard Probing US Funding To International Biolabs Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and other intelligence officials are investigating U.S. funding to overseas laboratories handling biological research. Initial searches of intelligence files showed that the U.S. government has provided money to more than 120 biolaboratories in more than 30 countries, a spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told The Epoch Times in an email on May 12. That includes biolabs in Ukraine that “may be at risk of...

UBS Warns El Nino May Intensify Food Inflation Across Asia By now, readers have a clear understanding that the Gulf-driven energy shock is on course to collide with a potential super El Niño weather event, creating what could be a dangerous second-order shock to food supply chains around the world. The concern is that extreme heat and disrupted rainfall patterns could hit top agricultural growing belts, dent harvest output, and amplify existing supply stress. Even before those weather-driven impacts fully materialize, global food prices are already rising, suggesting that...

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to seize Lebanese territory if Beirut does not prevent Hezbollah from attacking Israel. Israeli forces occupy  “Hezbollah launched heavy barrages toward the State of Israel yesterday. The IDF responded forcefully in the Dahiyeh [the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold] and against Hezbollah targets across Lebanon,” Katz stated […]