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The Question This Week Is "Does Trump Go Back To The Well On Bombing Iran?"
The Question This Week Is "Does Trump Go Back To The Well On Bombing Iran?"
By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank
Hormuz diary, day 79. The strait remains functionally closed and global crude and refined product stocks are rapidly drawing down. President Trump has returned from Beijing after much bonhomie with no concrete commitments from China to help get shipping moving again, though the American side has claimed that China wants the strait to re-open with no tolls imposed and has committed to buy at least $17bn of US...
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According to UN calculations, the world's population will cross the 10-billion mark in 2061.
However, as Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, by the end of the century, this number will have started to decline slightly, having reached a high around 10.3 billion in 2084. Leading up to this reversal, the growth of the global populace has actually been slowing down for decades, as seen in numbers by the UN Population Division. The organization celebrated World Population Day on Saturday.
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Jul 13, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Where It Costs The Most To Own A Car In America
Where It Costs The Most To Own A Car In America
Buying a car is only the beginning. Every year afterward, drivers face a steady stream of expenses—from insurance and fuel to repairs and taxes—that can add up to thousands of dollars.
Using data from LendingTree, Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld created this map comparing average annual car ownership costs across every U.S. state and Washington D.C., excluding car payments, revealing where those ongoing expenses place the biggest burden on drivers.
The Annual Car Ownership Costs by State
Here’s how annual ownership costs compare across...
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Jun 2, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
US Fires a Hellfire Missile at Another Commercial Ship Attempting To Reach Iran
US Central Command said on Tuesday that its forces fired a Hellfire missile into another commercial ship, marking the second such incident in recent days as the US continues to attack civilian ships to enforce a blockade on Iranian ports. “US Central Command (CENTCOM) enforced blockade measures against Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie as it transited international […]
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