Escobar On Xi's "Constructive Strategic Stability"

Five Air Force Refueling Planes Struck In Iranian Missile Attack On Saudi Arabia Summary: Five US Air Force refueling planes were struck and damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia: WSJ Over 3 million people forcibly displaced by US-Israeli war on Iran: UN Iran reportedly approves Indian government sending two liquefied petroleum tankers through Hormuz Japan-based USS Tripoli and its attached Marines headed toward Middle East WSJ says Pentagon sends Marine expeditionary unit to Middle East. Oil jumps higher Pentagon has just confirms two additional deaths in Thursday's downing of a...

Turkey Seeks Moscow Permission To Offload S-400s, Paving Way For US F-35 Deal In a move that could break a years-long defense procurement deadlock with Washington, Turkey is finalizing the sale of its Russian S-400 air defense systems to Gulf states, potentially clearing the way for Ankara to buy US F-35 fighter jets, Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reports Friday. For Ankara, offloading the Russian hardware resolves a years-long costly diplomatic and military bottleneck and controversy - a situation which dramatically improved after President Trump gave a clear greenlight during the annual NATO...

France's Champagne Output Set To Crash 48% As Harvest Crisis, Sliding Chinese Demand Batter Vineyards A perfect storm of sliding demand, shrinking vineyard acreage, and weather-damaged yields has sent France's Champagne output forecast for this year plunging. Bloomberg cites new data from the Agriculture Ministry showing that Champagne output is projected to plunge 48% from 2025 to 1.34 million hectoliters. The estimate is based on the latest figures through Sept. 1. The ministry also said that nationwide wine production is expected to fall 6% to 34 million hectoliters, putting the harvest...