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US Embassy Warns Americans Against Renting Jet Skis In The Bahamas Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Embassy in Nassau issued a security alert on June 15, urging American citizens to avoid renting jet skis in The Bahamas, citing security risks and a lack of safety regulation enforcement. The warning comes amid reports of sexual assault cases involving jet ski operators and injuries linked to jet ski incidents in the country. The alert advised U.S. citizens to be wary of solicitations from jet ski operators near the Cruise Port,...

Hormuz Oil Flows Rebound To Two-Thirds Prewar Level As Iran's Grip Erodes, Attacks 19 Ships Rory Johnston, a Toronto-based oil analyst and the founder of Commodity Context, an independent oil market research firm, wrote on X this weekend that oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have recovered to roughly two-thirds of prewar levels, driven by a surge in Saudi exports. This suggests that Tehran's leverage over the critical maritime chokepoint has eroded. "Hormuz oil flows can't possibly be above 13 MMbpd bc crude is over $100," Johnston wrote in the...

Federal Judge Rules Race-Based Portion Of Houston Program Unconstitutional Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Tuesday permanently barred the city of Houston from enforcing the race-based parts of a program that includes numerical goals for awarding public contracts to minority-owned businesses, ruling that doing so is in violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. A judge's gavel, in this file photo. Andrew Kelly/Reuters U.S. District Judge David Hittner described his decision as the first to extend the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 ruling against race-conscious...