At Least One Killed by Israel in Lebanon Since US-Iran Deal Announcement

Goldman Sees Risk Of Food Price Spike Amid Fertilizer Disruption The conversation grows louder by the day as disruption at the Hormuz chokepoint hits the global nitrogen fertilizer market and, in turn, is set to impact upcoming corn and grain harvests in some key growing regions. Goldman commodity analysts Lina Thomas and Daan Struyven penned a note on Tuesday warning clients that chokepoint risks in the Strait of Hormuz may affect global agricultural prices. "The Strait of Hormuz is a critical route in the global nitrogen fertilizer market, which accounts...

Victor Hanson: What Is It With The Fickle Europeans? Via The Daily Signal, This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” podcast from Daily Signal. What is it with the fickle Europeans? I know that they have different interests than ours, but we’re both Western entities. You’d think that we’d be more collaborative on the effort to disarm and denuclearize Iran. But a lot of strange things are happening. The traditional use of the Diego Garcia critical airbase in the Indian Ocean, run by the British,...

The 'Leading UK Scientists' Letter Urging Abandonment Of North Sea Is Ideology Masquerading As Science Authored by Tilak Doshi via Tilak’s Substack, The Financial Times reported on Good Friday that “more than 65 leading UK scientists” had signed an open letter, published as a Google Doc, urging the Government to abandon new North Sea oil and gas drilling in favour of renewables. “Here is the scientific establishment speaking with one voice,” the FT tells us, warning against the supposed folly of extracting what remains of Britain’s hydrocarbon resources and to choose renewables that, according to the scientist-signatories, provide...