Jerusalem’s Latin and Greek Patriarchs Visit Gaza’s Small Christian Community

Oil Dips As Europe Folds - G7 Agrees To 100-Million-Barrel Emergency Release Update (1000ET): French President Macron has just confirmed what we reported earlier, that the G7 has agreed to release as much as 100 million barrels of emergency oil and diesel stocks after pressure from the Trump administration to quell rising fuel prices. The release, being coordinated by the International Energy Agency, will take place over the next four months, Emmanuel Macron, France’s president told journalists in a briefing on Friday. He is also the current chair of the G7...

How The Iran Conflict Opened A New Threat To The Global Monetary System Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup, Midnight fell differently on February 28, 2026. Across trading floors from Singapore to Chicago, monitors flickered with data streams that would soon curdle into panic. At 0400 hours Tehran time, American B-2 Spirit bombers and Israeli F-35I Adir fighters crossed into Iranian airspace, unleashing Operation Epic Fury. Nine hundred strikes in twelve hours. Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, perished in the initial bombardment, his body recovered from the rubble...

Solar Overtakes Coal As China's Largest Power Source Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Solar power has just become the single largest electricity capacity source in China, toppling coal in a landmark achievement of the Chinese renewable energy rollout. Solar power capacity in China stood at 1,286 gigawatts (GW) at the end of July, Chinese media cited the country's National Energy Administration as saying on Tuesday. Thus, solar capacity accounted for 31.5% of total installed power generation in China as of July 31. In July, Chinese authorities said that China would have more installed...