Ghalibaf Says Iran Won’t Stop Pushing for Full Israeli Withdrawal from Lebanon

Houthi Threats Force Saudi Crude Tanker Onto Suez Route To Asia By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The Houthi threats to shipping in the Red Sea and its chokepoint, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, have forced at least one oil tanker carrying Saudi crude to Asia to choose the much longer route through the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean, and around Africa. The supertanker Olympic Luck, partially laden with Saudi crude at Yanbu on the Red Sea, transited the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean late on Sunday, according to shipping data monitored by Bloomberg. The U-turn...

Los Angeles Ranks Last Among 100 US Metros For Affordability And New Home Construction Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, Des Moines, Iowa, ranked first and Los Angeles ranked last in Realtor.com's inaugural report grading the 100 largest U.S. metros on housing affordability and homebuilding activity. A sign is posted in front of a home for sale in Los Angeles on July 9, 2026. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The results highlighted how local zoning and permitting can affect housing affordability in different areas. The real estate platform's first Metro Affordability and Homebuilding Report...

New York Governor Signs Bills To Preserve Mandatory Vaccines Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to preserve vaccine requirements for children. Hochul, on May 15, signed two bills that decouple New York’s vaccine requirements from the federal government, after the Trump administration rolled back recommendations for hepatitis B and other vaccines. “When public health comes under attack by an anti-science administration, New York fights back,” Hochul, a Democrat, said in a statement. She added that the legislation “protects access to lifesaving vaccines for New...