Report: US Considering Pulling Some Troops Out of the Middle East

World's Largest Refiner Says China's Oil Demand "Very Likely Peaked Last Year" One of the most understated stories of 2026, and the reason why oil (and gas) aren't trading at persistently nosebleed levels (ignore diesel for the time being), has been China's unexpectedly weak oil demand. And while there has been much speculation surrounding the reason for this chronically weak oil demand, ranging from an accelerated - and offsetting - SPR drain, to a dramatic economic slowdown behind the scenes (or even in front of the scenes based on the...

OpenAI Stops Providing AI Models To Cursor Amid Feud With Elon Musk Authored by Dylan Morgan via The Epoch Times, OpenAI said Friday that it plans to stop providing AI models to Cursor, the coding startup now owned by Elon Musk's SpaceX. This continues a years-long public feud between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk, who was a cofounder and board member of OpenAI but left in 2018. SpaceX purchased Cursor for $60 billion in June. "We are making this choice because we cannot be confident that SpaceX will use our technology...

China Blacklists EU Defense, Aerospace Firms Over Taiwan Dealings China has newly placed a slew of EU defense and aerospace firms on a control list, or effectively a new blacklist, reportedly with an eye on Taiwan tensions. It has barred its exporters from supplying dual-use items to seven EU firms, including FN Herstal and Omnipol a.s., according to a statement from the Chinese commerce ministry. The ministry said the measure targets European defense companies that previously sold arms to Taiwan or maintained links with it, and stated the restrictions will not affect...