China Firmly Rejects US Demand To Back Its 'Most Crushing Economic Operation' Against Iran

A Serious Country Does Not Swap Its Greatest Leader On Banknotes For Little Animals Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, The Bank of England has now admitted the quiet part out loud. Historical figures including Winston Churchill were removed from future banknotes after researchers told officials they were "elitist and divisive." The move replaces British legends with wildlife in a calculated step to sideline national heroes and accelerate cultural replacement. This is not a neutral design update. It is institutional capture in action, where the man who rallied Britain against Nazi tyranny gets...

Houston Mayor Curbs ICE Cooperation Days After Abbott Loses - And Says Texas' New Leaders Are On Board Houston Mayor John Whitmire has ordered the city's police to stop calling ICE on anyone who isn't arrested for a jailable offense, and says he cleared it with the Democrats who just won Texas. "SB4 is not a priority of the new statewide elected officials," Whitmire told reporters Friday, three days after Gov. Greg Abbott lost his bid for a fourth term. Lucio Vasquez/Houston Public MediaFILE – Houston Mayor John Whitmire at City...

Russia's Oil Revenue Sinks As Urals Falls To $59 Submitted by Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com Russia collected 326.2 billion rubles, or about $3.76 billion, in net oil revenue in August, down 22% from a year earlier and the lowest monthly total since February. Russia’s tax authority calculated August oil revenues using a crude price of just over $59 per barrel. Urals, Russia’s main export grade, averaged almost $95 per barrel during the spring after the Iran war pushed buyers toward barrels outside the Persian Gulf. Total Russian oil and gas revenue fell 16%...