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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Hospitalized In Critical Condition Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent Iranian human rights activist, remains in critical condition in a hospital in Zanjan, northwestern Iran, after collapsing in prison last week with severe cardiac distress. She was transferred by ambulance to the local hospital’s coronary care unit on Friday, May 1, 2026, following repeated episodes of loss of consciousness, extreme chest pain, and blood pressure fluctuations, the NY Times reports. Narges Mohammadi poses in an undated photo provided by her family. The Nobel...

Futures, Gold Slide, Oil Jumps After Iran Peace Talks Delayed With US markets closed for the Juneteenth holiday, global stocks are ending a strong week on a cautious note as the recent relief over an interim peace deal between the US and Iran gave way to a focus on the challenges of securing a lasting agreement. As of 8:30am, S&P 500 futures slid 0.4% after the benchmark posted its best week since the end of May (despite the drop, the S&P is still up on the week, and up 11 of the past 12). Europe’s Stoxx...

Uranium Supply Crunch Worsens Amid Kazakhstan’s Plan For Strategic Reserve Drawing further attention to the global uranium supply-demand mismatch that we've been pounding the table on since 2020, Kazakhstan has outlined plans to accelerate exploration and create a strategic reserve for the nuclear fuel.  We've repeatedly emphasized that the US is not moving fast enough if it hopes to secure fuel for its reactor fleet… US Is Rapidly Expanding Its Nuclear Supply Chain: It's Not Nearly Fast Enough https://t.co/gly9hVAKnr — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 19, 2026 More countries are likely to announce strategic uranium reserves...