China's Provinces Show Evidence Of Financial Pressure And The Economy's Imbalances

Fire Erupts At Major Australian Refinery, Amplifying Fuel Shock As "Green" Killed Refining Buffer Australia's failed "green" domestic energy policies had already sparked a fuel-supply shock shortly after the U.S.-Iran conflict disrupted tankers at the Hormuz chokepoint. Now, a fire has broken out at the larger of Australia's two remaining oil refineries, adding even more fuel supply woes.  Victoria state fire authorities said the blaze erupted at Viva Energy's 120,000-barrel-per-day Geelong refinery, one of only two operating oil refineries left in Australia. The refinery accounts for roughly...

Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court To Revive Third-Country Deportations The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 24 to revive its third-country deportation program that sends deportees to countries that were not named in their removal orders. The Trump administration has said it removes individuals to third countries when it cannot quickly return them to their home countries. However, critics say the policy is used to bypass legal restrictions and deter illegal immigration. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy, adopted in March 2025, allows immigration officials to deport...

New strikes and new demolitions were reported across southern Lebanon this weekend following last week’s talks in Rome. Troops detonated homes in the south and set fires further east in the Bekaa Valley. Three Lebanese soldiers were reported wounded over the weekend in an incident involving unexploded ordinance. The incident was particularly noteworthy because it […]