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Maersk Lifts Outlook As Wall Street Questions Whether Freight Tailwinds Can Last A.P. Moller-Maersk shares rose in Copenhagen trading after the world's second-largest container carrier surprised analysts by raising its full-year profit outlook, citing stronger-than-expected containerized demand, particularly across Asia. The upbeat guidance suggests the global container market has remained resilient despite earlier Hormuz-related chokepoint disruptions, with global shipping demand holding. The Danish shipping and logistics giant now expects global container volumes to grow about 4% this year, up from its prior forecast of 2% to 4%. It also lifted guidance...

President Donald Trump said he would order another round of attacks on Iran.  On Sunday, the US bombed an Iranian military site on Larak Island. Washington claimed that the IRGC was preparing to fire a rocket to mine the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran responded by targeting an American military base in Jordan.  On Monday, Trump […]

Cuba Crisis: Assessing The Claims Against Havana By Patrick Pillow Via The Libertarian Institute When President Donald Trump declared Cuba an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to US national security in a January 2026 Executive Order, the designation was accompanied by a series of sweeping claims. Among them were accusations that Cuba “provides support” to Russia, China, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah, that it “supports terrorism,” and that the Cuban government supports actors who “seek to destroy the United States.” What began as a discussion over Cuban intelligence capabilities has now expanded into a much broader narrative...