Another Tanker Struck In Strait Of Hormuz As Iran's President Heads To NY

Germany Inks Deal To Buy US Tomahawks, Filling Long-Range Capability Gap German Chancellor Friedrich Merz newly announced Thursday that his government has struck a deal with the United States to buy American-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them in Germany. "On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara we also agreed with the American government that Tomahawk missiles would be purchased by us and stationed in Germany," Merz said. "With this we are closing an important strategic gap in our defense. And at the same time we will work on developing...

Copper Hits All-Time-High As Physical Economy Reprices Scarcity Copper futures in London reached a record high on Tuesday as expectations of US tariffs drew record volumes from the seaborne market into US warehouses, tightening availability elsewhere despite subdued demand. As we highlighted on Monday, deteriorating conditions across global mining operations are adding to supply woes. Benchmark three-month futures on the LME gained nearly 1% to reach $14,533 a ton, exceeding January's peak before trimming some of those gains. Dr. Copper is breaking out...but this isn’t mainly a growth signal. Tariffs sparked the squeeze....

Trump Bans CNN, MSNBC And Politico From White House Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Sept. 18 said he has banned three news outlets from the White House. Trump said on Truth Social that he was, effective immediately, banning CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” The president added: “Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United...