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Is the Gulf losing its grip on the oil world?

One of the most striking features of the Iran war has been the resilience of the global oil market. Despite the disruption of flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil transit chokepoint, prices have generally hovered around US$100 per barrel – a lower

Asia

The Scary Thing Trump Might Do on His Birthday

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Officials in Greenland are worried that President Trump will move forward on his push to increase the United States’s role there around the time of the president’s

The meatseller

Selinna is 15 when she leaves her home in Nigeria, bound for Italy, a journey as perilous as it is transformative - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Zohran Mamdani Gets It. Abigail Spanberger Does Not.

Since Donald Trump’s reelection, progressive and moderate Democrats have spent a lot of time fighting over differences in their approaches to campaign messaging and strategy. But the differences that matter most are those that occur after an election, when it’s time to govern.

Senate Republicans battle over future of parliamentarian

Some Senate Republican aides say there is growing support within the Senate GOP conference for ousting the parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, after she ruled against a proposal to provide $1 billion for the White House ballroom, a move that would drastically change how the

Pope Leo’s Vital Message About Work in the Age of AI

“The dignity of work” is a somewhat old-fashioned phrase that’s seldom uttered these days. The left tends to view it with suspicion because it sounds like a justification for mandatory work requirements for Medicaid and food stamps . The right rarely utters it because it risks

Pope Leo XIV Takes on the Silicon Valley Oligarchy

Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas , on Monday. The 42,000-word statement is being described by major media outlets as centering on the rise of artificial intelligence and the moral, spiritual, and social challenges that it poses to modern society.

Ebola’s threat in Uganda extends far beyond public health

QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK, Uganda — Located about 200 miles from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Congo, the fears of infection here are low. Yet the anxiety over the consequences of the public health crisis is sky-high in places like Katunguru in western Uganda,