Trump’s strikes on Iran, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have driven oil prices up, with a barrel of Brent crude, a major oil benchmark, hitting a four-year high of $126 on Thursday. It has since fallen back to $111 but it was trading at around $73 before the war broke out…
The U.S. indictment of a Mexican governor has spotlighted cartel corruption, strained cross-border relations and handed President Claudia Sheinbaum a thorny choice. Source link
The chairs of the House and Senate armed services committees say withdrawing 5,000 service personnel risked undermining deterrence. Source link
Comey was indicted for posting a photo of seashells that spelled “86 47,” which the Justice Department has deemed as a threat to the president. Source link
The Lipton Cup, stolen from a Glasgow museum, is valued at nearly £500,000 but as a symbol of sportsmanship some regard it as priceless. Source link
The chairs of the House and Senate armed services committees say withdrawing 5,000 service personnel risked undermining deterrence. Source link
It has been over two months since one of the world’s key oil chokepoints was shut down. And it has meant a seismic global readjustment and a number of creative workarounds. Source link
ST. LOUIS — Dodgers right-hander Emmet Sheehan first met MLB.com researcher extraordinaire Sarah Langs during the World Series last year. But he’d known of her before that. Langs, who turned 33 on Saturday, made her mark on the industry early in her career. Even as a young writer, her talent for digging up interesting stats, along with…
Parliament’s spending watchdog has held up a successful large-scale public sector tech transformation as a rare example worth emulating, in a striking departure from the usual diet of failure and overspend. Reporting on the implementation of the Bank of England’s £431 million Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, the Public Accounts Committee said the UK central…
Empirical research on AI and mental health is burgeoning. Some studies are using waitlist controls. Here’s what you need to know. An AI Insider analysis and scoop. Source link