U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday via social media that the U.S. Navy would “immediately” initiate a blockade aimed at preventing vessels from entering or exiting the Strait of Hormuz. The move follows the suspension of peace talks with Iran in Pakistan and signals a renewed push by Washington to assert strategic control over […] Read more
Donald Trump has warned that he could destroy Iran’s key infrastructure, including power stations, oil fields, desalination facilities, and Kharg Island, if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened immediately. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the U.S. is engaged in “serious discussions” with what he described as a more reasonable regime to […] Read more
Donald Trump has sharply rebuffed Benjamin Netanyahu’s push for the U.S. to incite a violent street uprising aimed at toppling the Iranian regime. “Why should we tell people to take to the streets when they’ll just get mowed down?” Trump reportedly told the Israeli prime minister during a call last week. The conversation came hours […] Read more
Iranian missiles hit two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings destroyed and dozens injured in strikes carried out not far from Israel’s main nuclear research facility. The attacks followed earlier strikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment site and marked a sharp escalation in the widening conflict. At the same time, U.S. President Donald […] Read more
BEIJING — China, possessor of the world’s largest oil refining sector, has announced its readiness to assist Southeast Asian nations in mitigating energy security challenges arising from the ongoing war in Iran. In a statement on Thursday, Beijing also issued a call for an immediate cessation of military operations in the Middle East to stabilize […] Read more
President Donald Trump has issued a severe warning to Tehran, pledging that the United States would “massively blow up the entirety” of the South Pars natural gas field—the world’s largest—should Iran launch further attacks against Qatar. The statement, released via social media on Wednesday night, follows a series of rapid military escalations in the region: […] Read more
Escalating tensions between Iran, the United States, and Israel have intensified geopolitical uncertainty and disrupted global energy markets. Iran has warned that it will block oil exports from the Middle East if attacks by the United States and Israel continue. In response, U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened severe retaliation, signaling the possibility of a […] Read more
The delta variant was first detected in India last October and it led to a massive second wave of Covid-19 cases in the country. Since then, the highly infectious strain has spread globally. The variant has usurped the previously dominant alpha variant, first detected in the U.K. last fall, and has prompted further waves of infections in […] Read more
In March last year, a top venture capital firm described Covid-19 as the “black swan of 2020.” “Private financings could soften significantly, as happened in 2001 and 2009,” Sequoia Capital told portfolio company founders and CEOs in a memo reminiscent of its “R.I.P. Good Times” presentation in the 2008 crisis. Fast forward to July 2021, […] Read more
People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are still getting infected with the delta variant, but global health officials said the shots have protected most people from getting severely sick or dying. “There are reports coming in that vaccinated populations have cases of infection, particularly with the delta variant,” Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the World Health […] Read more
