Financial Times: The global energy #crisis is nearing a turning point, and oil prices could reach $180 As summer begins, the world is approaching a more dangerous phase of the energy crisis caused by the war in #Iran. Demand for air conditioning and summer travel in the Northern Hemisphere will put greater pressure on reserves of crude oil, gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, while global reserves are declining at the fastest rate on record.
The False Promise of $40 Billion in Insurance for Ships in the Strait of #Hormuz Trump’s $40 billion plan to insure ships in the Strait of Hormuz hasn’t covered a single vessel. Cradle magazine reported: Two months after the U.S. president announced a $40 billion plan to provide insurance for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, not a single dollar of insurance coverage has been paid out.
🌟ICC prosecutors have secretly sought an arrest warrant for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied West Bank. The reported charges include forced displacement, illegal settlement expansion, persecution, and apartheid against Palestinians. The application was reportedly filed on 2 April and is now under review by ICC judges. No warrant has yet been issued🌟
🇮🇷CNN, using satellite imagery, has thoroughly debunked Trump’s claims of “total destruction” of Iran’s missile facilities As it turns out, #Iran simply cleared away the debris from the attacks with bulldozers, and the underground missile complexes are operational once again🇮🇷
😂The Israeli television channel Channel 12 reported that an Israeli official stated: Iran’s Supreme Leader (the Commander of the Revolution, Sayyed Ali Khamenei) has not approved the agreement, and therefore #Trump will not approve it either. The speaker of the Iranian parliament and the foreign minister are not authorized to do so, even if they were to accept the general framework. Disagreements remain, at least according to the latest updates received by Israel😂
👍The Verkhovna Rada has approved the bill ratifying the agreement between Kyiv and the #EU regarding a €90 billion (7.3 trillion rubles)👍
Technician with a soft spot for LPG builds and hands-on Backgammon in Oakland