Economy & Finance

World’s First Six-Gen Bomber Completes Aerial Refueling Test Flight Northrop Grumman released new images of its B-21 Raider stealth bomber performing “more advanced stages of flight test” and “aerial refueling.” Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider continues to demonstrate outstanding performance as the program moves into more advanced phases flight test, including aerial refueling. (Photo Credit: U.S. […]

Norway’s Oil Export Earnings Surge 68% Amid Iran War Authored by Alex Komani via OilPrice.com, Norway’s crude oil export earnings surged 67.9% year-on-year in March to a record 57.4 billion kroner ($6.1 billion), primarily driven by soaring global energy prices following the outbreak of the Iran war and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Oil

Gulf War Leaves $58 Billion Repair Bill And Global Equipment Crunch Last week, JPMorgan – which correctly noted that headlines tend to focus on the fact of damage not the scale – was the first itemize the damage from the war in Iran, finding more than 60 energy infrastructure assets in the Gulf have been affected

Germany’s Anti-Immigration AfD Party Jumps To 27%, 4 Points Ahead Of CDU Via Remix News, In a new poll from YouGov, the Alternative for Germany (AfD0 party jumped to 27 percent, now four points ahead of the rival Christian Democrats (CDU), in a sign that the AfD continues to distance itself as the most popular

Drone Attack On Russia’s Tuapse Oil Refinery Unleashes Fire So Large It Can Be Seen From Space Russia and Ukraine have continued trading blows on key oil and energy sites, with the latest being a drone attack targeting Russia’s Tuapse Oil refinery, which unleashed a fire so large it can be picked up by satellites in

Afghan Man Arrested For Series Of Rapes Of Goats And Sheep In France Via Remix News, A 19-year-old Afghan national has been arrested and charged following a series of brutal sexual attacks on goats and sheep in Pennes-Mirabeau, a municipality in Bouches-du-Rhône, near Marseille. The suspect was taken into custody by the anti-crime brigade (BAC)

Mises, Rothbard, & Libertarian ‘Just War’ Theory In The 2026 Iran War Authored by Daniel Lacalle, As of April 2026, the US and Israel are still at war with Iran. The war began on February 28 with surprise bombings that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other high-ranking officials. Since then, attacks on infrastructure have continued, leading to

US Navy Destroyer Shows Off New Launcher For Mystery Weapons The U.S. Navy has quietly equipped one of its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with a previously unseen launcher, reflecting a broader effort to counter the growing threat posed by drones in contested maritime environments, according to TWZ. USS Carl M. Launcher mounted on Levin (DDG 120)

India’s Central Bank Tells Oil Refiners To Stop Buying Dollars On Spot Market By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com India’s central bank has told state-run oil refiners to stop buying dollars in the spot market and instead use a government-backed credit line. That matters because oil is priced in dollars, and refiners are some of the

Last US Convoy Exits Syria After Brutal 14-Year Regime Change Proxy War Widespread reports on Thursday say the very last US military convoy has finally departed Syrian territory, with the years-long occupation of the primarily northeast oil and gas rich sector over in a ‘mission accomplished’ fashion. It brings to a final close the 14-year