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U.S. Says Cuba Is Prohibited from Taking Russian Oil as Two Tankers Head to Island
March 20th, 2026Via: CNBC: The U.S. Treasury Department has said Cuba won’t be allowed to take delivery of Russian crude, even as the fuel-starved island appears poised to receive two tankers carrying oil and gas.
“To Put It Mildly, This Is Bananas”: U.S. Considers Lifting Sanctions On Iranian Oil As Attacks On Iran Continue
March 19th, 2026Via: BBC: The US is weighing lifting sanctions on some Iranian oil, as it scrambles to contain the impact of its war in Iran on energy markets. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent put forward the idea in a Fox interview, saying it could make more oil available to global buyers. Around the world, energy prices are […]
Scientists Turn Mosquitoes Into a Vaccination Tool to Immunize Bats Against Rabies
March 19th, 2026Via: Telegraph: Mosquitoes typically spread disease, rather than prevent it, but Chinese scientists have proposed using the insects as an unlikely vector to deliver vaccines to bats. In a study published in Science Advances journal, researchers designed mosquitoes which carry an immunisation for rabies and Nipah viruses within their saliva. This is transferred when bats […]
And Now… Pentagon Requests $200 Billion for Iran War
March 19th, 2026Via: Independent: The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion funding request to Congress for the war in Iran, according to a new report. It’s been nearly three weeks since the U.S, along with Israel, began launching strikes against Iran to “dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus,” according to […]
Executive Office of the President Registered the Domain Aliens.gov
March 18th, 2026Via: 404media: The Executive Office of the President registered the domain aliens.gov on Wednesday a little after 6:30 AM according to a bot that monitors federal domains. There’s no associated website just yet, but the registration comes a month after Trump said he would direct the government to release files related to aliens and UFOs […]
IRAN THREATENS TO STRIKE GULF ENERGY FACILITIES AFTER SOUTH PARS ATTACK
March 18th, 2026Via: Al Jazeera: Iran has threatened to attack oil and gas facilities in the Gulf region in retaliation for an Israeli strike on its South Pars gasfield as the fallout from the United States-Israeli war on the country continues to escalate. In a statement shared by Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency on Wednesday, Iranian authorities […]
Trump After Other Countries Refuse to Join U.S. and Israel in War Against Iran: ‘WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE’
March 17th, 2026And this was a wildly nuts exchange! “When Pepe has his big sugar ships coming around…” pic.twitter.com/zGbKZHl59x — Heisenzerp ???? (@HeisenZerp_) March 16, 2026 Via: Politico: President Donald Trump on Tuesday fumed at longtime American allies he says aren’t doing enough to help the U.S. and Israel in their war against Iran, now arguing that […]
William McCasland Link to Missing Rocket Engineer Monica Jacinto Reza
March 17th, 2026Via: The Sentinel Briefing: On June 22, 2025, a 60-year-old woman waved at her hiking companion on a ridgeline in the Angeles National Forest. She was 30 feet behind him. Bright red shirt. Green hiking pants. Clear weather. A route she hiked every week. That wave is the last confirmed contact anyone had with Monica […]
Secretary Hegseth on the Strait of Hormuz: DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT
March 13th, 2026There’s a disconnect between what U.S. leadership is saying and what’s happening on the ground, or, more accurately, on the water around Iran. U.S. military strategists still aren’t fully comprehending the paradigm changing impact of unmanned systems. They, mistakenly, thought that destroying Iran’s traditional naval capacity would be enough to keep the Strait of Hormuz […]
Thousands of Chinese Boats Mass at Sea in Geometric Formations
March 13th, 2026Via: AFP: Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that experts believe are part of Beijing’s preparations for a potential regional crisis or conflict. Monitoring ship-tracking data on Christmas Day, Jason Wang could tell something “unusual” was underway as fishing boats swarmed into […]
