Choose a tag to find specific types of discusisons.
These are currently the most active tagged discussions.
@ISIDEWITH submitted…1hr1H
Angela Rayner, the deputy leader of the Labour Party, along with other senior politicians, have had to cancel their scheduled appearances at the Glastonbury Festival due to the impending General Election. They were set to participate in discussions and panels, particularly focusing on the upcoming national…
▲ 167 replies
@ISIDEWITH submitted…3hrs3H
The Biden administration wants to keep gas prices stable ahead of the election by encouraging oil to flow into global markets. The effort has run square into another priority: being tough on adversaries Russia, Iran and Venezuela.The policy has led to softer-than-expected sanctions on major oil producers, according to diplomats, former government officials and energy-industry players briefed by current officials.A case in point arrived on Tuesday, when the U.S. levied fresh sanctions against Iran. The measures affect a fraction of the country’s oil exports and are unlikely to gum up global markets, analysts said.“The president has wanted to do everything that he could to make sure that American consumers have the lowest price possible at the pump, as it affects families’ daily lives,” said a senior administration official.Though tensions between Iran and the U.S. have ratcheted up since the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel by Tehran-backed Hamas, exports from Iran surpassed 1.5 million barrels a day this year starting in February, substantially more than at the start of the Biden presidency. Most of that oil is bought by small Chinese refineries at discounted prices.The U.S. and its allies have been “very, very careful not to go too far and damage the ability of Western economies to function,” when it comes to sanctions, said John Smith, partner at Morrison Foerster and former head of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.U.S. diplomats and energy officials have for decades worked around the globe to keep oil flowing, often involving uncomfortable alliances and accommodations.When the Treasury department hit Moscow with a wave of sanctions on June 12 over the Ukraine war, it targeted banks but left the country’s oil industry largely untouched.
▲ 41 reply
At least 11 Americans were among those who died while making the Islamic pilgrimage of hajj to Saudi Arabia this month in searing temperatures, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, adding that it was possible that more deaths could be confirmed in the coming days.In Maryland, the daughter of one couple was still searching for answers about the exact circumstances of her parents’ deaths, and about the actions of the tour operator whom the couple had paid tens of thousands of dollars to help them make the trip.The daughter, Saida Wurie, said she and her brothers had not yet been told where their parents, Isatu and Alieu Wurie, had been buried. She says she plans to travel to Saudi Arabia as soon as she learns where they are.“Losing a loved one is hard,” she said on Tuesday. “But then not being able to bury them is just an indescribable feeling.”
▲ 4
@JusticeSnipe commented…1hr1H
▲ 2
@9PRD6ZC answered…10hrs10H
@ISIDEWITH asked…29mins29m
1 reply
@9PSYK6T answered…2hrs2H
@9PSWJVW answered…3hrs3H
@9PT2JYB answered…29mins29m
@9PT29TQ answered…36mins36m
@9PT29TQ answered…35mins35m
@9PSZVRV answered…48mins48m
@9PSZN7S answered…56mins56m
@9PSZL5B answered…1hr1H
@EnlightenedHoopoe commented…1hr1H
@L1bertarianApricots commented…1hr1H
