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  • U.S. Approval Ratings Retreat After Afghanistan Withdrawal

    After a strong rebound during President Joe Biden's first six months in office, approval ratings of U.S. leadership around the world slipped in the second half of the year, coinciding with the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

  • U.S. Steals OPEC+ Thunder With Historic Emergency Oil Stock Release

    Russia is the world’s third-largest oil producer after the United States and Saudi Arabia and the largest exporter, accounting for roughly 12% of global trade, according to the IEA. It exports around 5 mb/d of crude oil, of which 60% goes to Europe and another 20% to China. Exports of refined products occupy an even larger space, accounting for 15% of global refined product trade, including diesel, a fuel used in industry and agriculture.

  • Politics, not substance, seen guiding U.S. and Iran on terror listing

    "It's the administration-wide assessment that it would not have a significant – if any – impact," said a senior U.S. official on condition of anonymity. This is in part because the IRGC would remain sanctioned as a "specially designated global terrorist" (SDGT) on a separate U.S. blacklist list created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

  • Climate Change Proposals Favored by Solid Majorities in U.S.

    Americans widely favor each of six proposals designed to limit greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Support ranges from 59% in favor of spending federal money for building more electric vehicle charging stations in the U.S. up to 89% for providing tax credits to Americans who install clean energy systems in their homes.

  • Iran Says Nuclear Deal in ‘E.R.’ Hanging on U.S. Decision

    Iran said the 2015 nuclear deal is alive but lingering in the “emergency room,” with its fate resting on a decision by the U.S. that could lift sanctions on Tehran’s economy and oil exports. Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, told reporters the Islamic Republic had finalized all the details needed to revive the landmark accord with other world powers involved in stalled negotiations in Vienna.

  • Lucid Group: Highest Credit Rating Amongst U.S. Carmakers

    Lucid has a clear-cut path to emulate Tesla’s long-term growth, but trades at a paltry 3.8% of Tesla’s current market cap.

  • U.S. Power and Influence in the Middle East: Part Five

    You went to Iraq with goals of democratization and then left it to Iran. That raised a lot of questions about the credibility of U.S. foreign policy, especially as a superpower. Those question marks have harmed America a lot.

  • Oil Slumps as U.S. Weighs Reserves Release to Combat Inflation

    The U.S. could release as much as 180 million barrels from its reserves, the people said, providing relief to a market that’s dangerously tight due to the war in Europe. The invasion has fanned inflation and led to wild volatility across commodity markets, with global benchmark Brent crude set for the widest trading range on record this month.

  • Oil Slumps as U.S. Weighs Reserves Release to Combat Inflation

    West Texas Intermediate futures fell more than 4% to trade near $103 a barrel, trimming a fourth monthly gain. The U.S. is considering a release of roughly 1 million barrels of oil a day for several months, said people familiar with the matter. The news comes ahead of an OPEC+ meeting Thursday and follows calls by Saudi Arabia for the U.S. to trust its strategy of managing the market.

  • U.S. trial begins for member of Islamic State ‘Beatles’ cell

    Elsheikh was one of four ISIS militants belonging to the four-member Islamic State cell. The cell garnered international attention after releasing videos of the murders of U.S. journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and aid workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig, among other victims.