A pair of reports from Department of Agriculture economists project a drop in American grain and oilseed production and overseas stocks on hand, prolonging a bump in commodity prices. The forecasts — monthly Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports — … Read More
Ruling comes after the court blocked caps on religious service attendance in New York. The Supreme Court gave a positive sign to a California church fighting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on the number of people allowed at houses of worship due to the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Everyone is bracing for the most stringent lock-downs yet. Compliance was gained when they told us it was a two-week exercise to “flatten the curve.” When the “curve was flattened,” they told us just a bit longer … Read More
The Trump administration has refused to allow members of President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team to meet with officials at U.S. intelligence agencies that are controlled by the Pentagon, undermining prospects for a smooth transfer of power, current, and former U.S. … Read More
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the shock a no-deal Brexit would bring would be the “last thing” citizens need. Crunch Brexit talks between the EU and the UK aimed at avoiding a no-deal have been paused because of a lack of … Read More
Report says ex-PM Olmert played a top-secret recording of Fakhrizadeh for President Bush in decisive 2008 meeting that boosted US-Israel cooperation against Iran’s nuclear program. Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. (Agencies) Israel intelligence managed to recruit an Iranian official close … Read More
The issue dates back to 1924, when the Supreme Muslim Council accepted Hussein bin Ali (Sharif of Mecca) as custodian of Al-Aqsa Mosque. WORSHIPERS ATTEND a prayer service at al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on July 31. (photo credit: … Read More
US Secretary of State championed efforts to ease relations between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media in Washington. Reuters US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned the incoming Biden administration against warming … Read More
How worried should we be? Here’s What You Need to Know: While Russia’s military is smaller than during the Cold War, it still fields a powerful force of howitzers, multiple rocket launchers, and ballistic missiles. The U.S. Army’s big guns … Read More
The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran’s leading nuclear weapons scientist, could set off a tinder box of violence between Iran, Israel and the United States — and put the incoming Biden administration in a tight spot when it comes to resetting … Read More