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Business

The Iran War Made Europe's Oil Traders $4.75 Billion. Their US Rivals Missed Out.

BP, Shell, and TotalEnergies generated up to $4.75 billion in trading profits from Iran war volatility. Their American competitors have no equivalent numbers to show.

Maynard Keys May 11, 2026

Business

Trump Mobile Collected $59 Million and Shipped Nothing

$59 million in customer deposits, 590,000 buyers, and revised terms saying payments 'do not create a binding legal contract.' Nearly a year later, Trump Mobile has not shipped a single phone.

Maynard Keys May 11, 2026

World

Two 'Unidentified Flying Objects' Struck a Korean Ship in Hormuz. Nobody Will Say What They Were.

South Korea's investigators confirmed two airborne objects hit the HMM Namu on May 4, leaving a 7-meter gash in the hull. They captured the strike on CCTV. They cannot — or will not — say what the objects were.

Von Clause May 11, 2026

Politics

Landslide to Leadership Crisis: Starmer Fights to Survive

Keir Starmer won a landslide in 2024. Less than two years later, a backbencher is roughly 10 nominations from triggering a formal leadership contest — and at least 40 of his own MPs want him gone.

Von Clause May 11, 2026

Business

Three Days' Notice: The UAE Walks Out of OPEC as the Iran War Fractures the Gulf

Israel deployed Iron Dome to defend Emirati airspace. Days later, Abu Dhabi walked out of OPEC without calling Riyadh. The Iran war didn't just disrupt oil supply — it broke the Gulf's security architecture.

Maynard Keys May 10, 2026

World

Ceasefire Dead, Stakes Raised: Netanyahu Demands Iran's Uranium Be Removed

Iran offered to dilute some uranium and send the rest to a third country. Trump said 'TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.' Netanyahu went on CBS and said the material must be physically removed. The diplomatic window is shut, and nobody's war aims overlap.

Von Clause May 10, 2026

Health

Hantavirus Reached the World's Most Remote Island. The Response Was Paratroopers.

A suspected hantavirus patient was running out of oxygen on an island with no airstrip, 2,400 km from the nearest land. So eight people jumped from the sky.

Carl Sage May 10, 2026

Environment

Europe's Climate Lifeline Is Fading Far Faster Than Predicted

The climate models that best match real-world ocean data are the ones showing the steepest decline in the Atlantic's heat-carrying current system. A roughly 50 percent slowdown by 2100 is no longer the worst case — it is the best estimate.

Rae Carlsen May 10, 2026

Business

China Walks Into Seoul With Rare Earths in One Hand and Leverage in the Other

Chinese officials are privately signaling they're no longer worried about US tariffs. The reason: they control $1.2 trillion in American economic output and the minerals the Pentagon needs to rearm.

Maynard Keys May 10, 2026