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Six million barrels a day of oil still aren’t getting through the Strait of Hormuz, and Tracy Shuchart says markets are still tightening. The NinjaTrader Live senior economist explains why lost GCC production won’t come back quickly, why crack spreads are signaling stress, and why the global refining shortage could get worse heading into winter. Chapters:0:00 Tracy Shuchart on the Strait of Hormuz and Tightening Oil Markets1:07 Crack Spreads, Russian Refineries, and the Global Refining Shortage2:50 Fall Refinery Maintenance and a Dire Winter Setup3:22 Why a US Diesel Export Ban Would Backfire4:45 Gold vs. Bitcoin: Why Hard Assets Are Holding…

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage will stream through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live Crew‑13 is scheduled to launch at 11:10 a.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 1, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with docking planned for about 7 p.m. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station for…

Donna Miller, the Democratic candidate to represent Illinois’ 2nd district, has typical redbox language on her campaign website, donnaforcongress.com. The campaign website for the Republican Senate nominee in Alabama contains a blunt directive: “saturate” local airwaves with video of President Donald Trump’s endorsement. A Democratic House candidate in California goes even further, posting a link to a detailed menu of messaging timelines, languages, topics and markets down to the ZIP code. None of it is aimed at voters. It’s directed straight at the super PACs producing ads to support those candidates. And it’s perfectly legal. Federal Election Commission rules bar…

It has been almost three years since Hamas kicked off a regional war when its cadres and members of other Palestinian extremist groups slaughtered about 1,200 Israelis. In the endless Middle East news cycles since, there has been extensive coverage of Gaza, Israel, Hamas, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Syria, Qatar, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Houthis, but very little about Egypt. In some ways, it is curious, because Egypt is the most populous Arab country, boasts the region’s biggest military, and is supposed to be the most influential state among members of the Arab League. In other…

Modelling by Sydney airport’s air traffic control operators predicted elevated fatigue risks for staff at the time of a series of major safety incidents, with a review identifying runway incursions and near misses at 20% above national averages.Staffing gaps at Sydney airport are being investigated as a key factor in four incidents in July and August this year, according to the investigating authority, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau [ATSB].Angus Mitchell, the ATSB chief commissioner, released preliminary investigation reports on Wednesday that confirmed staffing levels had “emerged as a recurring area of enquiry”.Air Services Australia, which operates the tower, had predicted…

Gianni Infantino has indicated a greater amount of money could be distributed to Fifa members from its estimated £4.4bn cash reserves.In a letter seen by BBC Sport, and sent to the governing body’s six continental confederations on Monday, Fifa president Infantino said he would support “the greatest level of additional funding that can responsibly be delivered”.Infantino has come under increasing pressure over his aborted Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan, which proposed selling stakes in the World Cup and other competitions to private investors, sparking a major backlash.His letter comes after Uefa and Concacaf – the confederations for Europe and North…

Trump also reiterated his support for the rapid expansion of data centres – the crucial computing infrastructure that powers AI.The rollout of data centres has drawn pushback around the country over concerns about electricity usage and their potential impact on from communities.Data centre construction has also emerged as a potential political obstacle for Trump’s Republican party ahead of the US midterm elections in November.A survey conducted by Marist Poll in partnership with NPR and PBS News, external earlier this month found that 65% of registered voters opposed data centres being built in their areas.Responding to those concerns, Trump said tech…

AI agents are moving into production faster than security teams can track them. They hold credentials, carry entitlements, and act on systems of record, yet most enterprises cannot say which agents are running, who owns them, or whether anyone can stop them. Gartner expects a typical Global Fortune 500 enterprise to run roughly 150,000 AI agents by 2028, up from fewer than 15 in 2025, while only 13% of organizations believe they have the right agent governance in place. At The AI Conference in San Francisco, RSA announced RSA Agent ID, an agentic identity security platform for regulated industries such…

Signal, the secure messaging app, released version 8.30, completing the rollout of its secure backups feature across all supported operating systems (Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows). The feature, introduced on Android nearly a year ago, lets users create end-to-end encrypted backups of their chats and restore them on other devices if they lose their phone. The backup system supports two options: Signal-hosted backups, limited to 45 days of media and 128 KB per message for free users (100 GB in paid plans), and on-device, local backups, with no size restrictions. Backups for both options are encrypted and require a…

When Bitcoin fell from $125K to $60K, not one of the 15 major institutions Bitwise interviewed sold, and many bought more. Ryan Rasmussen, head of research at Bitwise, breaks down the firm’s first institutional crypto adoption report, covering pensions, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds, and why they treat Bitcoin alongside gold as a hedge against debasement. Chapters:0:00 Ryan Rasmussen on Bitwise’s Institutional Crypto Adoption Report0:49 Why No Institutions Sold Bitcoin During the Bear Market1:45 Wells Fargo’s 2–3% Bitcoin Allocation and the Debasement Thesis3:45 Fidelity, BlackRock, and 2–8% Bitcoin Allocations4:50 How ETFs Made This Bitcoin Bear Market Shallower6:24 $2.5B in…