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As inventories run dry and the Iran war continues to disrupt transit routes, oil has surged back to more than $100 per barrel. Diesel fuel—the workhorse of the agricultural and trucking sectors—has now soared to historic highs, pushing U.S. exports to record levels. With the U.S. midterm elections approaching, Republicans in farm states such as Iowa and Nebraska are demanding relief. In response, U.S. President Donald Trump has endorsed a flawed idea from the 1970s: banning exports. Keeping energy at home to lower prices may seem like common sense, but in reality, this would backfire. If enacted, a diesel export…

“Alaska Legislature Asks Trump to Retain Denali’s Name Instead of Change It to Mount McKinley.” AP News, 7 Feb. 2025, https://apnews.com/article/trump-denali-mount-mckinley-alaska-2fbff88e1845e066a65cbabfa17284ae. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.Barrett, Amanda. “AP Style Guidance on Gulf of Mexico, Mount McKinley | the Associated Press.” The Associated Press, 11 Feb. 2025, https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/announcements/ap-style-guidance-on-gulf-of-mexico-mount-mckinley/. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.Bauder, David. “AP and Trump Administration Argue Access Case Before Federal Appeals Court.” AP News, 24 Nov. 2025, https://apnews.com/article/ap-trump-media-access-pool-gulf-mexico-america-9a6667aae9743032c51c42c5e4f7dedc. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.Chia, Osmond. “Trump Super Intelligence: Will the President’s Attempt to Rebrand AI Work?” BBC, 23 Sept. 2026, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqy4z9pv4w0po. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.Executive Order 14172—Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness.…

One of France’s top generals, former Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour (Légion d’honneur) Benoît Puga was taken into police custody last week as part of a police investigation into whether he received bribes in exchange for putting nominees forward for prestigious national honours. Puga was head of the body that awards the Legion of Honour from 2016 to 2023. The five-star general also served as chief of staff to the president at the Élysée Palace under former French leaders Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande. He was taken into police custody in the morning on September 22 and released the…

D’après la mesure, les ressortissants étrangers de pays tiers (soit hors Union européenne, espace économique européen et Suisse), devront justifier d’un an de résidence régulière dans l’Hexagone avant de pouvoir bénéficier de certaines prestations familiales. Aujourd’hui, les étrangers en situation régulière peuvent bénéficier des prestations familiales, sans durée minimale de résidence, même si des délais existent déjà pour certaines aides comme le RSA (5 ans) ou l’allocation de solidarité aux personnes âgées (10 ans). En plus des allocations familiales, l’article concocté par la direction de la Sécurité sociale et soumis au Conseil d’Etat prévoit que les prestations versées par la…

A water company has been ordered to pay a record fine of almost £8m for hundreds of sewage spills at popular bathing spots and sensitive habitats in Cornwall and Devon.On one occasion, untreated sewage gushed through a harbour wall on a bank holiday weekend but South West Water (SWW) engineers took 10 hours to attend.Sewage was also discharged into the River Camel, which is home to otter and Atlantic salmon and is popular with birdwatchers and sailors.Fining SWW £7,867,733 at Plymouth magistrates court – the largest fine for environmental offences in the region – District Judge Matson said incidents of…

Tech YouTuber Matt Robb says that Muse gave out his home address to a total stranger this weekend, after authorizing the bot to handle his Facebook Marketplace account. That’s despite Meta placing great emphasis on the security features of Muse when it launched the personal AI agent earlier this month as it tries to catch up with competing AI providers like Anthropic and OpenAI.“Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up,” Robb said on Threads, providing a screenshot…

Safeguarding identities is foundational to enterprise security. With attackers moving faster than ever, conventional Identity Governance is no longer enough. Businesses need real-time insight into identity events to stay secure. Cybersecurity is facing a perfect storm: Attack surfaces are growing exponentially as organizations integrate more and more cloud apps and external accounts into their environments. At the same time, businesses face increasingly sophisticated threats – from personalized phishing campaigns to AI-driven vulnerability exploits. In this complex threat landscape, identities now serve as the first line of defense keeping critical data from falling into the wrong hands. Organizations need to protect…

The 10-year Treasury yield is spiking, and Bitwise’s André Dragosch has a rule of thumb for when that becomes dangerous: 80 basis points in 20 trading days. He explains why the speed of the move matters more than the level, how a stock market correction could force a Fed pivot, and why that pivot could be the last domino before a genuine Bitcoin bull market. Chapters:0:00 Operation Choke Point 2.0 and Crypto’s Shift to Republicans0:37 Will Democrats Stop Fighting Bitcoin and Crypto?1:53 Hunter Biden on Elizabeth Warren’s Crypto Stance2:44 Blockchain in the Age of AI and Bitcoin Going to Zero3:34…

NASA and SpaceX are targeting 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 1, as the earliest opportunity to launch the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station. In the days before liftoff, teams will complete final preparations and readiness reviews to confirm that the astronauts, the space station, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, and the Falcon 9 rocket are ready for flight. The mission is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Less Than Nine Hours to the Space Station If Crew-13 launches on Oct. 1, Dragon is expected to reach the International Space…

Giraffes living in the South Sudan’s war-torn savannas are genetically healthy and connected to nearby giraffe populations by gene flow, despite decades of conflict, recent research suggests. These findings show that “regions of the world that have been affected by conflict can maintain a lot of biodiversity and should therefore not be overlooked by genetic studies and conservation efforts,” Sam van Giessen, study lead author and a conservation genomics researcher from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, told Mongabay by email. The IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, currently recognizes four species and seven subspecies of giraffes. South Sudan…