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latest round of air strikes targeting Iran as the nation's vibe for control of the
straight of Hormuz, the strikes came as the British military reported yet another tanker came under attack in the straight. Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have announced an embargo against Saudi Arabia. It comes in retaliation for a blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on Sinah International Airport. The embargo affects the gateway to the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia seeks an alternative to the straight of Hormuz on the Persian Gulf
side of the country. The blockade raises fears of further destabilization of the world's energy market as Suzanne Maloney, the Brookings Institution explains. "If you saw a closure of the Red Sea and additional closure of the straight of Hormuz, at this point in the conflict with strategic reserves having been drawn down as significantly as they have and without a lot of opportunity during the ceasefire to, in fact, restore them.
We would see potentially some overreaction from both oil markets and the broader economy
“in terms of inflation. So I think there's going to be a real-time pressure."”
The FDA retracted test results identifying cyclists' spora on samples of lettuce from tailor farms in Mexico. This false positive result shows how hard it is to trace the source of the outbreak, as NPR said, "You can do Gucci reports." Cyclospora parasites are hard to test for and trace. The test in sample might not reflect the entire crop, for example. Plus, Rutgers' microbiologist Donald Schaffner says, "There are often unrelated cases
that crop up every summer." "Just because your sequence cycle is for, right now, doesn't mean that you're part of this cluster of cases that have an epicenter in Michigan and Ohio. Sometimes we can figure out what's causing it and sometimes we can't." For now, regulators recommend avoiding the recalled tailor farms lettuce. You can
a Gucci and PR news. A federal judge has temporarily halted the proposed merger of paramount skydance and Warner
“Brothers Discovery. This pauses what would be the largest deal in Hollywood history, as”
NPR's Montelito Barco reports. The judge ruled in favor of the temporary halt, while considering an anti-trust lawsuit filed by attorneys general from 12 states, including California and New York. They're
trying to block the 111 billion dollar merger, which they argue is unlawful.
Last week, California AG Rob Bonta's office argued in court that the deal would unfairly give too much power to the combined company paramount and Warner Brothers, resulting in fewer movies and TV shows made job losses at the studios and higher prices for consumers. All of these are claims that David Ellison's company paramount skydance denies. It's asking that any litigation be settled by the end of September when the company would have to begin
paying fees of $7 million a day for any delay. Mandelito Barco and PR news. This is NPR.
“The Women's Tennis Association is introducing one-off mandatory gene testing for all players,”
updating its eligibility policy to include gender screening based on biological sex, had of the 2028 Olympics in LA, the International Olympic Committee introduced a gender eligibility policy earlier this year to align with President Trump's executive order on transgender athletes. A new study finds many packaged foods that claim to contain avocado oil. Don't contain
what the label says, and PR's Maria Cadoy has more. Brows the eyes of the grocery store and you'll find chips, dressings, and mayonnaise all boasting that they're made with avocado oil. But when you see Davis professor Selena Wong noticed this trend, she got curious because her past research has found that most bottled avocado oils sold in stores are either
rancid or they've been adulterated with other oils, so she submitted 54 products to chemical analysis and found that 89% showed signs of being mixed with other cheaper oils like soybean oil. If you're buying avocado oil products, it's very likely that you're not getting what you're paying for.
She says that's a problem because avocado oil products are often significantly more expensive than those made with other oils. Maria Cadoy and PR news. Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece's gods may soon join UNESCO's World Heritage List, Greeks hope the mountains blend of myth, culture, and natural beauty will
secure it a place when the world heritage committee meets in South Korean next week. Locals say the mountain needs protection as an increase in tourism impacts the environment. It's NPR. The last time Antonio May's senior heard from his son, it was in a note, the 16 year old left in the family's garage.
He told me he was going to make me cry. Antonio Junior left home to join a protest in Seattle, a week later he was shot and killed there. I need some a ref me, just as for my son.
