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21.03.26 - 01:31
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US Asian Ally Rejects Pentagon Request To Land Fighter Jets: More To Come? (ZeroHedge)
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US Asian Ally Rejects Pentagon Request To Land Fighter Jets: More To Come?
Sri Lanka is a US regional ally, and America remains the small south Asian nation's largest export market, accounting for nearly $3 billion of the $11.7 billion of goods Sri Lanka exports annually.
But tensions are soaring over the Iran war, and especially in the wake of a US submarine having torpedoed the Iranian warship IRIS Dena just off Sri Lanka's southern coast earlier this month - killing dozens of sailors and forcing Sri Lankan authorities into a rescue operation that recovered bodies and pulled survivors from the water.
And now, the country's president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has revealed he previously formally rejected a request from Washington to allow two US fighter jets to land at Mattala International Airport.
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According to Al Jazeera, "Speaking in parliament, Dissanayake said Colombo received separate requests on February 26 – one from Iran seeking permission for three naval vessels to ma...
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21.03.26 - 00:54
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Qatar Dethroned As ′LNG King′ As U.S. Seizes Throne, Reshaping Future Of Gas (ZeroHedge)
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Qatar Dethroned As 'LNG King' As U.S. Seizes Throne, Reshaping Future Of Gas
Submitted by Criterion Research President, James Bevan,
The geopolitical calculus underpinning global LNG supply through the early 2030s has shifted materially. Iranian drone strikes on Qatari LNG trains, delays to key expansion projects, and the indefinite closure of the Strait of Hormuz have created a compounding threat to Qatar's LNG position that goes well beyond a construction delay. What had been framed as a two-horse race for global LNG market share now looks considerably more one-sided. The beneficiary is clear: U.S. Gulf Coast LNG.
At Criterion Research, our outlook is for US LNG exports to nearly double by 2030, with further upside in the coming decade.
Qatar's Gap Is Large and Getting Larger
While Qatar's loss of 12.8 MTPA for 3 to 5 years due to Iranian strikes is a serious blow to Qatar's 77 MTPA export capacity, it is not a global catastrophe on its own. What is worrying is that Iran has ...
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21.03.26 - 00:48
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Wall Street Week | Fed on Iran War, AI Expectations (Bloomberg)
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This week, the Fed holds rate steady, anticipating greater uncertainty and higher prices amid the war in Iran. And AI is advancing fast, but real-world limits mean it may transform industries more gradually and less dramatically than many expect today. Plus, are US tariffs on Canada causing long-term economic harm, or are they resetting the relationship between two closely linked economies? Later, efforts to limit teen social media use are gaining momentum worldwide, but uneven enforcement is raising questions about their real impact.
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21.03.26 - 00:00
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US company to pay $22.5m over newborn′s death after denying woman remote work (The Guardian)
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Chelsea Walsh prematurely gave birth after firm rejected work from home request in 2021 amid high-risk pregnancySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAn Ohio freight-brokerage firm must pay $22.5m in damages to a woman whom the company denied permission to work from home as she tried managing pregnancy complications – and then endured her newborn's death after prematurely giving birth, a state court jury has decided.The case centering on Chelsea Walsh, her late daughter Magnolia, and Total Quality Logistics (TQL) unfolded as many employers increasingly allowed remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic – but then pushed to get workers physically back into the office. Continue reading......
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