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Mali : Moscou rejette l'appel des rebelles touaregs à un retrait russe
Moscou a affirmé jeudi que ses forces se maintiendraient au Mali, rejetant l'appel des rebelles à un retrait russe du pays alors que la junte militaire au pouvoir fait face à l'assaut de rebelles séparatistes…
That’s going down about 700 miles from Israel, and yeah, the Greek government is definitely tangled up in it.
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✈️ 🇺🇸 🇻🇪 American Airlines is operating the first USA-Venezuela direct flight in 7 years.
The flight is traveling from Miami to Caracas.
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The flight is traveling from Miami to Caracas.
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Kassela is 16 mi (25.5 km) east of the Malian capital, Bamako.
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🌐🔥 - The Nino 3.4 plume is one of the most aggressive I've seen. Nearly all 51 ensemble members are screaming warming by October 2026 The mean forecast is pushing +2.5°C. The precipitation anomalies for ASO reveal the classic El Niño "teleconnection" impacts…
🍚 War on Iran & El Niño threaten world rice production
Global rice supply is expected to decline this year as farmers across Asia reduce planting areas due to fertilizer shortages and higher fuel costs linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran, while an emerging El Niño weather pattern is also likely to further limit production of the world’s most widely consumed staple.
The impact of the war in West Asia is being felt by farmers in major exporting countries such as Thailand and Vietnam, as well as in import-dependent nations like the Philippines and Indonesia, according to growers and traders. Disruptions to fuel and fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping chokepoint linking the Gulf to international markets, have contributed to the strain.
Smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia are also facing added pressure as El Niño is expected to bring hotter and drier conditions in the second half of the year.
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Global rice supply is expected to decline this year as farmers across Asia reduce planting areas due to fertilizer shortages and higher fuel costs linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran, while an emerging El Niño weather pattern is also likely to further limit production of the world’s most widely consumed staple.
The impact of the war in West Asia is being felt by farmers in major exporting countries such as Thailand and Vietnam, as well as in import-dependent nations like the Philippines and Indonesia, according to growers and traders. Disruptions to fuel and fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping chokepoint linking the Gulf to international markets, have contributed to the strain.
Smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia are also facing added pressure as El Niño is expected to bring hotter and drier conditions in the second half of the year.
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Global rice supply is expected to decline this year as farmers across Asia reduce planting areas due to fertilizer shortages and higher fuel costs linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran, while an emerging…
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Global rice supply is expected to decline this year as farmers across Asia reduce planting areas due to fertilizer shortages and higher fuel costs linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran, while an emerging…
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Venezuela surpasses Saudi Arabia and becomes the second largest oil supplier to the U.S. https://bit.ly/4t8L6rR
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Venezuela supera a Arabia Saudita y se convierte en segundo proveedor de petróleo de EE. UU. - Diario Versión Final
Venezuela logró posicionarse como el segundo proveedor de petróleo de Estados Unidos durante la tercera semana de abril, en un contexto marcado por las
🇸🇩 🇲🇱 🇸🇩 Clément Molin on X: While we talk a lot about the situation in Mali, another Sahelian state is at war, Sudan.
The situation at the frontline hasn't moved much since a year, the battle for Kordofan that started more than a year ago has not seen any decisive push.
The Sudanese Armed Forces have been unable to counter the Rapid Support Forces in the Kordofan region. The RSF even managed to take back control of the strategic El Obeid - Dilling road this month. Fierce fighting are still ongoing.
However, this year, the RSF, with the help of their regional allies opened a new front east of the Nile river, in the Blue Nile region. Supplied by their main sponsor (the UAE) through Ethiopia (where it seems they have access to some rear bases) and South Sudan (where they can cross from Darfur), they have been able to push farther into Sudan.
Their aim is to reach the strategic city of Damazin through the summer, to threaten the SAF rear.
At the same time, the war in Sudan has seen a sharp increase in drone strikes, both with MALE drones and kamikaze drones, especially targeting rear bases and airports. With the war in the Middle East, the eyes of many Middle Eastern sponsors (Qatar, Saudi Arabia...) have gone away, but the war hasn't stopped anyway and is set to continue.
📎 Clément Molin
The situation at the frontline hasn't moved much since a year, the battle for Kordofan that started more than a year ago has not seen any decisive push.
The Sudanese Armed Forces have been unable to counter the Rapid Support Forces in the Kordofan region. The RSF even managed to take back control of the strategic El Obeid - Dilling road this month. Fierce fighting are still ongoing.
However, this year, the RSF, with the help of their regional allies opened a new front east of the Nile river, in the Blue Nile region. Supplied by their main sponsor (the UAE) through Ethiopia (where it seems they have access to some rear bases) and South Sudan (where they can cross from Darfur), they have been able to push farther into Sudan.
Their aim is to reach the strategic city of Damazin through the summer, to threaten the SAF rear.
At the same time, the war in Sudan has seen a sharp increase in drone strikes, both with MALE drones and kamikaze drones, especially targeting rear bases and airports. With the war in the Middle East, the eyes of many Middle Eastern sponsors (Qatar, Saudi Arabia...) have gone away, but the war hasn't stopped anyway and is set to continue.
📎 Clément Molin
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📝 🛢 📊 Rory Johnston on X: Seeing some confusion on the feed re: Brent prices/volatility and today's expiry.
Today is the last day of trading for Brent's June contract (white), and tomorrow the July contract (blue) becomes the "prompt" price most of us see when we search "Brent crude price"
June Brent hit >$126/bbl overnight before sharply pulling back, currently around $114—with a solid chunk of final day trading to go. It wasn't destined to crash on its final day, but it's more prone to sharp jerky moves like this.
July Brent hit $114, pulled back less sharply, and is currently sitting around $110; this second-month contract is currently sitting higher than June was at the time of the May Brent contract expiry at end-March.
Both prices are important, but the June contract stops being important today and July takes us forward from here.
📎 Rory Johnston
Today is the last day of trading for Brent's June contract (white), and tomorrow the July contract (blue) becomes the "prompt" price most of us see when we search "Brent crude price"
June Brent hit >$126/bbl overnight before sharply pulling back, currently around $114—with a solid chunk of final day trading to go. It wasn't destined to crash on its final day, but it's more prone to sharp jerky moves like this.
July Brent hit $114, pulled back less sharply, and is currently sitting around $110; this second-month contract is currently sitting higher than June was at the time of the May Brent contract expiry at end-March.
Both prices are important, but the June contract stops being important today and July takes us forward from here.
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🔋 📉 🛢 From OECD to emerging markets: fossil power’s global decline has begun
Rapid solar and wind scaling is actively displacing thermal generation. OECD fossil generation has peaked while systematic decommissioning of coal-fired power plants is under way across most member states. This shift is now extending beyond the OECD, with fossil generation falling in major emerging economies for the first time this century outside the COVID-affected year of 2020.
Colombia, now hosting the Santa Marta conference, has seen fossil power fall by 13% below its 2024 peak level.
Other LatAm OECD members tell a similar story: Chile’s fossil generation is 36% below its 2013 peak, while Mexico’s is 6% below its 2018 peak.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/from-oecd-to-emerging-markets-fossil-powers-global-decline-has-begun
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Rapid solar and wind scaling is actively displacing thermal generation. OECD fossil generation has peaked while systematic decommissioning of coal-fired power plants is under way across most member states. This shift is now extending beyond the OECD, with fossil generation falling in major emerging economies for the first time this century outside the COVID-affected year of 2020.
Colombia, now hosting the Santa Marta conference, has seen fossil power fall by 13% below its 2024 peak level.
Other LatAm OECD members tell a similar story: Chile’s fossil generation is 36% below its 2013 peak, while Mexico’s is 6% below its 2018 peak.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/from-oecd-to-emerging-markets-fossil-powers-global-decline-has-begun
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🚫 🇨🇳 ✈️ China to ban drone sales in Beijing citing security concerns
China will ban the sale of drones in Beijing and require permits to fly them under new rules that take effect on Friday.
Drones and key components will be prohibited from being sold, rented or brought into the Chinese capital. Drone owners will also be required to register their devices with the police.
China has gradually tightened regulations on drones in recent years, with authorities citing public safety concerns.
Drones and flying taxis are part of the so-called low-altitude economy, a strategic priority for China that is expected to generate more than two trillion yuan ($290bn; £217bn) by 2035.
In some Chinese cities, drones are a common sight, used for food delivery, agriculture and cleaning buildings.
Chinese companies may dominate the global drone market, but the country is becoming one of the most difficult places to fly one.
Drones must be registered before they can be brought in and out of Beijing. And if users send their drones out of the city for repair, they need to pick up the device in person rather than have it delivered.
All outdoor drone flights in Beijing will also require prior approval, and drone users must complete an online training session and pass a test on drone regulations.
There are exceptions: Drones may still be bought and stored for purposes like counter-terrorism and disaster relief, if approved by authorities.
But in recent years China has repeatedly tightened rules governing the use of drones in the country.
Last year, Beijing's entire airspace was designated a no-drone zone, with approval needed from air traffic authorities before people can fly their drones.
With the looming new restrictions, DJI shops in Beijing are reportedly taking drones and related products off their shelves.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gv4dvngygo
China will ban the sale of drones in Beijing and require permits to fly them under new rules that take effect on Friday.
Drones and key components will be prohibited from being sold, rented or brought into the Chinese capital. Drone owners will also be required to register their devices with the police.
China has gradually tightened regulations on drones in recent years, with authorities citing public safety concerns.
Drones and flying taxis are part of the so-called low-altitude economy, a strategic priority for China that is expected to generate more than two trillion yuan ($290bn; £217bn) by 2035.
In some Chinese cities, drones are a common sight, used for food delivery, agriculture and cleaning buildings.
Chinese companies may dominate the global drone market, but the country is becoming one of the most difficult places to fly one.
Drones must be registered before they can be brought in and out of Beijing. And if users send their drones out of the city for repair, they need to pick up the device in person rather than have it delivered.
All outdoor drone flights in Beijing will also require prior approval, and drone users must complete an online training session and pass a test on drone regulations.
There are exceptions: Drones may still be bought and stored for purposes like counter-terrorism and disaster relief, if approved by authorities.
But in recent years China has repeatedly tightened rules governing the use of drones in the country.
Last year, Beijing's entire airspace was designated a no-drone zone, with approval needed from air traffic authorities before people can fly their drones.
With the looming new restrictions, DJI shops in Beijing are reportedly taking drones and related products off their shelves.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gv4dvngygo
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China to ban drone sales in Beijing citing security concerns
Drone users will also be required to register their devices and secure permits before flying them.
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Two months after the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran on February 28, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for most tanker traffic, forcing more than 10 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude output shut-ins across the Middle Eastern oil producers.
The two-month-long closure of the Strait of Hormuz is longer than analysts had expected at the start of the war. Most assumed back then that the Strait would open by April and producers could restart shut-in wells in May.
Even if the Strait of Hormuz opened to free tanker traffic today, oil supply from the Middle East will take months to start flowing again and reach consumers in Asia, who were the first to feel the supply shock.
The longer the chokepoint remains off limits to most tanker traffic, the worse the scars would be on global supply and economic growth.
The restart of thousands of oil wells across the Middle East would be a big challenge. Some countries would need weeks, but others – like Iraq – many months to bring wells back online, analysts and officials say.
Some wells may have been damaged, permanently, due to the hasty shut-ins in the early days of the war. Others will need new interventions and drilling to unclog, and output would not immediately return, even if the Strait of Hormuz is open unconditionally to all vessel traffic.
The oil market has lost hundreds of millions of barrels of crude since the war began. Losses are growing by the hour, and oil market participants may have finally caught up on the huge loss of supply that won’t be returning for months, even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened unconditionally today.
“In round numbers, the 1 billion [barrels] is baked in now because we have probably lost 600 million to 700 million at this stage, but by the time things get moving again, if they get moving again, it takes time to bring all back,” Vitol’s Hardy told the FT Commodities Global Summit.
Two months after the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran on February 28, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for most tanker traffic, forcing more than 10 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude output shut-ins across the Middle Eastern oil producers.
The two-month-long closure of the Strait of Hormuz is longer than analysts had expected at the start of the war. Most assumed back then that the Strait would open by April and producers could restart shut-in wells in May.
Even if the Strait of Hormuz opened to free tanker traffic today, oil supply from the Middle East will take months to start flowing again and reach consumers in Asia, who were the first to feel the supply shock.
The longer the chokepoint remains off limits to most tanker traffic, the worse the scars would be on global supply and economic growth.
The restart of thousands of oil wells across the Middle East would be a big challenge. Some countries would need weeks, but others – like Iraq – many months to bring wells back online, analysts and officials say.
Some wells may have been damaged, permanently, due to the hasty shut-ins in the early days of the war. Others will need new interventions and drilling to unclog, and output would not immediately return, even if the Strait of Hormuz is open unconditionally to all vessel traffic.
The oil market has lost hundreds of millions of barrels of crude since the war began. Losses are growing by the hour, and oil market participants may have finally caught up on the huge loss of supply that won’t be returning for months, even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened unconditionally today.
“In round numbers, the 1 billion [barrels] is baked in now because we have probably lost 600 million to 700 million at this stage, but by the time things get moving again, if they get moving again, it takes time to bring all back,” Vitol’s Hardy told the FT Commodities Global Summit.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-crude-oil-exports-rose-last-week-record-high-eia-says-2026-04-29
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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) dropped -7.12 million barrels last week, the largest weekly drawdown since October 2022.
This marks the 5th consecutive weekly decline, the longest streak since 2023.
Over this period, US oil reserves in the SPR have fallen -17 million barrels, to 398 million, the lowest since April 2025.
This comes as total US oil and fuel exports surpassed 14 million barrels per day for the first time in history, as overseas buyers scramble to replace lost Middle Eastern supply.
Furthermore, commercial crude stocks declined -6.23 million barrels last week, the largest weekly decline since early February.
Gasoline and distillate stocks also fell sharply, by -6.08 million barrels and -4.49 million barrels, respectively, pushing total gasoline supplies to their lowest seasonal level since 2014.
Global demand for US oil has never been higher.
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📢 🇺🇸 🚷 Rand Paul: I am introducing a Constitutional Amendment to end Birthright Citizenship.
Under current interpretations of American law, anyone born on American soil automatically becomes a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether the parent was here legally or not. This is wrong and not at all the intent of those who wrote the 14th Amendment.
We are a country filled with immigrants, and legal immigration is valuable and should be protected. But we are also a country whose borders have been too open and our generosity exploited too often. President Trump has moved to seal our border from illegal immigrants more than any other president.
But we will have more to do.
We need to make sure that only children born to legal residents of the U.S. are automatically citizens. I have supported protecting birthright citizenship from abuse since the beginning of my tenure in the Senate, when I cosponsored the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, and now I am proposing an amendment to protect United States citizenship in case the Supreme Court fails to address this issue correctly.
📎 Senator Rand Paul
Under current interpretations of American law, anyone born on American soil automatically becomes a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether the parent was here legally or not. This is wrong and not at all the intent of those who wrote the 14th Amendment.
We are a country filled with immigrants, and legal immigration is valuable and should be protected. But we are also a country whose borders have been too open and our generosity exploited too often. President Trump has moved to seal our border from illegal immigrants more than any other president.
But we will have more to do.
We need to make sure that only children born to legal residents of the U.S. are automatically citizens. I have supported protecting birthright citizenship from abuse since the beginning of my tenure in the Senate, when I cosponsored the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, and now I am proposing an amendment to protect United States citizenship in case the Supreme Court fails to address this issue correctly.
📎 Senator Rand Paul
✅️ 🇺🇸 🗳 House Republicans have passed a 215–211 party-line budget framework that advances a reconciliation process to potentially allocate around $70 billion in funding for ICE and Border Patrol, without Democratic support. The vote clears an early procedural step, but the funding is not yet approved, and additional votes in both the House and Senate are still required before it can become law.
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That's +$8.1 TRILLION in market cap in 23 trading days.
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📢 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 Trump says US is studying and reviewing the possible reduction of troops in Germany 📎 Insider Paper
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🇺🇸 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 Trump says he "probably will" pull U.S. troops out of Spain and Italy: "Italy has not been of any help to us, and Spain has been horrible, absolutely horrible."
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