South Pars on fire, sparking new energy crisisThe world’s largest natural gas field has been struck in an escalation in the war on Iran. The South Pars gas field is shared by Iran and Qatar, who exports as much as 20% of the world’s supply. CNN anchor Kristie Lu Stout explains the impact on energy prices.
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The Bruins return home to TD Garden after a three-game road trip that saw them pick up four points out of a possible six. The Jets are having a disappointing season, but they’re not exactly out of it quite yet. Any sort of divisional playoff spot is well out of reach, but they’re four points out of the second wild card spot. He has eight goals and 12 assists in 22 career games against the Bruins. That shootout loss was a big one, as it came to a Nashville team they’re chasing in the standings.
The major stock indices continue their multi-month pattern of lower lows and lower highs, with the S&P 500 (SPX) and the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) getting oh-so-close to testing their key 200-day averages. The SPX is only nine points above the average, while the QQQ is 3.5 points above. If there is a positive, the longer-term average is still rising as all these indices remain above their 50-week average. Crude oil was once again the culprit for the stock selloff. As we said in recent comments, sentiment has unraveled quickly despite the very minor declines in the indices so far.
According to the latest edition of the World Happiness Report, the three happiest countries in the world are Finland, Iceland and Denmark. Finland was named the happiest country in the world for a record 9th time in a row, with Iceland, at No. Helsinki, Finland, is the capital of the happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report. Costa Rica, which includes the beach area of Tamarindo, seen here, is the happiest country in Latin America, according to the World Happiness Report. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, one of five Nordic countries that appear in the top 10 of the World Happiness Report.
Arizona stretched their unbeaten streak to five games with an emphatic victory over the Cubs at Salt River Fields. A six-run third was followed by a seven-run fourth, Arizona pounding out seventeen hits and five walks. Alek Thomas (top, with Carroll) and Barrosa also went deep, and the team were 7-for-13 with RISP. Merrill Kelly’s second appearance was an improvement on his first: he went 2.2 innings, allowing five hits and two runs, with no walks or K’s. Kade Stroud’s rough spring continued in the eighth, because he allowed as many home-runs as he recorded outs (two of each).
According (https://www.politico.com/…) to Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., financial relief for struggling farmers is one of the most likely policies to be stapled onto an Iran War funding bill. While most of the media has focused on the rising oil prices caused by the Iran War, farmers have noticed that fertilizer prices are spiking as well. Overall, fertilizer prices rose by a shocking 71% (https://www.agweb.com/…) in the 90-day period before and during the start of the conflict. The longer the War on Iran continues, the worse that the pain caused by these trade disruptions will get. The only way to end the high prices is to end the war.
The Supreme Court broke new ground this month when it ruled the Constitution forbids school policies in California that prevent parents from being told about their child’s gender transition at school. AdvertisementHe said the Supreme Court needs to go beyond an emergency order and fully decide a case that squarely presents the issue of parents rights. He filed an appeal petition with the Supreme Court in a case from Massachusetts that dissenting Justice Elena Kagan described as a “carbon copy” of the California dispute. “This case has been about states’ and parents’ rights but students have been left out of the conversation. The justices ruled for them as a matter of parents’ rights.
Iranian attacks have mostly closed the narrow channel, a choke point for one-fifth of the world’s oil supply, for weeks. The Iran war is “in an escalatory phase right now … it is a nightmare scenario,” she said. “NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL” on the South Pars field unless Iran attacks Qatar, Trump wrote. Ask The Post AIDive deeperAfter Iran warned early Thursday that it would be attacking five specific Gulf state energy facilities, Rystad Energy warned that oil could quickly hit $120 a barrel and keep rising. “Spot LNG prices, already elevated, could spike to levels not seen since the 2022 energy crisis,” Saraswat wrote.
“There’s something called the World Uncertainty Index, which charts uncertainty [globally]. They developed and cultivated an awareness of “negativity bias,” Conniff says. And in times of uncertainty, that negativity bias goes off the charts and we start to limit ourselves and shut ourselves down. “Rez correctly identified the scientific explanation for what we all call ‘gut instinct,’” Conniff says. “Rez talked about reflecting on her gut instinct,” Conniff says.
The music you listened to as you were growing up and developing your identity actually impacts your brain differently than music you hear now, research shows. This is because of the reminiscence bump, which also plays a role in music choices. Advertisement Advertisement“More recently, in the past 20 years or so, people have been realizing that this does apply to music, listening preferences and memories that are evoked by music, too,” Hennessy added. Preferred music is the music that folks listen to (or compose or recreate) that serve as a motivator for non-musical outcomes, Elverd said. Advertisement AdvertisementHennessy, along with a team, also conducted research about the impact of music on the brain and music-evoked nostalgia.
Former Prime Minister John Major Carl Court via Getty ImagesA former British prime minister has condemned Donald Trump’s handling of the war in Iran. Sir John Major suggested the US-Israeli bombing campaign, which began nearly three weeks ago, was illegal and said the US president had no idea how the conflict will end. Advertisement“This was despite the fact that the war was bound have much wider repercussions across the Middle East and beyond. Retaliation may be deferred, but it is likely to come.”Major, who was prime minister at the time of the first Gulf War in Iraq in the early 1990s, added: “No exit strategy is known. Statesmen do this in private ‒ not in public.”AdvertisementMajor, who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997, also hit out at some of Trump’s other forays into foreign affairs.
