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I hope I’m wrong that the war drummers demanding an immediate strike because the ‘window of opportunity is now’ are all based on dubious or simply nonexistent evidence. Tulsi Gabbard et al. was evidently wrong that Iran is not assembling and mounting a nuclear device on a delivery system to unleash on Israel — much less the United States — now.I hope I’m wrong that the decades-long histrionics claiming Iran is merely months, weeks, days, hours, minutes (seconds?) away from obtaining a nuclear device by Netanyahu, et al. is yet again demonstrably false fear mongering.I hope I’m wrong that the...

All eyes on the futures market Sunday night.Will crude oil prices hit triple digits now? And what about the inflation effects? Wall Street will receive the first taste of investors’ reactions to President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran when the futures market opens at 6 p.m. EST on June 22. All eyes will be on the stock market benchmark indexes, Treasury yields, precious metals, bitcoin, and, most importantly, oil and natural gas.Iran So Far AwayWhat a difference a few weeks can make for the global energy markets. From the president’s inauguration to just before the Israel-Iran conflict escalated, oil prices...

What to know H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures. CDC is using its flu surveillance systems to monitor for H5 bird flu activity in people.

NEW YORK — Some relief is flowing through financial markets worldwide Tuesday as stocks bounce to recover some of their historic losses since President Trump dramatically raised the stakes in his trade war last week.The S&P 500 was up 3.2% in early trading, though it still remains 15% below its record set in February. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 1,143 points, or 3%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 3.6% higher.The bounce was global. Stock indexes rose 6% in Tokyo, 3.4% in Paris and 1.6% in Shanghai. The price of crude oil also...