🛢 White House to Tap Oil Reserve Again Amid High Fuel Prices
President Joe Biden is expected to announce Wednesday that he is releasing more oil from the US strategic reserve as part of a response to recent production cuts announced by nations in OPEC+, as his administration rushes to be seen as pulling out all the stops ahead of next month’s midterm elections.
The US strategic reserve contains roughly 400 million barrels of oil, and Biden could order an additional release as early as Wednesday, when chief of staff Ron Klain said he is set to deliver remarks on his administration’s efforts to lower gas prices.
The strategic reserves are at their lowest levels since 1984 after Biden in March announced the release of 180 million barrels over six months. Since Biden spoke of the pain of gas at $3.35 a gallon and his hopes to reduce costs, the price has risen another 15.5%.
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President Joe Biden is expected to announce Wednesday that he is releasing more oil from the US strategic reserve as part of a response to recent production cuts announced by nations in OPEC+, as his administration rushes to be seen as pulling out all the stops ahead of next month’s midterm elections.
The US strategic reserve contains roughly 400 million barrels of oil, and Biden could order an additional release as early as Wednesday, when chief of staff Ron Klain said he is set to deliver remarks on his administration’s efforts to lower gas prices.
The strategic reserves are at their lowest levels since 1984 after Biden in March announced the release of 180 million barrels over six months. Since Biden spoke of the pain of gas at $3.35 a gallon and his hopes to reduce costs, the price has risen another 15.5%.
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🚨 BREAKING | Biden Administration to Release 15Mln Barrels from US Strategic Oil Reserve
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⛴ US businesses propose hiding trade data used to trace abuse
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee is made up of executives from 20 companies, including Walmart, General Motors and Intel. The committee is authorized by US Customs and Border Protection to advise on ways to streamline trade regulations. Trade experts say would make it more difficult for Americans to link the products they buy to labor abuse overseas.
The proposal, if adopted, would shroud in secrecy customs data on ocean-going freight responsible for about half of the $2.7 trillion in goods entering the US every year. Rail, truck and air cargo is already shielded from public disclosure under US trade law.
Electronics and seafood make their way onto US shelves every year as a result of illegal forced labor that engages 28 million people globally, according to the International Labor Organization.
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The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee is made up of executives from 20 companies, including Walmart, General Motors and Intel. The committee is authorized by US Customs and Border Protection to advise on ways to streamline trade regulations. Trade experts say would make it more difficult for Americans to link the products they buy to labor abuse overseas.
The proposal, if adopted, would shroud in secrecy customs data on ocean-going freight responsible for about half of the $2.7 trillion in goods entering the US every year. Rail, truck and air cargo is already shielded from public disclosure under US trade law.
Electronics and seafood make their way onto US shelves every year as a result of illegal forced labor that engages 28 million people globally, according to the International Labor Organization.
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🚜 Hurricane Ian farm loss could reach $1.56B
Agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable and melon operations among the hardest hit, the University of Florida reported Tuesday in a preliminary estimate. That’s in an area of Florida where total agricultural production is valued at more than $8 billion on an annual basis, according to the report.
The school’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences said there could be many impacts that are yet to emerge from flooded acreage and depend in part on whether some damaged crops can be replanted to salvage some of the winter vegetable growing season. About 5 million acres of farmland were affected by the storm, according to the UF report. The greatest unknown is the effect flooding and heavy rains from Hurricane Ian will have over the long term.
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Agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable and melon operations among the hardest hit, the University of Florida reported Tuesday in a preliminary estimate. That’s in an area of Florida where total agricultural production is valued at more than $8 billion on an annual basis, according to the report.
The school’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences said there could be many impacts that are yet to emerge from flooded acreage and depend in part on whether some damaged crops can be replanted to salvage some of the winter vegetable growing season. About 5 million acres of farmland were affected by the storm, according to the UF report. The greatest unknown is the effect flooding and heavy rains from Hurricane Ian will have over the long term.
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‼️ Kiev Preparing for Clearing Ops in Occupied Areas According to US Army Methodology- Source ➡️ LIVE UPDATES
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🇳🇬 Nigeria races to assist flood victims; death toll tops 600
More than 1.3 million people have been displaced by the disaster, which has affected people across 33 of Nigeria’s 36 states, the nation’s humanitarian affairs ministry said late Sunday.
At least 340,000 hectares of land also have been affected, worsening fears of food supply disruptions. Armed conflict already has threatened production in the northwest and central regions of Nigeria, which produce much of what the country eats.
Authorities blame the disaster this year on the release of excess water from Lagdo dam in neighboring Cameroon and on unusual rainfalls.
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More than 1.3 million people have been displaced by the disaster, which has affected people across 33 of Nigeria’s 36 states, the nation’s humanitarian affairs ministry said late Sunday.
At least 340,000 hectares of land also have been affected, worsening fears of food supply disruptions. Armed conflict already has threatened production in the northwest and central regions of Nigeria, which produce much of what the country eats.
Authorities blame the disaster this year on the release of excess water from Lagdo dam in neighboring Cameroon and on unusual rainfalls.
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🚙 11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles
Eleven people were killed in US crashes involving vehicles that were using automated driving systems during a four-month period earlier this year, according to newly released government data, part of an alarming pattern of incidents linked to the technology.
The National Transportation Safety Board has been investigating Autopilot since August of last year after a string of crashes since 2018 in which Teslas collided with emergency vehicles parked along roadways with flashing lights on.
The number of deaths involving automated vehicles is small compared with the overall number of traffic deaths in the US Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years, after Americans returned to the roads as the pandemic eased.
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Eleven people were killed in US crashes involving vehicles that were using automated driving systems during a four-month period earlier this year, according to newly released government data, part of an alarming pattern of incidents linked to the technology.
The National Transportation Safety Board has been investigating Autopilot since August of last year after a string of crashes since 2018 in which Teslas collided with emergency vehicles parked along roadways with flashing lights on.
The number of deaths involving automated vehicles is small compared with the overall number of traffic deaths in the US Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years, after Americans returned to the roads as the pandemic eased.
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🇨🇱 Correspondent for Sputnik is arrested in Santiago, Chile
The events occurred during the protests for the third anniversary of the social outbreak in Chile, caused by the increase in public transport fares, the discredit of the political class and the general rise in the cost of living in the South American country.
The journalist Carolina Trejo, was detained outside the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center in the Chilean capital, according to her colleagues.
Around 8:00 p.m. (local time), and when Carolina Trejo was on her way to her vehicle to return home, the Carabineros (militarized police) detained the reporter and took her to a police unit. In a video broadcast on social networks, it can be seen how a group of carabineros besieges Carolina Trejo while she is on top of a security vehicle.
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The events occurred during the protests for the third anniversary of the social outbreak in Chile, caused by the increase in public transport fares, the discredit of the political class and the general rise in the cost of living in the South American country.
The journalist Carolina Trejo, was detained outside the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center in the Chilean capital, according to her colleagues.
Around 8:00 p.m. (local time), and when Carolina Trejo was on her way to her vehicle to return home, the Carabineros (militarized police) detained the reporter and took her to a police unit. In a video broadcast on social networks, it can be seen how a group of carabineros besieges Carolina Trejo while she is on top of a security vehicle.
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📹 “We printed newspapers and magazines”: An employee of a Donetsk printing house speaks on the shelling from Ukraine
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❗️ The city of Kherson, as well as other localities of the right-bank part of the Kherson Region, may come under fire from Ukrainian troops, so its population is recommended to leave the city, deputy head of the regional administration Kirill Stremousov told Sputnik.
💬 "Kherson is no exception - it can, like Donetsk, also come under fire. And Kherson is a concentration of a large number of people. We will fight off any counterattacks. It is only necessary that civilians do not interfere with military maneuvers," Stremousov said.
▪️ Earlier, acting regional governor Vladimir Saldo said the decision had been made to move the civilian population of the Berislav, Belozersky, Snigirevsky and Aleksandrovsky municipalities to the left bank of the Dnepr. According to him, the Ukrainian side is building up forces for a large-scale offensive.
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💬 "Kherson is no exception - it can, like Donetsk, also come under fire. And Kherson is a concentration of a large number of people. We will fight off any counterattacks. It is only necessary that civilians do not interfere with military maneuvers," Stremousov said.
▪️ Earlier, acting regional governor Vladimir Saldo said the decision had been made to move the civilian population of the Berislav, Belozersky, Snigirevsky and Aleksandrovsky municipalities to the left bank of the Dnepr. According to him, the Ukrainian side is building up forces for a large-scale offensive.
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⚡️ Ukrainian forces tried to land troops on boats in Energodar to capture ZNPP, attack was repulsed - authorities
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🇬🇧 🔼 Annual inflation in the UK in September accelerated to 10.1% from 9.9% a month earlier: Statistics Bureau
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📹 “Nothing but a bullet awaits me there”: A refugee from an area recaptured by Ukraine describes how civilians there are being executed for accepting humanitarian aid from Russia
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🇬🇧 Beleaguered Liz Truss is facing a potentially “make or break” appearance in the Commons for a tough session of Prime Minister's Questions which could determine her survival in office, UK media reported.
▪️ Truss, who has been desperately trying to shore up support for her leadership after sacking former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and ditching most of her debt-fueled tax-slashing economic agenda, is to face off against Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer in Parliament Wednesday.
▪️ Just six weeks after being appointed Prime Minister, Liz Truss is already facing calls from Tory backbenchers to quit after a series of U-turns that have all but annihilated sacked Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's budget, with speculation rife as to who might replace her.
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▪️ Truss, who has been desperately trying to shore up support for her leadership after sacking former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and ditching most of her debt-fueled tax-slashing economic agenda, is to face off against Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer in Parliament Wednesday.
▪️ Just six weeks after being appointed Prime Minister, Liz Truss is already facing calls from Tory backbenchers to quit after a series of U-turns that have all but annihilated sacked Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's budget, with speculation rife as to who might replace her.
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🇬🇧 On Tuesday, UK Secretary of State for the Home Department Suella Braverman, slammed the "Guardian-reading, tofu-eating, wokerati" defending government's Public Order Bill in Parliament.
💬 "Yes, I'm afraid, it's the Labour Party, it's the Lib Dems, it's the coalition of chaos, it's the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati, dare I say, the anti-growth coalition that we have to thank for the disruption that we are seeing on our roads today," she said to MP’s during the third reading of the public order bill.
▪️ Braverman urged MP’s and peers to "do the right thing, respect the rights of the law abiding majority and support this bill".
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💬 "Yes, I'm afraid, it's the Labour Party, it's the Lib Dems, it's the coalition of chaos, it's the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati, dare I say, the anti-growth coalition that we have to thank for the disruption that we are seeing on our roads today," she said to MP’s during the third reading of the public order bill.
▪️ Braverman urged MP’s and peers to "do the right thing, respect the rights of the law abiding majority and support this bill".
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⚡️ Ukrainian forces tried to land troops on boats in Energodar to capture ZNPP, attack was repulsed - authorities
❗️ Vladimir Rogov, a senior official in the Zaporozhye regional government, told Sputnik that Ukrainian troops attempted to land on boats in Energodar in order to take control over the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP).
💬 "Last night, a large group of landing boats, crowded with militants of special operations forces, emerged from the southern region of the city of Zaporozhye and other directions. A large loaded ship also went with them. After the shelling of the city, an attempt to land troops began, including with the aim to seize the Zaporozhye NPP. The battle went on for several hours, at least three or three and a half hours. The landing attempt was repulsed," Rogov said.
▪️ According to him, at least 30 boats took part in the landing.
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💬 "Last night, a large group of landing boats, crowded with militants of special operations forces, emerged from the southern region of the city of Zaporozhye and other directions. A large loaded ship also went with them. After the shelling of the city, an attempt to land troops began, including with the aim to seize the Zaporozhye NPP. The battle went on for several hours, at least three or three and a half hours. The landing attempt was repulsed," Rogov said.
▪️ According to him, at least 30 boats took part in the landing.
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❗️ Head of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin’s latest statements on the investigation of the Crimean Bridge terror attack:
▪️ The planning and organization of the terrorist act on the Crimean Bridge was carried out by the Ukrainian special services;
▪️ 8 out of 12 people involved in the crime were detained;
▪️ Technical expertise to establish the initiating device of the fuse and the mechanism of detonating the explosive are underway.
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▪️ The planning and organization of the terrorist act on the Crimean Bridge was carried out by the Ukrainian special services;
▪️ 8 out of 12 people involved in the crime were detained;
▪️ Technical expertise to establish the initiating device of the fuse and the mechanism of detonating the explosive are underway.
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❗️ Eurozone annual inflation accelerates to 9.9% in September from 9.1% in August - Eurostat
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