Why hasn’t the US military used force to secure the Strait of Hormuz? – The Conversation

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  1. Why hasn’t the US military used force to secure the Strait of Hormuz?  The Conversation
  2. In Sleepy Town on Strait of Hormuz, War Rages Just Over Horizon  The New York Times
  3. The Iran War Is Now All About the Future of Hormuz  Bloomberg.com
  4. What a battle to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would look like  The Economist
  5. Iran is already charging a toll, in Yuan, for oil sold through Strait of Hormuz as American ground troops prepare to enter  Fortune
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The War in Iran Could Become Like the War in Ukraine – Foreign Affairs

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  1. The War in Iran Could Become Like the War in Ukraine  Foreign Affairs
  2. Opinion | The War in Ukraine Changed the World in Ways We’re Only Starting to Comprehend  The New York Times
  3. Kyiv’s Iranian diaspora living through nightmare of war in both homes  The Kyiv Independent
  4. Middle East and Ukraine: Why Russia and the US Hold the Keys to Each Other’s Deadlocks  vocal.media
  5. Former German Spymaster: ‘Iran War Is a Gift to Putin’  theTrumpet.com
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Albanese government says fuel supply ‘same, if not higher’ in coming weeks as Coalition calls for halving of excise

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Latest figures from ACCC show diesel and unleaded petrol prices across the five largest cities up 10% and 8% respectively

The prime minister and energy minister moved to reassure the public about normal or even higher levels of fuel supply in the coming weeks, as the Coalition escalated calls for a cut to the fuel excise and the government downplayed the prospect of any major restrictions on petrol sales.

It comes as the latest figures from the consumer watchdog showed diesel prices across Australia’s five largest cities have risen by an average of 10% over the last week, while unleaded petrol was up 8%.

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Australia will be left with no submarines if it abandons Aukus, senior defence official warns

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Malcolm Turnbull asks defence department official what Australia would do if the promised Virginia-class and Aukus-class submarines don’t arrive

Australia will be left with no submarines if it abandons the Aukus deal with the US and UK, a senior defence official has warned, declining to publicly countenance an alternative plan if Australia’s promised nuclear-powered fleet does not arrive under Australian command.

“Defence has been directed to pursue Aukus and we are pursuing Aukus and that’s our plan. I would not venture into the space about ‘Plan B’ or ‘Plan C’,” defence department deputy secretary, Hugh Jeffrey, told a Sovereignty and Security Forum in Canberra on Friday.

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‘People of India, Germany … ‘: Iran launches 83rd wave of strikes on Israel; ‘Thank you’ written on missi – The Times of India

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  1. 'People of India, Germany … ': Iran launches 83rd wave of strikes on Israel; 'Thank you' written on missi  The Times of India
  2. Israel targets Iran’s missile launchers amid growing tension  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Iran’s missiles pierce Israel’s defenses, raising doubts about interceptors  The Washington Post
  4. Iran appears to target Israeli power plant in missile attack, but misses  The Times of Israel
  5. Iran Signals Resilience With Volley of Missiles Across Middle East  The New York Times
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The war in Iran sparks a global fertilizer shortage and threatens food prices – AP News

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  1. The war in Iran sparks a global fertilizer shortage and threatens food prices  AP News
  2. The global food crisis unleashed by the war  Financial Times
  3. It’s not just oil and gas. The Strait of Hormuz blockage is rattling another vital commodity  CNBC
  4. From war to drought: North Carolina farmers caught in the middle  ABC11 Raleigh-Durham
  5. Persian Gulf crisis impacting food security, FAO warns  UN News
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Two humanitarian aid boats heading to Cuba have gone missing, Mexico says

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Navy searching for two boats that left Isla Mujeres last week bound for Havana with nine crew members of different nationalities on board

Mexico’s navy said on Thursday it had activated a search-and-rescue operation in the Caribbean to locate two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after the vessels failed to arrive in Havana as scheduled.

In a statement, the navy said the two boats left Isla Mujeres, in the Mexican Caribbean state of Quintana Roo, last week bound for Havana with nine crew members of different nationalities on board.

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Newsom signs California bill to rename Cesar Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day

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Lawmakers earlier passed bill to rename 31 March holiday following sexual abuse allegations against labor leader

California governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday renaming Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day in the wake of shocking allegations that the labor leader sexually abused women and young girls.

The bill, passed by the state senate earlier on Thursday, authorized the renaming ahead of the state holiday on 31 March. The state has observed the holiday honoring Chavez, who in the 1960s built a major farm-worker labor rights movement California’s agricultural heartland, for more than two decades.

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Gulf of Mexico oil spill spread hundreds of miles, killed wildlife and polluted Mexican reserves – AP News

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  1. Gulf of Mexico oil spill spread hundreds of miles, killed wildlife and polluted Mexican reserves  AP News
  2. Wildlife killed, reefs damaged in ‘active’ Gulf of Mexico oil spill  Al Jazeera
  3. Mexican navy says petroleum tanker, natural seabed likely caused Gulf coast spill  Reuters
  4. Mexico blames oil slick on illegal dumping  Griffon News
  5. The invisible tragedy of the oil spill in Mexico  EL PAÍS English
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