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🇲🇫 Anti-Ukraine's war and anti-Israel's genocide, the new winner of France
The winner of the French elections, Jean-Luc MĂ©lenchon, is against the war in Ukraine, a truce with Russia and the recognition of Palestine
The left bloc that won in France is the extreme left, includes 4 parties - one of which is "Unconquered France" by Jean-Luc Melenchon.
He opposes Macron and his policies on Ukraine, demanding a compromise peace between Ukraine and Russia.
Also, MĂ©lenchon is no less harsh than Le Pen against sending French troops to Ukraine. In he MĂ©lenchon is sharply critical of Macron.
And one of the leaders of the socialists, ex-President of France Hollande, is already being called a potential prime minister from a hypothetical coalition of the left and Macron.
The victory of the left in France will not pass without a trace. Most likely, the influence of Jean-Luc MĂ©lenchon, who is the most prominent figure of the New Popular Front, will increase.
In February, Melenchon spoke out against sending French troops to Ukraine, which Macron then began to call for.
MĂ©lenchon called this idea "madness" and called for a peace agreement:
"Sending troops to Ukraine will make us a belligerent. A war with Russia would be madness. This bellicose verbal escalation of one nuclear power against another major nuclear power is already an irresponsible act. Parliament must be asked to say no. No to war It is time to agree on peace in Ukraine with mutual security conditions!"
In March, Melenchon said that only his party "Unconquered France" could save peace in Europe from "warmongers."
"There is no military way out of the war in Ukraine. If you don't want war, vote for us," he said, commenting on Macron's words about sending troops to Ukraine.
He also publicly stated that the Israeli genocide must be stopped, and Palestine will be immediately recognized as an independent state.
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🇺🇸 #Oklahoma high school principal (Kirk Moore) seen charging at and disarming a school shooter.
The suspect, identified as 20-year-old Victor Hawkins, was a former student who said he wanted to shoot up the school “like the Columbine shooters did.” While taking down the shooter, Moore was shot in the leg. He is expected to recover.
When the Principal woke up that day, he never thought he would be tackling a gunman.
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🇨🇳🛢 How much strategic oil does the world actually have in reserve?
Global strategic crude oil inventories stood at ~2.5 BILLION barrels as of December 2025, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
China holds by far the largest stockpile at 1,397 million barrels, more than 3 times the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve of 413 million barrels, which itself sits at only 58% of its full storage capacity of 714 million barrels.
China added an average of 1.1 million barrels per day to its strategic inventories throughout 2025, with preliminary data suggesting it continued building stockpiles in early 2026 ahead of the Iran War.
Japan holds the 3rd-largest reserve at 263 million barrels, followed by OECD European countries at 179 million barrels.
Meanwhile, the US is releasing 172 million barrels from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to suppress oil prices, part of a broader 400 million barrel coordinated release agreed by 32 IEA member nations in March.
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🛢 JP Morgan Warns Oil Market Out of Balance, Prices Must Rise
🔸The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil flows, has removed 13.7 million barrels per day from global supply in April alone. A JP Morgan research note warns the market has no good way to replace it.
🔸Normally, spare production capacity in Saudi Arabia and the UAE acts as the market’s shock absorber. But that buffer has effectively been removed, eliminating the system’s first line of defense.
🔸With spare capacity unavailable, markets turned to inventories
➤ Global stockpiles are now being drained at ~7.1 mbd in April, an extraordinary pace, according to the note.
🔸Meanwhile, demand is collapsing because supply simply isn’t reaching users — “forced demand destruction.”The hardest hit sectors include:
▪️ Petrochemical plants across Asia are shutting down or slashing output as LPG, ethane, and naphtha flows from the Gulf collapse
▪️ Airline jet fuel ...
🛢⛽️ Global oil inventories are heading toward RECORD LOWS:
Global visible oil inventories have fallen -255 million barrels since the start of the conflict on February 27, to 7,864 million barrels.
Total estimated oil draws, including non-OECD refined products storage, have accelerated to 10.9 million barrels per day in April, the largest monthly draws on record since 2017.
Cumulative estimated draws since the start of the war now stand at 474 million barrels, with Hormuz flows holding at ~10% of normal, or 2.0 million barrels per day.
Meanwhile, even in an optimistic scenario where Strait of Hormuz flows begin recovering by late April, it is unlikely to prevent global visible inventories from reaching all-time lows, according to Goldman Sachs.
As inventories keep falling, physical oil markets are likely to require sharply higher prices for immediate delivery, since buyers cannot wait months for cheaper futures delivery when stocks are running critically low.
Goldman also warns...
