US president Joe Biden today called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and vowed to reconsider US policy on Gaza unless Israel limits civilian casualties in the Palestinian enclave.
Washington has given Tehran assurances that the US was not involved in the suspected <a href="https://direct.argusmedia.com/newsandanalysis/article/2553449">Israeli missile attack</a> on an Iranian diplomatic facility in Damascus, Syria.
Decarbonisation appears to be a longer process than expected even a year ago, with major oil and gas producers sounding more confident about maintaining their core business in decades to come and more sceptical about the economics and technological progress required for energy transition.
Foreign policy issues rarely headline US presidential elections, but the rest of the planet has a vested interest in the decision of US voters in November whether to re-elect President Joe Biden or to return his predecessor Donald Trump to office.
Venezuelan opposition politician and would-be presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado is arguing in favor of continued US economic and political pressure to force Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro to hold an election that he could lose.