Colorado State Senator Dies in Horrific Multi-Car Pileup Near Denver
A Colorado State Senator was killed on Wednesday night in a major car accident while heading north on Interstate 25 south of Denver.
Faith Winter, a Democrat who represented State Senate District 25 near Denver, died at 45 years old, leaving behind two children and her fiancé, former Democratic State Rep. Matt Gray.
Video from the scene shows the aftermath of the accident.
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Two sanctioned tankers hit by ‘explosions’ – Türkiye
Preliminary reports indicated the vessels caught fire due to “external impact,” officials said
Two tankers sanctioned by the West were damaged by explosions in the Black Sea on Friday, Turkish officials said.
Kairos, a Gambian-flagged vessel bound for Russia’s port of Novorossiysk, caught fire 28 nautical miles (51 km) off Türkiye’s coast due to unspecified “external factors,” the Turkish Directorate General for Maritime Affairs said. All 25 crew members, most of them Chinese nationals, were rescued by the Coast Guard.
Footage published by officials shows the ship engulfed in flames.
Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said the information received from the ship “indicated a possible mine strike.” He confirmed that the initial assessment suggested “external impact.”
The second vessel, the Gambian-flagged tanker Virat, reported a “strike” 35 nautical miles (65 km) off the Turkish coast. Local media said the ship had communicated that it was attacked by drones. Uraloglu said rescue vessels were deployed to evacuate Virat’s crew of 20.
Photos released by officials show a hole in the ship’s hull.
Both tankers have been sanctioned by Western states for transporting oil in violation of restrictions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine conflict. Moscow has denied operating a “shadow fleet.”
https://www.rt.com/news/628650-sanciotned-tanker-explosions-fire/
From Oil War To 'Major Non-NATO Ally': Trump's Extraordinary Saudi Pivot
Trump designates Saudi Arabia a “major non-NATO ally,” marking a dramatic turnaround from years of strained relations marked by an oil price war and diplomatic freezes.
In return, Washington expects Saudi Arabia to align more closely with U.S. interests.
The U.S. expects Riyadh to help keep prices within a “Trump Oil Price Range” of roughly $40–80 per barrel.
From the beginning of Donald Trump’s first term in office in 2017 to the start of his second term earlier this year, the relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia shifted between tense and downright hostile.
Those years included an Oil Price War, the de facto Saudi leader labelled a murderer, and all lines of communication between the two sides grinding to a complete halt.
However, as Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) sat next to each other at a black-tie dinner at the White House last week – with the former designating the latter’s country as “a major non-NATO ally” – all this must have seemed a distant past, and as L.P. Hartley put it: “They do things differently there”.
So, how does the future for the world’s top superpower and one of its top hydrocarbons powers look from here?
It is apposite to note here that this is not a meaningless designation from the U.S. for Saudi Arabia. Only 19 other countries – Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, South Korea, Thailand, and Tunisia – have such a standing in Washington’s eyes. Taiwan also has the same de facto designation, but does not officially enjoy the label, given the U.S.’s complicated ‘One China’ policy. Saudi Arabia’s new-found status also brings with it a host of economic and military advantages in its dealings with the U.S. and its allies, according to the State Department. These include eligibility for ‘loans of material, supplies, or equipment for cooperative research, development, testing, or evaluation purposes’, as well as for being a location for the placing of U.S.-owned War Reserve Stockpiles.
Saudi Arabia will also now be able to enter into agreements with the U.S. for its security forces’ training on a bilateral or multilateral basis, will be eligible for the priority delivery of ‘excess defence articles’ (including C-130 Hercules aircraft or frigates, at low or zero cost), and for the purchase of depleted uranium ammunition.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/From-Oil-War-to-Major-Non-NATO-Ally-Trumps-Extraordinary-Saudi-Pivot.html