Hormuz Deal Talk Still Has No Usable Protocol
Diplomats can say Hormuz is reopening, but shipowners still need text on mines, routing, fees, sanctions, and insurance.
Dara Osei
Bureau: London
Ted Turner Deserves A Conservation Obit Beyond CNN
Ted Turner's legacy is CNN and more: land, bison, habitat, U.N. giving, and media wealth turned into landscape policy.
Treasury Turns Hormuz Toll Paper Into A Sanctions Trap
The Strait dispute now has a compliance problem: paying or helping the toll regime may become sanctions exposure.
Oil Falls On Deal Hopes While Strait Risks Remain
Crude fell on deal headlines, but drones, mines, sanctions, and insurance still price the water.
Shipping Insurance Tests Hormuz Deal Talk
Diplomats can say passage is reopening, but insurers and charterers decide whether the Strait works.
El Nino Watch Complicates The Quiet Hurricane Headline
A below-normal Atlantic hurricane headline does not cancel El Nino risk; the service story is why both signals can coexist.