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Author: Uday Rana
Publication Date: July 23, 2026 - 12:17
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Oil hits US$100 a barrel again as Middle East conflict hits Red Sea strait
July 23, 2026
As of 11 a.m. eastern on Thursday, Brent crude prices were around US$100.60 per barrel as conflict in the Red Sea drove oil tanker traffic in the crucial Bab el-Mandeb strait down.
Poland, with an imminent high-priced military ramp-up, is betting that the cost of peace is cheaper than the price of war with Russia. In a watershed defence spend, coming from a European Union loan, Warsaw is pouring nearly 44 billion euros ($71 billion) into stepping up its military infrastructure. Why now? That’s obvious for anyone following Moscow’s unyielding provocations. Jets scrambling to intercept Russian aircraft over the Baltic, cyberattacks on Polish railways and hospitals, and drones and missiles straying across its borders have all convinced Poland’s political class that...
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