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对地缘冲突担忧减弱 国际油价21日显著下跌

2026年9月22日 11:14 / 联合早报

由于市场对中东地缘政治冲突的担忧减弱，国际油价新一周交易开始后走弱。图为美国纽约的一个加油站。 （路透社）

由于市场对中东地缘政治冲突的担忧减弱，国际油价新一周交易开始后走弱，星期一（9月21日）盘中跌幅扩大，收盘时国际原油期货价格显著下跌。

新华社报道，截至21日收盘，纽约商品交易所10月交货的轻质原油期货价格下跌4.52美元，收于每桶95.78美元（约122.22新元），跌幅4.51%；11月交货的伦敦布伦特原油期货价格下跌3.53美元，收于每桶100.34美元，跌幅3.4%。

美国福克斯新闻频道20日报道，美国总统特朗普当天接受电话采访时说，美国与也门胡塞武装一直保持沟通，胡塞武装同意不与美国交战。特朗普还暗示，他对在纽约举行的联合国大会期间会见伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬持开放态度。

道明证券高级大宗商品策略师麦凯说，通过霍尔木兹海峡的原油出口量正在增加，整个中东地区的原油运输量已恢复至伊朗战事爆发前约80%的水平。

他说，如果没有重大局势升级，伊朗在这条海峡的“关键筹码可能已经丧失”。不过，中东安全形势仍充满变数，随时可能升级，石油市场也受到多个近期因素影响。

受沙特阿拉伯横贯东西的输油管道有望在数日内部分恢复运行等消息影响，国际原油期货价格最近四个交易日连续下跌。沙特能源部此前说，东西输油管道在利雅得和麦地那地区遭到多次袭击，管道随后被预防性关闭。

对地缘冲突担忧减弱 国际油价21日显著下跌

2026年9月22日 11:14 / 联合早报

由于市场对中东地缘政治冲突的担忧减弱，国际油价新一周交易开始后走弱。图为美国纽约的一个加油站。 （路透社）

由于市场对中东地缘政治冲突的担忧减弱，国际油价新一周交易开始后走弱，星期一（9月21日）盘中跌幅扩大，收盘时国际原油期货价格显著下跌。

新华社报道，截至21日收盘，纽约商品交易所10月交货的轻质原油期货价格下跌4.52美元，收于每桶95.78美元（约122.22新元），跌幅4.51%；11月交货的伦敦布伦特原油期货价格下跌3.53美元，收于每桶100.34美元，跌幅3.4%。

美国福克斯新闻频道20日报道，美国总统特朗普当天接受电话采访时说，美国与也门胡塞武装一直保持沟通，胡塞武装同意不与美国交战。特朗普还暗示，他对在纽约举行的联合国大会期间会见伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬持开放态度。

道明证券高级大宗商品策略师麦凯说，通过霍尔木兹海峡的原油出口量正在增加，整个中东地区的原油运输量已恢复至伊朗战事爆发前约80%的水平。

他说，如果没有重大局势升级，伊朗在这条海峡的“关键筹码可能已经丧失”。不过，中东安全形势仍充满变数，随时可能升级，石油市场也受到多个近期因素影响。

受沙特阿拉伯横贯东西的输油管道有望在数日内部分恢复运行等消息影响，国际原油期货价格最近四个交易日连续下跌。沙特能源部此前说，东西输油管道在利雅得和麦地那地区遭到多次袭击，管道随后被预防性关闭。

US awards $99 million for geothermal drilling, technology projects

September 21, 2026 9:52 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago / By Reuters

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Sept 21 (Reuters) – The US Department of Energy on Monday said it selected 21 projects for up to $99 million in ​funding to advance geothermal energy development, a source ‌of around-the-clock power that has attracted growing interest from investors and energy companies.

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• The projects will receive up to $99 million to conduct field-scale ​tests of next-generation geothermal technologies and exploration drilling ​designed to identify promising geothermal resources across the ⁠United States.
• Five projects will conduct field tests of enhanced ​geothermal systems, or EGS, technologies, while 16 projects will focus ​on exploration drilling.
• Recipients include Fervo Energy FRVO.O, which was selected for two projects, including an enhanced geothermal systems demonstration in Idaho and exploration ​drilling in Nevada. Other selected companies include Quaise Energy, ​Zanskar Geothermal, XGS Energy and Invenergy.
• DOE will make data generated under the ‌projects ⁠publicly available through its Geothermal Data Repository to help guide future technology development and resource exploration.
• “These projects will empower American innovators to unlock the tremendous geothermal resources beneath ​our feet,” DOE ​Under Secretary ⁠of Energy Kyle Haustveit said in a statement. “Under President Trump’s leadership, we’re advancing next-generation ​geothermal technologies that can lower costs, strengthen American ​energy ⁠dominance, and turn more of our vast domestic geothermal resources into reliable and affordable power.”
• Geothermal energy has emerged as one ⁠of ​the fastest-growing areas of the US ​power sector as developers adapt oil-and-gas drilling techniques to tap underground heat ​for electricity generation.

Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Aurora Ellis

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Man convicted of attempted murder in shooting of three Palestinian students in Vermont

2026-09-21 21:15:51 UTC / Reuters

By Kanishka Singh

September 21, 2026 9:15 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago

Jason J. Eaton, 48, a suspect who was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, appears at his court arraignment from the Northwest State Correctional Facility in Swanton, Vermont, U.S. November 27, 2023. Vermont Judiciary/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

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• Three Palestinian Americans were shot in late 2023 in Vermont
• One victim was left paralyzed from waist down after shooting
• Jury found Jason Eaton guilty on three counts of attempted murder

WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – A man was convicted by a jury of attempted murder in the late 2023 shooting of three Palestinian ‌American students in Vermont, two of whom were wounded and one was left paralyzed from the waist down, prosecutors said on Monday.

Jason Eaton was found guilty on three counts of attempted second-degree murder for the shootings of Hisham ​Awartani, Tahseen Aliahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid on November 25, 2023, in Burlington, Vermont, prosecutor Sarah ​George, the Chittenden County state’s attorney, said in a statement.

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The conviction rejected Eaton’s insanity ⁠defense and he will be sentenced at a later time, George said. A jury trial commenced ​in the Chittenden Superior Court a week ago and lasted till Monday.

Eaton faces a sentence of up ​to life without parole, with a presumptive minimum term of 20 years to serve on each count, George said.

The three Palestinian American students, who grew up in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, were walking in Burlington when Eaton approached and ​shot them, prosecutors and police said.

Awartani was paralyzed from the chest down and now lives with paraplegia, ​his family said. Aliahmad was struck in the chest and Abdalhamid was struck in the glute while running away, ‌according ⁠to prosecutors. Aliahmad and Abdalhamid were visiting Awartani’s grandmother over a Thanksgiving break from school.

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All three were 20 at the time and wore black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh scarves while conversing in a mix of English and Arabic when the gunman confronted them, prosecutors said. Their families said on Monday justice “has been rendered” and ​that they feel relief.

Though ​Eaton pleaded not guilty, ⁠he did not dispute being the shooter. His legal team said he should not be found guilty due to insanity, referring to his claims that ​US and Israeli intelligence ordered him to carry out the shooting through radio ​and that ⁠God asked him to protect Jewish neighbors.

US rights advocates have noted rising anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish bias since the start of US ally Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza following a deadly October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

Some fatal incidents that have ⁠sparked ​alarm include a 2023 deadly stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian ​American child in Illinois whose killer was sentenced to 53 years in prison and died in custody, and a 2026 San Diego mosque shooting ​that left five dead, including two teenage suspects.

Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Aurora Ellis

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Fury erupts over Mamdani parade invite as old Columbus insult resurfaces: ‘Are you kidding me?’

2026-09-21 6:17pm EDT / Fox News

The NYC mayor once posted a photo of himself giving the middle finger to a Christopher Columbus statue

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Published September 21, 2026 6:17pm EDT

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A decision to invite New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to Manhattan’s annual Columbus Day Parade has sparked backlash among some Italian-American leaders.

The Columbus Citizens Foundation, which is responsible for holding the parade, invited Mamdani in the hopes of fostering a better relationship between City Hall and the Italian-American community, the New York Post reported. Mamdani’s past criticism of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, however, has sparked backlash among Italians who feel inviting the mayor is in poor taste.

“Are you kidding me? This is a WEAK and FECKLESS move by the organizers,” Italian American Civil Rights League president Mike Crispi wrote on X. “Zohran has showed contempt for our people and kissing a** won’t change his true feelings. Italian Americans need to wake up and get tough. It’s the only way to preserve our culture.”

Crispi’s criticism was a reference to a 2020 social media post where Mamdani posted a photo of himself brandishing his middle finger at a statue of Columbus with the caption “take it down.” Columbus holds a near-legendary status among Italian Americans, with the 15th-century explorer viewed by many as a historic link between their heritage and the United States.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

“We feel cooperating is always the better path . . . and we hope to create a good relationship with his office,” Columbus Citizens Foundation president Christopher Loiacono told the New York Post when asked about his decision to invite Mamdani. “We hope he will be more open to [working] with the Italian community.”

It is unclear if Mamdani has accepted the invitation to the parade. Columbus Day falls on Monday, Oct. 12, with New York City’s annual Columbus Day Parade set for Manhattan.

“This is a man who has made it clear that he doesn’t respect Christopher Columbus, and he doesn’t even think us enough of a group to put on his immigrant enclave map,” New York City Councilwoman Joann Ariola, a Republican from Queens, wrote in response. “Why would he want to be there? To get pictures and pretend he’s a paisan now? He should sit this one out.”

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on June 14, 2026.(Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Ariola’s comment was an apparent reference to a map of ethnic enclaves published by the city earlier this year that excluded Little Italy, which also sparked backlash from Italians. The map was initially created by the previous administration in 2023, and Mamdani said his administration added several neighborhoods before releasing the 2026 version.

Nonetheless, Mamdani has moved to update the map to include Little Italy.

A Columbus Day parade wouldn’t be the first public event Mamdani has attended this year to draw organized opposition to his presence. The mayor’s presence at the annual memorial service at Ground Zero on Sept. 11 spurred some family members of victims to circulate a petition demanding that he stay home.

“Just as Mamdani’s presence at the 9/11 Ceremony was inappropriate, we Italian/Americans don’t want him on Columbus Day either,” right-wing political operative Roger Stone wrote on X.

Some non-Italians are offended on behalf of the community.

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Little Italy in Manhattan was omitted from New York City’s immigrant enclave map, prompting backlash before Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the neighborhood would be added.(Dosfotos/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

“I’m not Italian but I’ve been an honorary dignitary for 5 years running at the Columbus Day Parade thanks to my friend Angelo Vivolo,” Jewish radio host Sid Rosenberg wrote on X. “The organizers of the parade invited [Mamdani] to attend? What? This Radical Islam mother fcker gave the finger to a Columbus statue and left Little Italy/Arthur Avenue OFF his bullsht immigrant map … When did my Italian brothers and sisters become so soft! … I will NOT attend this year if he is there.”

“The Italians need to step up and stop this!” he added.

Crispi has threatened to hold a competing Columbus Day parade next year if the Columbus Citizens Foundation does not revoke its invitation to the mayor.

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Democrat who’s broken with his party before endorses Republican in battleground race

2026-09-21 5:46 PM ET / CNN

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Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat from Maine, and Rep. Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York.

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For national Democrats, Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York is a top target to beat in the midterm elections this fall.

On Monday, however, Rep. Jared Golden, a retiring moderate Democrat from Maine, endorsed Lawler.

It was the third time in recent weeks that Golden defied his party, arguing in an op-ed that Lawler is the exact kind of Republican that Democrats should be fighting to keep.

“We have real adversaries in this world, and they are not our fellow citizens. When candidates for office tell voters that the gravest danger to this country is other Americans and the leaders they elect, that is radical talk, and it is the same politics of fear I have refused to practice for my entire career,” Golden wrote in The Journal News.

Lawler’s upstate New York district is one of the few GOP-held seats that Kamala Harris won in the 2024 presidential election. Inside Elections rates the race in New York’s 17th Congressional District as a toss-up.

Golden has been a thorn in the side of his Democratic colleagues, especially in recent weeks. He voted twice with Republicans to advance procedural votes, including paving the way for the GOP to force a vote on a resolution denouncing socialism. The party will likely use the measure against Democrats on the campaign trail.

Golden’s move became a major flash point within the party as members discussed whether lawmakers should be penalized for voting with Republicans on procedural votes. So far, Democratic leaders have not carried out any punishment.

In his op-ed, Golden applauded Lawler for his work with him on a bill to support lobstermen, which the New York Republican didn’t exactly gain to benefit much from, Golden wrote.

“There is not a single lobster boat in his district. He got no votes in this and no headlines back home. He signed on because a historic American industry, thousands of fishing families, and the principle that federal rules should be built on facts were all on the line. And he understands that in every community, not just in Maine, mom-and-pop shops have been around for generations, and their livelihoods make up the very foundation of our communities,” Golden wrote.

Appeals court orders Missouri to use Trump-backed congressional map, setting up another Supreme Court battle

2026-09-21 7:18 PM ET / CNN

By Tierney Sneed

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A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Missouri must use a GOP-friendly congressional redistricting plan for November’s election but put that ruling on hold for a week so the Supreme Court could review the dispute.

The ruling from the US 8th Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest twist in a whiplash legal wrangling over the map, injecting another round of uncertainty, as it does not take effect immediately but rather sets up another round of appeals.

The Missouri Supreme Court previously said the 6-1 Republican-leaning map adopted by the legislature last year could not be used because of a referendum challenge brought against it under the state constitution.

The Missouri Supreme Court ordered election officials to use an older, 5-2 redistricting plan even though the 2025 plan had been used in the state’s primary. The US Supreme Court declined to reverse that ruling, and it then paused a federal judge’s ruling that sought to revive the 6-1 map.

The new ruling from the 8th Circuit said requiring voters to cast general election ballots on the older plan violates the US Constitution.

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It relied on estimates put forward by a conservative group in the case to conclude “that more than 1.4 million Missourians could not vote for the congressional district nominees who will appear on their November 2026 general election ballot, and more than a quarter-million Missourians who voted in the August 2026 primary election cast a vote for a congressional district candidate who now cannot represent them.”

Rep. Emanuel Cleaverspeaks during a rally on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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Missouri’s new map targeted the 5th Congressional District, held by Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, by breaking up its Kansas City base and stretching it into rural and Republican-leaning parts of the state.

The group that launched the referendum campaign against the GOP-leaning map noted in a statement reacting to the new ruling that “Ballots have been printed, and Missourians have already voted.”

“Thousands more will vote before this order seeks to take effect,” the statement from People Not Politicians said. “Officials should stop wasting taxpayers’ money on pointless legal action and instead focus on administering our elections.”

CNN’s Fredreka Schouten and John Fritze contributed to this report.

US appeals court backs Missouri’s Republican-drawn congressional map, sets up return to Supreme Court

2026-09-21T22:19:27.034Z / Reuters

By Luc Cohen

September 21, 2026 10:19 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) – A US appeals court ruled on Monday in favor of a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri that aimed to help the party maintain ​its slim majority in the House of Representatives, although the map will not ‌be used in November’s midterm elections without further intervention from the US Supreme Court.

The ruling by the St. Louis, Missouri-based 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals risked injecting further confusion about the boundaries of ​the state’s congressional districts with the midterms less than two months away. President ​Donald Trump’s Republicans are fighting to keep control of both chambers of ⁠Congress.

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Missouri Republicans adopted the new map, which dismantled the Kansas City-based seat of longtime ​Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver, in 2025 as part of a broader effort backed by Trump ​to redraw congressional districts to benefit Republican candidates.

On September 3, Missouri’s top court unanimously blocked the new map, siding with challengers who had argued it must be approved by voters in a November referendum before ​it can take effect.

But a federal judge then issued a temporary order blocking the state ​court’s decision and requiring Missouri to use the Republican-drawn map in the midterms. The U.S. Supreme Court ‌subsequently ⁠paused that order. Missouri officials said they would use a prior map that left Cleaver’s district intact.

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The Supreme Court’s pause remains in effect for now. The 8th Circuit directed the lower court to enter a permanent injunction allowing for the Republican-drawn map, but also said the ​ruling would be paused ​until Monday, September ⁠28 at 5 p.m. CT (2200 GMT) to give the Supreme Court time to weigh in. It was not immediately clear if either ​Missouri Republicans or the map’s challengers would ask the Supreme Court ​to take up ⁠the case again before the midterms.

At a hearing on September 17, a three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit — which included two judges appointed by Trump during his first term in the ⁠White ​House and another appointed by Republican President George H.W. ​Bush — acknowledged that time was of the essence, since Missouri is scheduled to start sending ballots to military, overseas ​and absentee voters this month.

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Trump and Mamdani meet at NY’s Gracie Mansion

6:57 PM EDT, Mon September 21, 2026 / CNN

Trump and Mamdani meet at NY’s Gracie Mansion

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Mamdani in hot seat over post mourning death of inmate charged with callous crime: ‘Absolutely shameful’

2026-09-21T16:00:55-04:00 / Fox News

Luis Alberto Lopez Castillo was charged with murder and robbery of 26-year-old special needs victim Ron Marte

By Andrew Mark Miller Fox News

Published September 21, 2026 4:00pm EDT | Updated September 21, 2026 2:00pm EDT

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing strong pushback from critics after posting his condolences for the death of a jail inmate charged in the killing of an autistic man during an ambush.

“A person in City custody died yesterday evening following a court appearance in Queens,” Mamdani posted on X on Thursday. “Department of Correction staff performed CPR until emergency medical services arrived to take him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. I extend my condolences to his family. In line with standard practice, the DOC and its oversight partners will investigate the circumstances of his death.”

The vast majority of social media users who replied to the post took issue with Mamdani not providing more details about the alleged crime. The individual who died was Luis Alberto Lopez Castillo, who faced charges of murder, manslaughter and robbery related to the 2025 murder of 26-year-old Ron Marte, a man with special needs, the New York Post reported.

Prosecutors allege Castillo and his accomplice Axel Martinez ambushed Marte in the Bronx’s Starlight Park as he walked home from work, with Martinez shooting him in the chest while Castillo took his cellphone.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks with inmates on Rikers Island while they watch a World Cup semifinal soccer match on July 15, 2026, in New York.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mamdani’s critics highlighted the post as an example of the mayor showing more concern for suspected criminals than victims.

“Again!” FOX Business anchor David Asman posted on X. “I thought somewhere in the beginning of ‘An Idiot’s Guide to Being Mayor’ here’s a suggestion: ‘Display sympathy for the victims; Not the criminals.’”

“Didn’t he murder a 26 year old special needs man?” Jewish advocacy group StopAntisemitism posted on X.

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“The guy Mamdani is mourning here was charged with robbing and murdering a 26 year old with special needs,” Benny Polatseck, a former digital producer for former NYC Mayor Eric Adams posted on X. “Did you see any tweets from him mourning his helpless victim?”

“Absolutely shameful…,” conservative influencer account Proud Elephant posted on X. “Just when you thought Mamdani couldn’t go any lower. Mamdani should do the right thing and resign from office in disgrace.”

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a May Day rally at Washington Square Park in New York City on May 1, 2026.(Yuki Iwamura/AP)

Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani’s office for comment.

Mamdani has faced similar criticism before, including in August when he mourned the death of a man with 27 prior arrests who died in Rikers Island jail while facing charges for murdering a man with a meat cleaver in a Brooklyn laundromat.

Mamdani has been outspoken about his efforts to improve safety and living conditions across the jail system and has made several moves he says will accomplish that, including ending 12-hour shifts for correctional staff, addressing the practice of housing people of different ages together, moving to close Rikers Island, and strengthening oversight under the federal Nunez monitoring agreement.

His administration has begun transferring unused Rikers facilities out of the Department of Correction’s control and opened a 104-bed therapeutic housing unit at Bellevue Hospital to provide incarcerated people with specialized medical care.

New York City has been legally committed since 2019 to closing Rikers and replacing it with four smaller borough-based jails, a plan Mamdani has pledged to accelerate. Critics argue the move would leave the city with fewer jail cells and make it more difficult to tackle crime.

Fox News Digital’s Robert Schmad contributed to this report

Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.