Editor (2023-08-15). US Pressures Saudi Arabia to Sell Oil in Dollars, Not Chinese Yuan, Amid Israel Negotiations. scheerpost.com

Nathan Halverson (2023-08-14). State Pension Fund Is Invested in Deal to Drain Arizona's Dwindling Groundwater. truthout.org As rural Arizonans face the prospect of wells running dry, foreign firms are sucking up vast amounts of the state's groundwater to grow hay for Saudi Arabia and other wealthy nations. Now it turns out that a key investor in this water transfer scheme is Arizona's own employee retirement fund. In La Paz County, a rural community about 100 miles west of Phoenix, Al Dahra Farms USA has been running a… |

Editor (2023-08-14). U.S. pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan, amid Israel negotiations. mronline.org As part of negotiations for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, the United States is demanding that Riyadh keep pricing its oil in dollars, not China's renminbi or other currencies.