2026-03-12
14 分钟Good morning.
Countries have been forced to tap emergency oil supplies as the global energy crisis takes hold.
The Wall Street Journal explains the historic decision.
Just one escalation after the other on both sides to get to this worst-case scenario for the energy markets.
A Pentagon investigation appears to contradict Trump's claims over who struck an Iranian elementary school.
And the mounting problems facing airport travel.
If you're lucky, it's pretty calm.
If you're unlucky, it's just absolute chaos.
It's Thursday, March 12th.
I'm Cecilia Lei, and this is Apple News Today.
Oil has taken center stage in the war in the Middle East.
Yesterday, several commercial tankers were struck at sea and fuel ports were set ablaze.
The succession of attacks are further threatening a global energy crisis,
which was sparked by Iran's decision to choke off the world's most important shipping route, the Strait of Hormuz.
Yesterday, a stopgap plan was announced to address the scale of the crisis.
IEA countries have unanimously decided to launch the largest ever release of emergency oil stocks in our agency's history.
That's the Executive Director of the IEA or International Energy Agency,
a conglomerate of countries that have their own oil reserves.
They've decided to release 400 million barrels of oil,
more than double their last release in 2022 after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.