The Tech Making ‘Dark-Fleet’ Tankers Into Ticking Time Bombs

将暗舰油轮变为定时炸弹的科技

WSJ What’s News

2026-06-19

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P.M. Edition for June 18. WSJ senior video and national security reporter Shelby Holliday discusses the technology on the dilapidated ships carrying sanctioned oil that makes them a risk around the world. Plus, the Supreme Court rules that not all drug users can be banned from owning guns, expanding the reach of the Second Amendment. And CME, the U.S.’s leading futures exchange, sues the CFTC to stop prediction-market platform Kalshi from diving into the market for the trendy derivatives known as “perps.” Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newslette Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • The Supreme Court says Congress can't ban drug users from owning guns.

  • Plus, the technology that helps tankers move sanctioned oil around the world also makes them ticking time bombs.

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  • It's Thursday, June 18. I'm Alex O'Sulliv for The Wall Street Journal.

  • This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

  • We start today's show at NATO headquarters in Brussels,

  • where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was turning up the pressure on European members of the alliance.

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