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The DOJ is investigating a series of suspiciously timed trades in the oil market just ahead of major announcements by President Donald Trump about the Iran war.
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Both were the latest to be sentenced in President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign, which started more than a decade ago.
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The war in Iran has pushed global oil prices higher, which boosts oil company revenues. But major U.S. oil companies aren't signaling plans to increase production to bring down prices at the pump.
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;Resize=(620)) A major Mexican trade mission to Canada launched Thursday, involving over 200 Mexican businesses seeking to expand commercial links during the two-day, two-city encounter that will include high-level talks on the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement.
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;Resize=(620)) Johanna Sutcliffe's family is critical of the care she received in her final days, and they're calling for systemic change to close what they see as a gap in provincial standards of care at special care homes.
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The benchmark Nikkei 225 surged over 5% to a record high as Japan reopened after extended Golden Week holidays.
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;Resize=(620)) A man in Quebec's Abitibi-Témiscamingue region is questioning if his father would still be alive if his family's 911 calls were properly transferred to Quebec, instead of landing in Ontario. By the time paramedics arrived, roughly 50 minutes had passed from the first 911 call.
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Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are poised to vote on a plan to reshape a majority-Black congressional district
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President Donald Trump first announced Project Freedom on Sunday in a post, promising the Navy would "guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways."
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Trump calls off an effort to take control of Strait of Hormuz from Iran, citing progress on talks, but the blockade remains.
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The war in Iran has added to a tectonic shift in public opinion — a bipartisan swing away from Israel. Some on the far-right are fighting to keep President Trump's movement aligned with the Jewish state.
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;Resize=(620)) Oil prices fell under $100 US following pleas for peace in the Middle East by China's foreign minister, before rising a bit again. Markets in Europe and Asia soared at the same time, as did futures for major Wall Street indexes.
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Asia-Pacific markets jumped, shrugging off renewed tensions in the Middle East.
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;Resize=(620)) Canada has begun its latest census effort, as Ottawa seeks to build an updated picture of the country and its people.
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