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Asian technology stocks fell on Thursday as Iran's latest attacks on Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City and a surge in oil prices rattled investor sentiment.
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;Resize=(620)) Joe Kent, the former U.S. counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday during an appearance on Tucker Carlson's podcast that he and other senior officials "were not allowed" to share doubts about the U.S. airstrikes with President Donald Trump.
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With oil supply disrupted, Beijing's oil reserves and renewable energy push are being put to the test.
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;Resize=(620)) For Leqaa Kordia, her newfound freedom means little to her until "everybody is free." "There is a lot of injustice in this place," Kordia told reporters after emerging from a U.S. immigration detention centre in Texas on Monday. "There are a lot of people that shouldn't be here in the first place. We're going to keep fighting for them."
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Also, oil prices jump after airstrikes hit a crucial energy site. Here's the latest at the end of Wednesday.
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Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma was chosen to replace the ousted secretary Kristi Noem and will face senators at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
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