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As renewed fighting with Iran sends oil and gas prices soaring, President Trump has imposed new global tariffs that could push up prices further.
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Oil prices dropped by around 3% on Friday, but remained on track for a weekly jump of 10% as the U.S.-Iran war continued to escalate.
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Australia and the European Union were among U.S. trade partners who condemned the tariffs.
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Stocks in Asia were down following a sell-off in the U.S. markets over soaring oil prices, rising borrowing costs and worries about the technology industry.
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Imposed citing forced labour concerns, the levies replace a temporary global duty brought in after the US Supreme Court struck down tariffs in February.
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;Resize=(620)) French authorities ordered on Friday the total evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula, a tourism hotspot on the Atlantic Coast, sending boats to remove people from an area threatened by a major wildfire.
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Top officials overseeing state elections and law enforcement are stepping up plans to prepare for what they worry could be interference in the midterms.
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The Pentagon lowered its official Iran war death toll to 14 from 18, removing four service members killed this month.
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Women said their partners had pushed or coerced them into taking part in swinging.
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On Thursday, Axel Rudakubana was moved from prison to a secure psychiatric hospital in Berkshire.
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Jurgen Klopp starts his reign as Germany's head coach by threatening to quit if the media invades his family's privacy.
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President Donald Trump will attend the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Friday night.
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The president initially backed a little-known congressman. Then he talked to Gov. Henry McMaster and Ms. Graham herself.
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The Amaurys of Paris own the race, but won't share any of the $170 million in media revenue. Sponsors and riders say their resistance is dooming the sport.
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Devastated by cycles of violence and economic crisis, many are giving up on work and their futures as the United States batters Iran again.
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The president has unveiled a complicated system to forge ahead with his trade war, after the Supreme Court stuck down his original levies.
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Saudi Arabia has long said that a condition of normalizing relations with Israel would be a pathway toward Palestinian statehood, a prospect that Israel's current government has rejected.
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A day after the agreement was signed, the president laid out a new requirement: that the Saudis normalize relations with Israel.
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President Trump threatened attacks on Houthi militants after the Iranian ally said it had hit two Saudi Arabian-flagged vessels.
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;Resize=(620)) U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would hold ?Iran accountable for any attacks by Yemen's Houthi militants, who ?said this week they ?were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.
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The 12 Democratic senators on the Armed Services Committee said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's department had not provided "timely and comprehensive" reporting on casualties during the war.
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An accord lacking ‘gold standard' safeguards on enrichment would carry proliferation risks
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Mykhailo Fedorov refuses President Zelensky's offer to accept an alternative post, as the battle of wills continues.
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The president's new condition could create a roadblock to the agreement his administration announced this week.
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Only diplomacy will end this war — and Kyiv's backers should seek to kick-start talks while the US is mired in Iran
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Yemen's Houthis said they had targeted two Saudi oil tankers with drones and missiles for allegedly violating its maritime blockade.
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U.S. trading partners have rejected the forced-labor rationale behind Trump's new global tariffs, while most signaled plans to keep negotiating.
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The price of crude oil is rising again following Houthi claims of attacks on tankers in the Red Sea. What could it mean for gas prices, inflation and the global economy?
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The price of Brent crude rose more than 5% on Thursday as the war in the Middle East continues to escalate.
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The recent rebound reflects traders' growing concern about the expanding war, which now extends from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea.
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;Resize=(620)) After several days of searching Nutimik Lake, the body of Aaron Au Ramirez, 13, has been recovered, according to Manitoba RCMP.
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A federal judge is asking how the Pentagon's new screening program and hormone replacement therapy impact its justification for banning transgender servicemembers.
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The votes marked the first test of Republican support for the conflict since President Donald Trump resumed military strikes against Tehran this month.
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;Resize=(620)) U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday a new agreement reached with Saudi Arabia for a civilian nuclear program will require the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords, a move that Saudi Arabia has long rejected.
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Oil prices rose Thursday to their highest level since early June after the latest Iran war escalation threatened severe new disruption to global supplies.
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Relying heavily on U.S. aid and protection, Jordan is unlikely to restrict the American military presence there, despite escalating Iranian airstrikes.
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The House Democratic campaign arm has stepped up its interventions in high-profile contested primaries. But this week, it suffered its third primary defeat in two months.
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English teachers are excited to have a new adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey to use to get students excited about the epic poem.
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The president has attended two previous dignified transfers since the war began; this is the first since he declared the ceasefire over.
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The price of oil surged nearly 5% on Wednesday as U.S. officials talked down the chance of new peace talks after an 11th straight night of strikes on Iran and with major disruption now facing two of the world's key supply routes.
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The price of oil surged more than 6% on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said that the ceasefire deal with Iran was "over" after the two countries trades strikes following attacks on three oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz.
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