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US fuel prices surge past $4 as Iran war disrupts oil
US fuel prices surge past $4 as Iran war disrupts oil

NEW YORK CITY, New York: U.S. gasoline prices have climbed above US$4 a gallon for the first time since 2022, as the Iran war drives...

Iran war threatens high-margin Gulf market for luxury cars
Iran war threatens high-margin Gulf market for luxury cars

LONDON/BERLIN/MILAN: Luxury carmakers are bracing for a hit to one of their most profitable markets as the war in Iran disrupts demand...

Fuel spike forces airlines into fares versus demand trade-off
Fuel spike forces airlines into fares versus demand trade-off

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Airlines are scrambling to adjust fares and flight schedules as a sharp rise in fuel costs threatens profitability...

Top senator explains why Russia will not abduct Zelensky
Top senator explains why Russia will not abduct Zelensky

Moscow would irreparably damage its reputation if it behaved like the US in Venezuela and Iran, Valentina Matviyenko said Russia...

Macron urges nations not to be vassals of the US or China
Macron urges nations not to be vassals of the US or China

The French president called on like-minded countries to band together in the face of Washingtons unpredictability French President...

Jessica Pegula secures 3rd straight comeback to reach Charleston semis
Jessica Pegula secures 3rd straight comeback to reach Charleston semis

(Photo credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images) For the third straight day, No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula dropped the opening set but rallied...

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US brings down bridge in Iran, attacks continue across Middle East
US brings down bridge in Iran, attacks continue across Middle East

DUBAI, U.A.E.: The war in Iran showed no signs of ebbing with Israel saying it faced incoming fire, and Kuwait and Bahrain reporting...

Pope Leo criticizes Trump, tells him to find way out of Iran war
Pope Leo criticizes Trump, tells him to find way out of Iran war

VATICAN CITY: Since he was anointed the first U.S. leader of the global Catholic Church ten months ago, Pope Leo has mostly stayed...

Israeli strikes force over a million to take refuge in Beirut
Israeli strikes force over a million to take refuge in Beirut

BEIRUT, Lebanon: More than a million people have fled from southern and eastern Lebanon and entered Beirut's southern suburbs since...

UK, 35 other nations discuss ways to reopen Strait of Hormuz
UK, 35 other nations discuss ways to reopen Strait of Hormuz

LONDON, U.K.: Almost three dozen countries met on April 2 to exert diplomatic and political pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,...

Underground hashish rail route from Morocco smashed by Spanish police
Underground hashish rail route from Morocco smashed by Spanish police

MADRID, Spain: A tunnel in the North African exclave of Ceuta, ​complete with a rail system and underground cranes used to smuggle...

‘Orgasmic meditation’ company founder gets 9 years in jail
‘Orgasmic meditation’ company founder gets 9 years in jail

NEW YORK CITY, New York: The leader of a sex-focused women's wellness company that promoted orgasmic meditation was on March 30 handed...

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