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The Iran war is either concluding with the world worse off, or escalation is just delayed again

A fragile ceasefire agreement in the war began with bombs continuing to explode in Lebanon and contradictory statements about whether Iran will continue to control

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Even if Iran’s regime outlasts Trump, it may not survive reconstruction of the shattered economy

Tehran has been embolden by its ability to maintain tight control over the Strait of Hormuz and its own population. But even if the regime

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Trump wants to add nearly $7T to the $39T national debt with military budget, watchdog warns

Budget hawks in Washington have their eyes trained on April 3, when the White House is scheduled to release its fiscal year 2027 budget request,

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Bill Ackman told spooked investors to get over the Iran war and buy Fannie and Freddie. Stocks surged 40% the next day

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government sponsored businesses designed to prop up mortgages, ripped on Monday after billionaire investor Bill Ackman told investors

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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak admits he’s ‘disappointed a lot’ by AI and hardly uses it

Apple will celebrate 50 years on April 1, and over the past half-century, it has developed the eight-bit personal computer Apple I, the Macintosh, the

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Moldova imposes 60-day energy emergency after Russian strikes in Ukraine

Moldova’s Parliament voted on Tuesday to impose a state of emergency in the country’s energy sector after Russian strikes on neighboring Ukraine’s energy grid disconnected a

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Trump says he will order ICE to airports for security and vows to arrest ‘all illegal immigrants’

In a pair of social media posts, Trump first threatened and then said he had made plans to put officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs

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Argentines once drank 90 liters of wine a year. Now they’re down to 15 — and 1,100 vineyards have already closed

Argentina’s once thriving wine industry is facing its worst crisis in more than 15 years, with record-low domestic consumption, dwindling exports and low-yielding crops. Against

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The closed Strait of Hormuz is testing Asia’s energy security. The answer lies in Canada

When IRGC brigadier-general Ebrahim Jabari declared the Strait of Hormuz to be closed, 150 oil and LNG tankers decided to stay put rather than risk

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Google and Tesla know electricity is expensive. They’re teaming up to bring you an alternative.

If it seems like your electricity bill is higher than it’s ever been, you’re probably right.  Americans’ electricity costs rose by 30% between 2021 and