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Brent Crude Tops $114 as Trump Accuses Iran of Manipulating Oil Markets
Oil prices have surged to their highest levels in five months, with Brent crude trading above 114 dollars a barrel and US oil pushing past 100 dollars, as
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Dollar Near 18-Month High as Traders Price Another Possible Fed Rise
The dollar is trading near an 18-month high after the Federal Reserve’s September 15–16 meeting raised rates by a quarter point with every policymaker’s…
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China’s Battery Exports to Europe Surge as Brussels Weighs Its Own Trade Tools
Batteries have quietly become one of the defining lines in China–Europe trade. Lithium-ion batteries rose from about a quarter of one percent of China’s…
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After Belém Stalemate, COP31 in Antalya Faces Modest Hopes for Implementation
The next United Nations climate summit, COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, from November 9 to 20, 2026, is being framed by negotiators as an implementation…
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NATO Allies Face Long Climb to 5 Percent Defence Pledge Agreed for 2035
NATO’s pledge to move toward spending 5 percent of gross domestic product on defence by 2035 — 3.5 percent on core military capability and…
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Turkey Plans Parliamentary Mandate to Send Troops to Saudi Arabia Under Mecca Pact
Turkey will submit to parliament a mandate allowing military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia under the three countries’ joint defence pact, a…
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United States Rejects U.N. Pandemic Declaration and Walks Away From WHO Talks
The United States has rejected a United Nations pandemic-preparedness declaration and ceased negotiations on the World Health Organization’s Pandemic Agreement and the amended International…
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Memory Chip Rout Deepens as ASML Beats Forecasts but Cannot Build Fast Enough
Europe’s chip stocks extended a punishing slide on Tuesday on fears of rising Chinese memory-chip competition and doubts about the financing behind the AI…
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Sovereign Wealth Enters the AI Race: Singapore’s GIC Leads Anthropic’s Push Toward a $350 Billion Valuation
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund is leading a roughly $10 billion investment push into Anthropic that would value the artificial intelligence company at about $350…
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Guardians Strike First in ALCS, Beating Rays 7-3 in Game 1
The Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 in ALCS Game 1, a comeback win handing the Rays their first loss of the postseason.
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Caleb Hearon Turns Personal Grief into Tears and Laughter in ‘Trash Mountain’
Caleb Hearon's deeply personal grief dramedy 'Trash Mountain', co-starring Zooey Deschanel, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Kenya’s Ebola Count Rises to Seven as Africa CDC Rallies Behind the Response
Kenya's Ebola cases rose to seven after four new infections were caught in quarantine, as Africa CDC rallied behind the response and 128 of 130 contacts were traced.
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Far-Infrared PRIMA Telescope Advances Toward a 2033 Launch Decision
NASA has selected PRIMA, a proposed far-infrared space telescope, to advance into Phase B preliminary design — the stage at which a mission proves…
