Crude oil futures rose more than 1% on Thursday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s military to intensify attacks against Iran. U.S. crude oil was last up $1.36, or 1.81%, to $76.50 per barrel…
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Tesla has inked its first deal to build a grid-scale battery power plant in China amid a strained trading relationship between Beijing and Washington. The U.S. company posted on the Chinese social media service Weibo…
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Apple has plans to make a folding iPhone starting next year, reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said on Wednesday. Kuo said Apple’s folding phone could have a display made by Samsung Display, which is planning to…
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Transporting the world’s second largest land mammal halfway across the second largest continent isn’t exactly easy. But in a 3,400-kilometer (2,100-mile) journey that involved crates, cranes, trucks, and a Boeing 747, 70 captive bred southern…
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Western diplomats welcome two-week breather to ‘explore what is possible’ on Iran’s nuclear program
The diplomat refused to be drawn on specifics but reiterated that the crux of the matter remained Iran’s controversial uranium enrichment program and that the talks would focus on “what kind of compromise would be…
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Nigerian university sparks outrage as staff check whether female students are wearing bras before exams
A Nigerian university is facing backlash after a viral video appeared to show young women who were queuing for exams being checked for whether they were wearing bras before being allowed in. In the video,…
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‘It feels like a missile is following me’: Iranians say daily life filled with fear and distrust
After days of tit-for-tat strikes between Israel and Iran, for the civilians caught up in Israel’s bombing campaign, life is filled with uncertainty. A week into the conflict, Iranians’ contact with the outside world is…
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Chinese student who drugged and raped 10 women in UK and China sentenced to life in prison
A serial rapist who was convicted of raping 10 women in the United Kingdom and China has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years. Zhenhao Zou, 28, was sentenced Thursday at…
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It’s a big decision, but one where the outcomes get slowly better, either way, every day. President Donald Trump has yet to determine whether to militarily involve the United States on Israel’s side in its…
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China and Russia positioning themselves as voices of reason, calling for de-escalation of a conflict the United States is contemplating on entering — these are the optics Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin sought to project…