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Oil Jumps as Trump Steps Up Pressure on Russia With Sanctions Oil soared after the US announced sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil companies, threatening supplies from one of the world’s top producing countries.

Oil soared after the US announced sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil companies, threatening supplies from one of the world’s top producing countries.
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American, United Pause Middle East Flights on Rising Tension American Airlines Group Inc. suspended daily flights from the US to the capital of Qatar, while United Airlines Holdings Inc. paused service to Dubai because of military actions and heightened tension...

American, United Pause Middle East Flights on Rising Tension
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Stocks Hit as Economic Fears Spur Flight to Bonds: Markets Wrap Anxiety that tariffs and government firings will torpedo growth in the world’s largest economy extended a three-week stretch of volatility across global markets Monday. American stocks fell as Wall St...

Stocks Drop as Economic Fears Spur Flight to Bonds: Markets Wrap
Trump says economy faces ‘transition,’ avoids recession call
Strategists see more stock volatility as tariff fears kick in
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Canada's Carney faces Trump, tariffs and looming election Former central banker Mark Carney claimed a landslide victory to lead Canada's Liberal Party and to become the country's next prime minister.

Canada's incoming PM Carney faces Trump, tariffs and looming election.
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US stocks sink on tech weakness and tariff confusion Wall Street extends slide sparked by fears over economic impact of Donald Trump’s on-off trade war

US stocks sink on tech weakness and tariff confusion.
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Meloni Backs Giving Ukraine NATO Security Without Membership Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Ukraine should be granted the security of NATO without the actual membership in the military alliance.

Meloni Backs Giving Ukraine NATO Security Without Membership.
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The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows. Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
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California fires live: LA issues new evacuation order as thickening smoke prompts ‘health emergency’ Palisades and Eaton fires start coming under control as fierce winds ease but forecasters predict another red flag warning for Monday

California fires live: LA issues new evacuation order as thickening smoke prompts ‘health emergency’
Palisades and Eaton fires start coming under control as fierce winds ease but forecasters predict another red flag warning for Monday.
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Blowout Jobs Report Fuels Wall Street Fear of ‘Lose-Lose’ Market It wasn’t supposed to be this way. With the economy booming, a friendly Federal Reserve at its back and Donald Trump headed to the White House, Wall Street saw nothing but upside as the calendar turne...

Blowout Jobs Report Fuels Wall Street Fear of ‘Lose-Lose’ Market. Hot data fuels market concern over the Fed policy trajectory
Correlations rise in sign of a macro-driven investing regime.
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Los Angeles wildfires spark insurance anxiety among victims Many people fear that their insurance policies won't cover the rebuild cost and that future premiums will be astronomical.

Los Angeles wildfires spark insurance anxiety among victims.
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What a Christmas cash scheme from the Great Depression tells us about money A scrip still handed out by city of Hawarden is built on sound administration

What a Christmas cash scheme from the Great Depression tells us about money. A scrip still handed out by city of Hawarden is built on sound administration.
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German far right brings political edge to Magdeburg attack site The changing tone at the site of a car-ramming attack in which five people were killed and more than 200 injured reflected tensions in a country racked by arguments over immigration and the AfD's growing popularity.

German far right brings political edge to Magdeburg attack site.
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RFK Jr vow to purge FDA sets up collision with Big Pharma Any changes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make will come up against a pharmaceutical industry that pays much of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's bills.

RFK Jr vow to purge FDA sets up collision with Big Pharma.
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Microsoft’s AI deal with France’s Mistral faces EU scrutiny
Microsoft is already under regulatory scrutiny over its ties to OpenAI.
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The Bank of England may sell all the UK government bonds bought under quantitative easing to better prepare for a future crisis, a move that would put it at odds with the US Federal Reserve.
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Europe’s farmer protests are spreading. Here’s where and why Protests around the EU reflect common grievances over debts, price pressures, extreme weather and cheap imports, POLITICO has found.

Europe’s farmer protests are spreading. Here’s where and why:
Protests around the EU reflect common grievances over debts, price pressures, extreme weather and cheap imports, POLITICO has found.
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‘My mind had been shattered into a million pieces’: inside the Scientology-linked UK rehab centr... It’s listed on the NHS website and claims to be a ‘world leader’ in tackling substance abuse. But there is a shocking side to the Narconon addiction facility – as our nine-month investigation ...

Inside the Scientology-linked UK rehab centre :
‘My mind had been shattered into a million pieces’
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...

Inside the last true political machine in America What a town is like when one family runs everything

Inside the last true political machine in America.
What a town is like when one family runs everything.
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What the world gets wrong about ‘civilisation’ Politicians everywhere are making appeals to ancient history — but their thinking is based on a myth

What the world gets wrong about ‘civilisation’.
Politicians everywhere are making appeals to ancient history -but their thinking is based on a myth.
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Paris: Several people injured in Gare de Lyon knife attack, one man arrested According to a provisional police report, the attack left one person seriously injured, with a non-life-threatening prognosis, and two slightly injured. The attacker's motives are still unknown.

Several people injured in Gare de Lyon knife attack, one man arrested
According to a provisional police report, the attack left one person seriously injured, with a non-life-threatening prognosis, and two slightly injured. The attacker's motives are still unknown.
www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...

Stock Market Euphoria, Steel Deal Headaches: Saturday US Briefing Something for the weekend.

Stock Market Euphoria, Steel Deal Headaches: Saturday US Briefing
Something for the weekend.
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