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Iran War Brings Massive Price And Profit Gouging

As workers around the world are hit with the ever-worsening consequences of the US war on Iran—crippling rises in petrol and gas prices, food price hikes and the growing threat of food shortages in poorer countries—major corporations and banks are raking in increased profits to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars
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Trump Risks War Backlash From The Heartland: American Farmers

The already fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared to give way over the weekend, after talks in Islamabad collapsed and President Donald Trump ordered a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical node for global energy and commodity flows
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The National Resilience Of Iranians Key To Failure Of US, Israeli Plans Against The Islamic Republic Of Iran

The glorious victory of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the result of the bravery of warriors who stood in the battlefield with faith, valor, and selflessness, safeguarding the dignity of this land; it is also owed to the patience, resilience, and endurance of a people who, with steadfast hearts, stood by each other, showcasing a magnificent manifestation of unity and perseverance
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Shipping Industry Uncertain As Hormuz Crisis Carries On

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the U.S. could open the Strait of Hormuz with “a little more time” as the president continues to adjust his messaging on the passageway between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea
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Intellectual Property Experts Align AI, Trade And Finance Agenda

As governments across the Asia-Pacific tighten oversight of artificial intelligence, confront rising digital piracy and look for new ways to finance innovation, intellectual property (IP) policymakers have moved to place patent, trademark and copyright systems at the center of economic strategy
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Muslim Brotherhood Needs To Be The Next Target After Iran's Mullahs

The Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Sunni Islamist organization aiming to institute sharia-based governance, has come out against the US-Israeli military operation targeting the Shiite Iranian regime, despite the Sunni-Shia divide that originated in 632 CE over who should succeed Islam's Prophet Mohammed
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Cuba Hunkers Down As A US Oil Blockade Brings A Humanitarian Crisis

The Cuban government has drastically cut energy and fuel consumption and is downsizing and decentralizing most activity to the local level, where people can walk and use non-fossil-fuel-driven transportation, as the Trump administration blocks oil from reaching the import-dependent country, sparking concerns of a pending humanitarian crisis
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South Korea’s Yoon Prolongs Cycle Of Convicted Presidents

The Seoul court’s sentencing of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on February 19 to life imprisonment on sedition charges is sending shockwaves across the country, prompting concern over the likelihood of worsening political unrest
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Canada’s TMX Pipeline Hedge

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing last week, the first by a Canadian leader in nearly a decade, was framed publicly as a reset in Sino-Canadian trade relations
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