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Oil prices jump as US and Iran step up tit-for-tat strikes
Traders fear escalating hostilities could further restrict the flow of crude through the Strait of Hormuz
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US launches another round of strikes on Iran as ceasefire teeters
Fighting escalates as Trump insists the Strait of Hormuz remains open while Tehran says it is closed
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Lindsey Graham, Republican senator, 1955-2026
Veteran proponent of US power was a Trump critic who became one of the president’s most influential advocates
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Knives out at US Supreme Court as justices’ squabbles go public
The spilling-over of partisan divisions on the normally collegiate bench erodes public support for the institution
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Iran bets Trump will blink first
Tehran takes high-stakes gamble with US over Strait of Hormuz
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Russia closes in on city that made the Kremlin glitter
Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine produced the red glass in Moscow landmarks. Now Putin is reducing it to rubble
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A three-way nuclear arms race
Today’s world has alarming echoes of the era before weapons controls
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The great reinvention of Hunter Biden
You have to hand it to him — the man knows how to troll with the best of them
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