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Gulf nations have found ways to keep oil flowing through the Iran war, but the costs are mounting
When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz at the start of the war, choking off sea passage for some 15 million barrels of oil a day, many feared that prices would skyrocket, cratering the world economy.
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Zelenskyy, at UN, urges leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told world leaders Wednesday that Vladimir Putin is the only obstacle to ending "the ridiculous and never-ending war," and he urged nations large and small to pressure the Russian president for peace by choking the country's revenues and impeding its war efforts.
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Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they have been designing.
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Hurricane Polo fuels fears of landslides in Mexico’s southwest as Nolo closes in on Hawaii
Southwestern Mexico braced for heavy rain and mudslides Wednesday after Polo, a powerful Pacific cyclone, became a major hurricane. Forecasters also warned another system headed for Hawaii could cause catastrophic flooding later in the week.
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Judge blocks Trump’s ban and says CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have White House access restored
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban of three news outlets from the White House grounds, ordering early Thursday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored.
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Trump attending Saturday’s Texas-Tennessee football game
Saturday's Texas-Tennessee football game in Knoxville is scheduled to include a visit from President Donald Trump.
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Venezuela’s acting leader, at UN for first address, promises elections at the ‘right moment’
Venezuela's acting president, delivering her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power, promised elections Wednesday and said the nation's people will determine the "right moment."
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Trump welcomes China’s Xi to Washington with planeside ceremony and extension of trade truce
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump after their top officials agreed to extend a trade truce until January.
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‘That’s for us bro :)’: Feds file suit over alleged $64M Croft & Frost investment scheme
Three years after Chattanooga accounting firm Croft & Frost collapsed, federal regulators filed a civil lawsuit seeking to stop the firm's owners and a former salesman from offering or selling investments to others.
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Dolly Parton’s estate granted temporary restraining order against singer’s nephew
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
