The US plastics industry has emerged as one of the few winners of the Iran war. Oil is the key raw material for plastics, and production has been scaled back in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, sending prices soaring. US chemical companies have stepped up their own output and ...
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Allies remain reliant on the US, even is distrust is growingAllies remain reliant on the US, even is distrust is growing
Nations in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East remain reliant on a Washington they no longer trust. Many “wonder if they are even allies anymore,” The Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign affairs correspondent reported, as US President Donald Trump insults their leaders, withdraws from international institutions, and presses on with ...
Global stocks edge higher, bucking wartime trendGlobal stocks edge higher, bucking wartime trend
Oil prices rose to around $111 a barrel after the US and Iran rejected a ceasefire deal, but stocks also edged higher, breaking with the “oil up, stocks down” trend. Though there was a “noticeable uptick” in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, most ships remained blocked, ...
‘Oh my God, did someone accuse me of killing my mom?’‘Oh my God, did someone accuse me of killing my mom?’
Rachel Waters gave morphine to her dying mother to ease her in her final hours. Then came the murder charge Rachel Waters was in her apartment in Queens, watching food reviews on YouTube, when a nurse called: her mother was dying. She needed to get to the memory care facility ...
From ‘stink bugs’ to ‘enemies of the people’: how Viktor Orbán blazed a trail for Trump’s media assaults | Amrit SinghFrom ‘stink bugs’ to ‘enemies of the people’: how Viktor Orbán blazed a trail for Trump’s media assaults | Amrit Singh
Hungary’s prime minister has conducted a systematic attack on independent media. The parallels with the US are chilling During his state of the nation address earlier this year, Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, outlined a chilling vision of the country’s future. Signalling a new level of aggression in his campaign ...
DC’s highly qualified workers can’t find jobs: ‘What is happening?’DC’s highly qualified workers can’t find jobs: ‘What is happening?’
Washington DC has the highest unemployment rate in the US Alicia Contreras was in Tunisia, working as the deputy country representative for Libya for USAID, when she received the news: she was fired. The Trump administration had ceased the cooperation agency’s operations and terminated most overseas staff. What she didn’t ...
‘Coke and booze didn’t help my creativity’: Joe Eszterhas on his wild times – and his supernatural, anti-woke Basic Instinct reboot‘Coke and booze didn’t help my creativity’: Joe Eszterhas on his wild times – and his supernatural, anti-woke Basic Instinct reboot
He was the screenwriting colossus behind Flashdance, Jagged Edge, Showgirls and more. Now clean, ‘Hollywood’s Shakespeare’ talks about today’s scared studios, his refugee trauma – and taking acid with Hunter S Thompson Joe Eszterhas was the swaggering pitchman of 80s and 90s Hollywood; the king of the high-concept, precision-tooled blockbuster. ...
Artemis II crew head for home after travelling further from Earth than anyone beforeArtemis II crew head for home after travelling further from Earth than anyone before
The Artemis II crew go further than any humans before in Nasa’s first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years. ...
Watch: Artemis II’s historic lunar flyby… in 90 secondsWatch: Artemis II’s historic lunar flyby… in 90 seconds
The four astronauts in the Orion spacecraft set a new record for distance travelled from Earth. ...
Plan 2 student loan interest rates capped at 6% in EnglandPlan 2 student loan interest rates capped at 6% in England
The cap on Plan 2 and postgraduate loan interest rates comes amid a risk of rising inflation. ...