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• 🇺🇸 Iran War Timeline: Key Moments and Attacks In U.S. and Israel’s Campaign — 07/04/2026 [USA]

  The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, starting a weekslong war that spread to neighboring countries and rocked global markets.

  Related: #Military conflict, #Regional instability, #Geopolitical tensions
• 🇺🇸 Choke Point | Sunday on 60 Minutes — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  Iranian attacks on tankers and cargo ships have choked the flow of oil and goods through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage connecting Persian Gulf oil producers to global markets. The disruption ...

  Related: #Geopolitical tensions, #Energy security, #Maritime security
• 🇺🇸 Massive emergency oil release fails to stem investor fears — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Attacks on shipping traffic and energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf temporarily pushed oil back above $100 a barrel, stoking investor fears.

  Related: #Geopolitical tensions, #Energy markets
• 🇺🇸 Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Oil prices have jumped past $114 a barrel as the Iran war disrupts oil production and shipping in the Middle East

  Related: #Energy markets, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 Oil hits $100 per barrel for first time since July 2022 — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  Oil continued its recent surge Sunday, hitting $100 per barrel for the first time since July 2022 as the ripple effects from the U.S. war on Iran continued to hit global markets.

  Related: #Energy markets, #Geopolitical conflict
• 🇺🇸 Can the Gulf still act as an airline hub for the world? — 06/03/2026 [USA]

  All regular flights at the three hubs of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha remain suspended

  Related: #Aviation crisis, #Global travel
• 🇺🇸 Wright: Iran war impact on energy a 'small price' — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Wednesday said the impact on energy from the ongoing conflict in Iran is a “small price” for toppling Tehran's regime. “Are we going to have a transient bump up as we'...

  Related: #Energy markets, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 Inside India newsletter: Energy, airlines and now over $50 billion in remittances to India at risk as Middle East conflict deepens — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  India can't seem to escape from the fallout of the escalating conflict in the Middle East. After energy and aviation, remittances could be the latest worry.

  Related: #Remittances, #Geopolitical risk
• 🇺🇸 U.S. consumers already feeling impact of Iran conflict — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  In just one week, the national average for a gallon of regular gas is up about 22 cents. Kelly O'Grady explains.

  Related: #Energy prices, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 As New York Energy Costs Surge, Attention Turns to Landmark Climate Law — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  The battle to lower costs has reached the State Capitol, where concerns have emerged about the fate of a 2019 climate law and its ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

  Related: #Climate policy, #Energy costs
• 🇺🇸 Dubai evacuation costs rise as high as $250,000 as more families flee — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  Increasing numbers of expats and employees are deciding to leave the city as regional conflict escalates

  Related: #Regional conflict, #Evacuation crisis, #International response
• 🇺🇸 Iran war live updates: U.S. embassy in Riyadh hit by drones, Trump promises response 'soon' — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Follow the latest news after the U.S. and Israel launched a massive attack on Iran that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

  Related: #Military escalation, #Regional stability, #Technological infrastructure vulnerability
• 🇺🇸 Strait of Hormuz closure would cause oil prices to surge, experts warn — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  The Iran war is renewing concerns about the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. A prolonged closure could sharply drive up oil prices, experts said.

  Related: #Energy security, #Geopolitical conflict
• 🇺🇸 Dorsey’s blunt AI warning sharpens debate over jobs and profits — 02/03/2026 [USA] Related: #AI transformation, #Job market disruption, #Corporate restructuring
• 🇺🇸 Morning Bid: Dire straits for global oil trade — 02/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitical conflict, #Energy markets
• 🇺🇸 Attack on Iran threatens to explode into wider Middle East conflict — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  As the U.S., Israel and Iran trade strikes in the Middle East, the conflict is threatening to explode into a much wider regional conflict. Iran is retaliating against U.S. allies like Kuwait, Bahrain,...

  Related: #Middle East escalation, #International conflict
• 🇺🇸 Trump warns Iran of unprecedented force if it retaliates — 01/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitical tensions, #Military escalation
• 🇺🇸 Iran after Khamenei: What's next and what it means for the country? — 01/03/2026 [USA]

  Khamenei assumed power following the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, inheriting a revolutionary state still consolidating itself.

  Related: #Leadership succession, #Political stability, #Regional security
• 🇺🇸 Flight animation shows planes avoiding Iranian airspace — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Flight animation shows planes avoiding Iranian airspace

  Related: #Geopolitical tensions, #Aviation safety, #Military conflict
• 🇺🇸 Why is HMRC making tax so diabolical? — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  April’s Making Tax Digital launch will instead Make Tax Difficult

  Related: #Taxation, #Government policy, #Digital transformation, #Small business
• 🇺🇸 Pakistan strikes Afghanistan targets as clashes intensify — 27/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Cross-border conflict, #Regional security
• 🇺🇸 Trump administration faces first big tariff refund court deadline on Friday — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Trump's DOJ has until Friday to decide on moving a tariff refund case to the Court of International Trade, the first deadline since the Supreme Court decision.

  Related: #Legal proceedings, #Trade policy, #Government response
• 🇺🇸 UBS lists European winners and losers of latest US tariffs ruling — 25/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Trade policy, #Market analysis
• 🇺🇸 This South Texas region flipped for Trump. Now it's seeing red over his immigration policies. — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  More than a year since President Donald Trump flipped the traditionally Democratic Rio Grande Valley, his deportation agenda is running headlong into the region’s workforce.

  Related: #Immigration enforcement, #Political consequences, #Workforce shortages
• 🇺🇸 What's next for consumers and the economy after the Supreme Court's tariff ruling — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  After the Supreme Court struck down many of President Trump's global tariffs, he pledged to keep most of them in place through other means. To discuss what the ruling and the president's response mean...

  Related: #Trade policy, #Legal challenges
• 🇺🇸 Who's laughing now? China’s humanoid robots go from viral stumbles to kung fu flips in one year — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  Chinese humanoid robots are having a moment in the spotlight after a standout performance at the country's annual Spring Festival Gala.

  Related: #Technological advancement, #Global competition
• 🇬🇧 South African farmers fear devastation as foot-and-mouth takes hold — 20/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The government has begun a vaccination programme but officials have been blamed for a slow response.

  Related: #Agricultural crisis, #Government response, #Public health
• 🇺🇸 One Year In, Trump’s Tariffs Have Not Helped U.S. Wine Businesses — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  One year in, many producers say tariffs have not helped them, and some countries are rejecting U.S. wine altogether.

  Related: #Trade policy, #International relations
• 🇺🇸 Wine giant Gallo closing Napa Valley facility, laying off dozens of workers — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  California wine giant Gallo is set to close one of its Bay Area production facilities and will lay off workers at four other wineries and tasting rooms in Napa and Sonoma counties, the company announc...

  Related: #Corporate restructuring, #Wine industry challenges
• 🇺🇸 Hochtief wins major contract for German armed forces campus in Hamburg — 18/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Defense spending, #Infrastructure development