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#Counterterrorism #IranWar #TrumpAdministration
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Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official Resigns Over Concerns With Iran War
The top U. S. counterterrorism official said Tuesday he had resigned over his concerns with the war in Iran, marking the first significant departure from the Trump administration due to the conflict.
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#UltraprocessedFoods #HeartHealth #Nutrition
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Eating a Lot of Ultraprocessed Food Raises the Risk of Heart Attacks, Strokes
A new study found people eating around nine daily servings of ultraprocessed foods had a roughly 67% higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and death from heart disease.
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#Cuba #Economy #Entrepreneurship
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Cuban Regime Wants Diaspora to Own Businesses on the Island
Cuba's communist regime seeks to open its economy to Cuban-American entrepreneurs to stave off economic disaster.
MIAMI -- Cuba's communist regime wants to open up its moribund economy to the Cuban-American diaspora, allowing foreign-based entrepreneurs to open up businesses and buy property in a bid to stave off economic disaster amid pressure from the Trump administration.
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#Economy #OilPrices #MiddleEastConflict
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Oil Holds Above $100, Stocks Mixed as Global Markets Look for Direction
Trump has sought to pressure countries to help protect trade through the Strait of Hormuz. Stringer/Reuters
Oil prices held above $100 a barrel and stocks struggled for direction as traders weighed mixed signals heading into the third week of conflict in the Middle East.
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#BankOfJapan #Inflation #MonetaryPolicy
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Bank of Japan Faces Familiar Dilemma as Iran Conflict Stirs Inflation
TOKYO -- With the conflict in Iran rattling financial markets and oil prices, the Bank of Japan finds itself in a familiar dilemma, weighing a policy pause against the continued push for rate hikes.
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#Terrorism #Radicalization #Counterterrorism
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Opinion | Terrorists Are Now Often Made in the USA
Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. , March 13. Paul Sancya/Associated Press
Western counterterrorism operated for decades on a simple premise: Threats came from somewhere else.
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#Taiwan #China #MilitaryIncursions
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China Resumes Military Flights Around Taiwan After Sudden 10-Day Hiatus
In recent years, Taiwan has seen Chinese incursions become a regular occurrence in skies around its main island. Ann Wang/Reuters
TAIPEI -- Taiwan reported a burst of Chinese military flights into the skies near its main island on Sunday, as Beijing resumed a practice of what Taipei describes as harassment that had recently -- and mysteriously -- gone quiet.
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#NorthKorea #KimJongUn #MilitaryExercise
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Kim Jong Un Oversees Test of Tactical-Nuke Launchers
A picture released by North Korea's state media shows the country's leader Kim Jong Un, in foreground. KCNA/Reuters
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a live-fire exercise for one of his top military priorities: an upgraded rocket launcher able to fire tactical nukes.
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#IranWar #GasPrices #USPolitics
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The GOP Stronghold Where Anxiety Over the War Is Already on the Ballot
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Two weeks after Trump's decision to take military action in Iran, more than a dozen interviews with voters here in a Republican stronghold revealed anxiety over the potential for another elongated U.
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#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #MilitaryStrategy
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Iran Tests U.S. Military Might With a Guerrilla Assault on the Global Economy
But the past century has shown that even the world's largest and most modern militaries can be humbled when attacking tenacious adversaries willing to endure more pain to defend their territory despite overwhelming odds.
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#StraitOfHormuz #Iran #MilitaryEscorts
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Trump Wants to Secure Hormuz. Here's What It Would Take.
Tankers in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. Stringer/Reuters
President Trump has vowed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the vital artery for the world's energy supply that has been closed off by Iran.
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#IranWar #TrumpAdministration #Geopolitics
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Five Takeaways From WSJ's Reporting on Trump's Decision to Launch a War in Iran
The idea that the U. S. military could quickly bring about a regime change spurred President Trump to attack Iran. Nathan Howard/Reuters
President Trump's decision to attack Iran came after briefings about one of the war's biggest risks: that Tehran could shut the Strait of Hormuz and shake the global economy.
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#Oscars #FilmAwards #HorrorCinema
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Why the Most-Nominated Oscar Movie May Not Win the Most Awards
"Sinners" already made history by earning the most Oscar nominations of any movie ever. Now comes the harder part: turning that record 16 nominations into actual wins at the 98th Academy Awards this Sunday.
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#Investing #EnergyMarket #GeopoliticalRisk
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Traders Tell Us How They're Dealing With the Fog of War
His OnyxPoint Global Management had already been snapping up shares in liquefied natural-gas companies, rare-earth firms and energy producers when missiles and drones started to fly to and from Iran.
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#GlobalSupplyChains #MiddleEastConflict #ShippingDisruption
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The Iran War Is Now Disrupting Global Trade
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to war in the Middle East is disrupting global supply chains.
Emanuele Grimaldi had a shipment of European cars bound for the Persian Gulf when U.
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