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Hormuz tracker: Gridlock persists while blocked tanker sails on - While commercial activity remains severely depressed, daily transits through the waterway did climb on Saturday.

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Drone strike causes fire outside nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi -- There were no reports of injuries and there's no impact on radiological safety levels, the Abu Dhabi media office said in a statement.

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Record drone attack on Moscow kills three, targets refinery -- Russia's capital and the surrounding region came under record drone attacks overnight, killing at least three, and wounding over a dozen.

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Global inventory race intensifies in shadow of the Iran war -- The global rush to stockpile manufactured goods on fears of an energy-supply crunch will again overshadow business surveys in the coming week.

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Steven Soderbergh used AI in a documentary about John Lennon. And he wants to talk about it. -- The AI parts (overwhelmingly slammed by critics in Cannes) are fairly banal and don't differ greatly from special effects — there are no deepfakes of Lennon.

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As electric bills rise, some states focus on growing utility profits -- Officials and lawmakers in at least six states are going to new lengths to try to block rate increases.

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US debt is now bigger than the economy. That's not the real problem. -- The United States recently reached a disturbing new milestone: Debt had shot past 100% of gross domestic product. But political leaders seem to be unmoved.

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North America's largest commuter rail system shuts down as workers strike

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