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International Business Times - Top Stories

Threat Of Attacks To Ships In Strait Of Hormuz Rises Again After Trump Says Ceasefire Is Over, NGO Warns

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Trump Said The Ceasefire With Iran Is Over. Oil Prices Are Immediately Soaring

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Iran Again Targeted Commercial Ships In The Strait Of Hormuz. Now Trump Says The Ceasefire Is Over

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Markets Have Been Anything But Calm. Jefferies Thinks These Low-Stress Stocks Can Still Deliver Returns.

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Jobs Requiring AI Skills Keep Growing Even As Hiring Slows. More Workers Now Them To Stay Competitive

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Graham Platner Is Being Pushed To Drop Out Of Maine's Senate Race. He Is Reportedly Trying To Influence His Possible Replacement

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OpenAI Has Developed Its Most Advanced Model Yet. The U.S. Government Cleared Its Rollout

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Trump Gives Ukraine Authorization To Develop A Key Weapon To Counter Russia's Attacks: 'We're Going To Give You A License'

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Trump Has Been Seeking To Bring Manufacturing Jobs To The U.S.. Now Toyota Is Investing In Texas

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Becomes Latest Company To Conduct A Massive Fundraising Round. Its Value Will Be Over $100 Billion

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Amazon Has Already Raised More Than $60 Billion In Bond Sales This Year. It Is Now Seeking To Raise Tens More

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Samsung Posted 1,800% Profit Surge. But AI Spending Fears Sent Shares Tumbling Anyway

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The U.S. Is Increasingly Relying On Anthropic, Now Using It For A Key Cybersecurity Task

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Trump Has Been At Odds With Most NATO Allies. It Has Just Delivered Good News For One Of Them

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Chinese AI Models Are Winning Customers On Price. Now OpenAI And Anthropic Face A New Cost War.

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SpaceX Has Officially Joined The Nasdaq 100; The Stock's Influence On Markets Is About To Grow

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The Pope Has Warned About The Dangers Of AI. The UN Secretary General Now Wants Rules For 'Killer Robots'

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Tensions Are Rising Again In The Strait Of Hormuz. Trump Is Vowing To Escalate Further

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Trump Again Set His Eyes On Greenland. Denmark's PM Quickly Came Out To Challenge Him

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The U.S. Is Curbing Foreign Access To The Country's Top AI Models. Now China Is Reportedly Following Suit

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U.S.-Iran Talks Are On Hold Due To The Ayatollah's Funeral. Tehran Attacked Tankers Going Through The Hormuz Strait

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British Watchdog Wants To Regulate AI Models Giving Financial Advise. Millions Are Already Doing It.

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Trump Media's YALL ETF Launches: Inside The America First Investing Push

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Crypto Feels Dead. This Bank Just Spent Millions Betting It Isn't.

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Peptides, Ketamine, And The Truth About Mental Health

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The Job Market Is Stable But Workers Say It Feels Frozen: Report

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Falling Oil Prices Are Putting Pressure On African Exporter Budgets Across The Continent. But The Real Strain Is Showing In Nigeria's Heavy Dependence On Crude Revenue.

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Mortgage Rates Are High. Homebuyers Are Ditching Adjustable-Rate Options Anyway.

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The AI Boom Is Helping Power The U.S. Economy. But Cleveland's Fed President Says It Could Also Fuel Inflation.

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Companies Added Fewer Workers Than Expected In June. Job Seekers Are Also Taking Longer To Find Roles.

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A New USMCA Extension Window Passed Without Agreement. Automakers Are Now Preparing For Changes.

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U.S. Factory Output Picks Up In April As Auto Production Surges Amid Supply Risks

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Bipartisan Bill Targets Chinese-Made Vehicles And Connected Auto Technology In U.S. Market

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Union Vows Protection For Ford Worker Targeted By Trump's Vulgarity

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Trump Family Pockets Half A Billion As Trump-Backed Crypto Firm Moves To Sell Only Revenue-Generating Business

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Largest Nurses Strike In Massachusetts History Begins At Brigham And Women's Hospital

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New Study Finds Chatbots Deliver Inconsistent Suggestions To People Trusting Them With Their Finances

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Tether Is Investing $20 Million In Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin As Latin America Becomes A Bigger Bet For Tokenized Finance.

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Twelve Years Later, Apple Pay Finally Has Competition. Here Is Why.

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Stocks Drop As Chipmakers Fall Again; Oil Climbs With Renewed Tensions At The Hormuz Strait

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Solana Price Breaks $80, Gives 1.2 Million Stakers The Power To Overrule Their Validators

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Washington Said The SAVE Act Was Clarity For Crypto. The Market Is Reading It As Uncertainty Instead.

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IPSE on the Next Chapter of Intellectual Property Financing in an Economy Defined by Intangible Value

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A Founding Father of Blockchain Helps to Reinvent the Prediction Industry

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How David Bratslavsky Is Helping Commercial Real Estate Firms Bring AI In-House

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July 4th Sales Go Live Across Major U.S. Retailers. But Shoppers Are Spending Earlier As Deals Arrive Ahead Of The Holiday.

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OpenAI And Anthropic Built AI Around Tokens. Palantir's Karp Says 'Something Has Gone Completely Wrong' With The Model.

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Corporate Profits Are Soaring. At The Same Time, Workers Hit Their Lowest Share Of National Income Ever Recorded.

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SpaceX IPO Creates New Billionaires As Elon Musk's Stake Tops $1 Trillion

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The U.S. Gears Up To Celebrate The 4th Of July Weekend. The Extreme Heatwave Could Interfere.

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July 4 Fireworks Set To Illuminate Skies Across Major U.S. Cities. But Viewing Has Become A Planning Race As Arrivals Begin Hours Early.

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Extreme Heat Alerts Span Over 200 Million Americans As A Massive Heat Dome Builds Over The US. Yet The Country Still Lacks A Federal Framework To Treat Heat As A Disaster.

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Venezuela Reports Rising Death Toll After Powerful Twin Earthquakes. Yet Families Describe Distressing Conditions While Identifying Loved Ones.

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A Massive Iran Reconstruction Plan Aims To Bring In Global Capital After War. Yet Past Investment Cycles Suggest Pledges May Not Translate Into Real Money.

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How China Policy Is Quietly Reshaping U.S. National Security Institutions

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Melania Trump's 2025 Earnings Top $17 Million In New Federal Disclosure. The Filings Renew Scrutiny Over Amazon's $40 Million Documentary Deal.

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Supreme Court Affirmed Birthright Citizenship. Now Trump Officials Are Looking At 'Birth Tourism'

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Paramedics Were Called To McConnell's Home For An Unconscious Person. Later That Day He Was Hospitalized

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The Supreme Court Guaranteed Continuity Of Birthright Citizenship. JD Vance Is Vowing To Continue Fighting It.

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ByteDance Rolls Out Seedance 2.5 With Claims Of 30-Second Seamless AI Video Generation. But Copyright Disputes And Data Security Concerns Continue To Shadow Its Adoption.

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Meta's $145 Billion AI Bet Faces Execution Delays Inside Its Agent Systems. Now The Bigger Question Is Whether Any Company Can Make Agents Work At Scale.

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Companies Cut Jobs For AI Efficiency Gains. Many Are Now Bringing Them Back.

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