Armed Conflicts

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Iran War Sends Mortgage Rates to Six-Month High Living & Furniture

Iran War Sends Mortgage Rates to Six-Month High

The conflict in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz blockade have driven U.S. mortgage rates to 6.38%, their highest in six months, as surging oil prices pu...

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How Heavy Water Reactors Work—and Why They Matter Science

How Heavy Water Reactors Work—and Why They Matter

Heavy water reactors use deuterium oxide instead of ordinary water to moderate nuclear reactions, enabling the use of natural uranium fuel — but also...

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Poland Slashes VAT on Fuel to 8% in Tusk's 'CPN' Package Economy

Poland Slashes VAT on Fuel to 8% in Tusk's 'CPN' Package

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced an anti-crisis package dubbed "CPN," which includes a reduction in VAT on fuel from 23% to 8% and a cut in ex...

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OECD Cuts Growth Outlook as Middle East War Roils Economy Economy

OECD Cuts Growth Outlook as Middle East War Roils Economy

The OECD's March 2026 Interim Economic Outlook projects global growth at 2.9%, warning that the Middle East conflict has erased prospects for an upgra...

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What Is Iran's Revolutionary Guard and How It Works Technology

What Is Iran's Revolutionary Guard and How It Works

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is far more than a military force — it controls missiles, proxies, and a multibillion-dollar business empire,...

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How the War Powers Resolution Works—and Why Economy

How the War Powers Resolution Works—and Why

The 1973 War Powers Resolution was designed to check presidential military authority, yet every president since Nixon has challenged its constitutiona...

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Russia Unleashes 400 Drones, NATO Scrambles Jets Economy

Russia Unleashes 400 Drones, NATO Scrambles Jets

Russia attacked Ukraine with nearly 400 drones and dozens of missiles in one of the most massive assaults since the start of the war. Poland and Roman...

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G7 in France: Rubio Faces Skepticism from Allies Economy

G7 in France: Rubio Faces Skepticism from Allies

France is hosting the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay from March 25 to 27. The conflict in Iran and the war in Ukraine...

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Colombia: 69 Dead in Military C-130 Plane Crash Technology

Colombia: 69 Dead in Military C-130 Plane Crash

A Colombian Air Force C-130H Hercules plane crashed after taking off from Puerto Leguízamo with 128 people on board, leaving 69 dead and sparking an i...

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Rheinmetall: Record Profit and 45 Percent Growth Economy

Rheinmetall: Record Profit and 45 Percent Growth

German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall reports a record profit of €1.84 billion for 2025 and forecasts sales growth of up to 45 percent for 2026 — drive...

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Trump Gives Iran 48 Hours to Open Hormuz or Face Strikes Economy

Trump Gives Iran 48 Hours to Open Hormuz or Face Strikes

President Trump has issued a dramatic 48-hour ultimatum threatening to destroy Iranian power plants if Tehran does not fully reopen the Strait of Horm...

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Pardubice Fire Investigated as Terrorism Technology

Pardubice Fire Investigated as Terrorism

Czech police are investigating a fire at the LPP Holding industrial complex in Pardubice as a possible terrorist attack. A group calling itself The Ea...

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