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How Synthetic Fertilizers Feed Half the World Science

How Synthetic Fertilizers Feed Half the World

Behind every loaf of bread and bowl of rice lies an invisible chemical revolution. Synthetic fertilizers, born from a century-old process, now sustain...

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Trump Threatens Spain With Trade War Over Iran Base Refusal Economy

Trump Threatens Spain With Trade War Over Iran Base Refusal

President Trump threatened to sever all US trade with Spain after Madrid blocked American forces from using joint military bases for strikes on Iran,...

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China's Parliament Opens Amid Trade Tensions Economy

China's Parliament Opens Amid Trade Tensions

China's annual 'Two Sessions' political gatherings opened in Beijing on March 4–5, setting GDP targets and unveiling the 15th Five-Year Plan as the wo...

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Hormuz Crisis Sends Oil Soaring, Markets Into Freefall Economy

Hormuz Crisis Sends Oil Soaring, Markets Into Freefall

The near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz following US-Israeli strikes on Iran has sent Brent crude past $80 a barrel and triggered the worst Asian ma...

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Trump's Tariff Blitz Hits China, Canada and the World Economy

Trump's Tariff Blitz Hits China, Canada and the World

New U.S. tariffs targeting China and Canada took effect on March 4, 2026, as President Trump wields a rarely-used trade law to impose a 15% universal...

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Stocks Slide, Oil Surges as Iran War Roils Markets Economy

Stocks Slide, Oil Surges as Iran War Roils Markets

A global market selloff has wiped trillions from equities as oil prices spike to $84 per barrel and South Korea's benchmark index crashes 7%, driven b...

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Qatar LNG Blackout Sends Global Gas Prices Soaring Economy

Qatar LNG Blackout Sends Global Gas Prices Soaring

Iranian drone strikes on Qatar's LNG facilities triggered the biggest single-day gas price surge in years, exposing Europe and Asia's dangerous depend...

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Trump Defies Court, Imposes 15% Global Tariff Economy

Trump Defies Court, Imposes 15% Global Tariff

After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his IEEPA tariffs in a landmark 6-3 ruling, President Trump pivoted within days to impose a 15% universal imp...

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Middle East Air Crisis Grounds Millions of Travelers Economy

Middle East Air Crisis Grounds Millions of Travelers

The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have triggered the most severe aviation crisis since the pandemic, with over 11,000 flights cancelled, the Gulf's three...

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Iran Seals Hormuz: Global Oil Markets in Crisis Economy

Iran Seals Hormuz: Global Oil Markets in Crisis

After US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran, the IRGC effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, sending oil prices surging 13% and sparking warning...

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Iran Retaliates: Hormuz Crisis Jolts Global Oil Markets Economy

Iran Retaliates: Hormuz Crisis Jolts Global Oil Markets

Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel and Gulf Arab states after US-Israeli strikes killed Supreme Leader Khamenei, effectively shut...

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Dubai Airport Dark as Iran War Halts Global Flights Economy

Dubai Airport Dark as Iran War Halts Global Flights

Iran's retaliatory strikes on Gulf states have closed Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi airports indefinitely, delaying over 19,000 flights worldwide and str...

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