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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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How Uranium Enrichment Works—and Why It Matters Science

How Uranium Enrichment Works—and Why It Matters

Uranium enrichment is the process of increasing the concentration of uranium-235 in natural uranium using gas centrifuges, enabling both nuclear power...

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Iran Executes Teen Wrestling Champion, Sparking Global Outcry Sport

Iran Executes Teen Wrestling Champion, Sparking Global Outcry

Iran publicly executed 19-year-old national wrestling team member Saleh Mohammadi on March 19, 2026, prompting fierce condemnation from Olympic champi...

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Central Banks Hold Rates as Oil Crisis Rewrites Policy Economy

Central Banks Hold Rates as Oil Crisis Rewrites Policy

The Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan all held interest rates steady this week, but markets are already pricing in ECB hikes as Brent crude...

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What Is Nowruz and Why 300 Million People Celebrate It Culture

What Is Nowruz and Why 300 Million People Celebrate It

Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 3,000-year-old festival rooted in Zoroastrian tradition that marks the spring equinox. Celebrated across Iran, Cent...

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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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What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Matters Economy

What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Matters

A 21-mile-wide chokepoint between Iran and Oman moves roughly one-fifth of the world's daily oil supply. Here is how the waterway works, why it is so...

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Eid al-Fitr on March 20: End of Ramadan in France Culture

Eid al-Fitr on March 20: End of Ramadan in France

The Grand Mosque of Paris and the CFCM have officially confirmed that Eid al-Fitr 2026 will be celebrated on Friday, March 20, in France. Some five mi...

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Duslo Šaľa Curtails Ammonia Production Due to Record Gas Prices Economy

Duslo Šaľa Curtails Ammonia Production Due to Record Gas Prices

Slovak fertilizer producer Duslo Šaľa has reduced ammonia production to a technical minimum due to record natural gas prices, which have soared follow...

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Qatar's LNG Force Majeure Plunges Energy Markets into Chaos Economy

Qatar's LNG Force Majeure Plunges Energy Markets into Chaos

Iranian drone and missile strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan complex have halted 20% of global LNG supply, triggering force majeure declarations by QatarEn...

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What Is Kharg Island and Why It Controls Iran's Oil Economy

What Is Kharg Island and Why It Controls Iran's Oil

A 22-square-kilometre coral outcrop in the Persian Gulf handles roughly 90% of Iran's crude oil exports. Here is how Kharg Island works, why it became...

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Oil Crisis: Slovakia and Hungary to Build New Product Pipeline Economy

Oil Crisis: Slovakia and Hungary to Build New Product Pipeline

Slovakia and Hungary have signed an agreement to construct a 127-kilometer pipeline between the Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava and the Hungarian MOL....

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