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A growing diesel shortage triggered by disruptions to global energy supplies is threatening agricultural activity across multiple continents, raising concerns about rising food prices in the months ahead. Two weeks after the start of the US Israeli conflict involving Iran, the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted shipments......
The United States has announced a reward of up to 10 million dollars for information about Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei and several senior Iranian officials, intensifying pressure on Tehran’s leadership as the conflict involving Iran enters its third week. The US State Department revealed the reward on Friday through......
Scientists at Yale University have discovered that HIV produces a circular RNA molecule that helps the virus activate its genes and replicate more efficiently. The finding reveals a previously unknown layer of HIV biology and could open new avenues for antiviral therapies. The study, published on March 12 in Nature Microbiology, identified......
Bitcoin mining companies are more vulnerable to fluctuations in the price of Bitcoin than to rising electricity costs triggered by higher oil prices, according to a new analysis examining the impact of the Iran related oil shock on the cryptocurrency industry. A report released this week by Luxor Technology’s Hashrate Index found that......
Iraq is confronting a severe economic shock as the near collapse of its oil exports threatens the government’s ability to pay public sector salaries as early as next month. Officials warn that the country’s oil dependent economy is approaching a fiscal crisis after the disruption of its main export routes during the regional conflict......
Iranian drone attacks have dropped sharply since the start of the conflict, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but Gulf countries continue to face strikes from Iranian unmanned aircraft targeting civilian and strategic infrastructure. Speaking on March 13, Hegseth said Iranian kamikaze drone attacks had fallen by about 95 percent......
European equity markets posted their first back to back weekly decline of the year as the military confrontation involving Iran pushed oil prices higher and deepened economic uncertainty across the region. While energy producers and utilities gained from the surge in crude prices, banks, airlines, and industrial companies faced mounting pressure......
A team of mathematicians has demonstrated that a long-standing principle in differential geometry proposed more than 150 years ago is not universally valid. By constructing two distinct torus-shaped surfaces that share identical geometric measurements and curvature properties, the researchers showed that these local data do not always determine......
A federal judge has reinstated a union bargaining agreement covering 320,000 employees of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, reversing a cancellation that was carried out under an executive order by former President Donald Trump. The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose in Providence, Rhode Island, addresses......
Egypt has introduced a new five-year multiple-entry visa for Morocco citizens, allowing them to travel to the country as often as they wish within a five-year period. Each stay under this visa can last up to 90 days, according to statements from Ahmed Abdel-Latif, who announced the new measure in Rabat on Friday. The initiative aims to facilitate......
Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway Inc announced that its board of directors unanimously recommended rejecting a shareholder proposal requesting a report on the company’s workforce and human-capital oversight framework across its diverse operating businesses. In a proxy statement for its upcoming annual meeting on May 2 in Omaha,......
The United States Department of the Treasury has expanded sanctions waivers related to Venezuela in an effort to address sharp increases in oil and fertilizer prices that have occurred in recent months. The updated waivers were issued on Friday and are intended to ease restrictions on investments and activities connected to Venezuela’s......
Turkish state-owned lender Halkbank has appointed the global consulting firm Ernst & Young to conduct an independent review of its compliance with international sanctions and anti-money laundering regulations. The decision follows an agreement reached with the United States Department of Justice aimed at resolving a long-running legal......
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Iran under the lens
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AFCON 2025: Morocco at the heart of African football
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Walaw at the Heart of the Mawazine Festival – Rhythms of the World 2025
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First 100 days of the second Donald Trump presidency
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Les Impériales Week 2025: The Paradigm Shift – Business. People. Tech
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