
Understanding the Iran-U.S. standoff
I can’t blame Iran, a sovereign nation, for refusing to budge against a perceived Western bully paranoid about the possibility of a nuclear showdown.
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I can’t blame Iran, a sovereign nation, for refusing to budge against a perceived Western bully paranoid about the possibility of a nuclear showdown.
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Global energy markets and diplomatic channels rattled on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran could initiate contact to restart…
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'You're not going to be making any more 18-hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.'
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Half of the Gulf countries are expecting a contraction this year.
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Truce extended to allow more time for peace talks.
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The PSEI was down amid subdued trading alongside a weakened peso at P60.13 per US dollar, depreciating from P59.94 as markets grew skeptical over the US-Iran…
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The United States and Iran are moving toward a possible resumption of ceasefire negotiations in Pakistan, with talks expected as early as Wednesday as both…
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For businesses, particularly the larger organizations, diversification from oil as the primary energy source is a no-brainer.
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Ceasefires typically survive when both parties see a credible path to a political solution. In this case, the rhetoric is moving in the opposite direction.
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A total of 25 overseas Filipino workers from Israel and Lebanon are set to arrive in the Philippines on 21 April under the government’s repatriation program.
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Lifting the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was a precondition for negotiations.
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PARIS, France (AFP) — More than 50 nations are attending a world-first conference on phasing out fossil fuels in Colombia next week as the Iran war underscores…
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Washington merely shifted from strikes to economic coercion, betting that financial strain might succeed where force had not. It wasn’t peace, but war by other…
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Argentine President Javier Milei declared Sunday that the joint US-Israel war against Iran was the "right thing to do", as he signed on to the so-called Isaac…
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A two-week ceasefire is set to end on Wednesday unless it is renewed.
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Iran’s central military command announced on Saturday it would resume “strict management” of the Strait of Hormuz, reversing a decision to unblock the…
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Market expectations are facing multiple outcomes, as economists like to call multiple equilibria or paths.
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