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iran warned the us navy not to enter the strait of hormuz. the threat came after donald trump said america would "guide" stranded ships through the waterway. no further details on timing or response were given. source: ft_home sentiment: -0.60 · impact: 0.90
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european markets opened mostly positive monday, with the stoxx 600 up 0.1% by 8am london. the ftse 100 was closed for a bank holiday. france's cac 40 slipped 0.1%, while germany's dax gained 0.1% and italy's ftse mib led with a
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india is burning more coal as a heatwave and the iran war squeeze energy supplies. coal-fired power generation hit 164.9 average gigawatts in april, up from 160.7 last year — a sequential rise of 3.5%. more than 70% of india's power comes from coal, and experts
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fifa is paying out nearly $900 million to teams at the 2026 world cup — the most in history. the total distribution comes to $871 million, including $16 million set aside for delegation costs and team ticket allocations. every team that qualifies will get at least $12.5 million. that breaks
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piers walker from bristol had to pay £14,000 after her cat maneessa was run over. without pet insurance, she put down £5,000 upfront for emergency treatment and has been paying about £500 a month since. the cat's jaw was broken in two places and skull crushed
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game stop, the meme stock video game retailer, made an unsolicited $55.5 billion offer to buy ebay on sunday. the cash-and-stock deal values ebay at $125 per share, a 20% premium to its friday close. ceo ryan cohen told the wall street journal he wants to turn ebay into
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the iea says the amount of gas flared, vented or leaked each year is more than double the volume of gas stuck in the strait of hormuz. capping those methane emissions, according to the agency, could ease both the energy crisis and the climate source: ft_home sentiment: +0.10
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denmark's grid operator energinet paused new data center grid connections in march after an "explosion" in capacity requests. around 60 gw of projects are waiting — far above the country's peak demand of 7 gw. data centers account for 14 gw of that queue. the
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europe's reliance on imported energy is getting exposed by the iran war and the closure of the strait of hormuz. analysts say nuclear power could be a lifeline, but it won't be easy. upfront costs are huge, waste disposal is a problem, and chernobyl and fukushima
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major airlines have cut millions of seats from their schedules as fuel shortage fears spread. the crisis in the middle east is the direct cause, disrupting supply routes and pushing jet fuel prices higher. carriers in europe and asia have been hit hardest, with several already announcing reduced long-haul service
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putin has tightened his personal security after ukraine's drone attacks reached deeper into russian territory than before. the strikes hit targets that were previously considered out of range, and the kremlin's response has been to pull putin further from public view. his schedule has been scaled
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individual investors now dominate u.s. stock trading, with retail activity hitting record levels despite the iran war scare and other 2020 shocks. their share of total market volume has more than doubled over the past decade, according to data from bloomberg. the pandemic turbocharged this shift — millions of new
