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Oil prices ease and stock markets jump as hopes rise for an end to the Iran war
NEW YORK (AP) — Relief is flowing through financial markets Monday after President Donald Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to their war. Oil prices are easing, and stock prices are jumping on Wall Street following severe losses taken elsewhere in the world before Trump’s announcement.The price for a barrel of Brent crude fell 10% to $100.96, down from nearly $120 at one point last week, after Trump said the United States and Iran held productive talks the last two days “regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the... Read More
DoorDash offers added payments to US and Canadian drivers as gas prices soar
DoorDash is offering extra compensation to U.S. and Canadian drivers as part of a temporary program to help offset rising gas prices.The San Francisco-based delivery company announced the program Monday as the national average price for gas hit $3.96 per gallon in the U.S., according to AAA. That’s 35% higher than one month ago.
Global oil prices have soared since the Iran war began on Feb. 28. Last week, Brent crude oil, the international standard, briefly rose above $119 per barrel, up from roughly $70 before the war began.
Iran has halted most shipments... Read More
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed who has sought to test crime-scene evidence that he says will help clear him.The justices left in place a ruling against Reed from the federal appeals court in New Orleans for the second time in less than three years.
The three liberal justices dissented.
Reed was sentenced to death for the 1996 killing of 19-year-old Stacey Stites. Prosecutors have refused to allow for DNA testing of the webbed belt that was used to strangle Stites as she made... Read More
OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies of cancer at 43
Leonid Radvinsky, the billionaire owner of OnlyFans, the adult content platform, has died from cancer, according to the company. He was 43.Radvinsky transformed the pornography industry with OnlyFans' subscription-based model after acquiring the company that owns and operates the platform in 2018.
“We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer," a company spokesperson said in a statement on Monday, emphasizing that Radvinsky's family has requested privacy. Little is known about Radvinsky's... Read More
Europe's far right backs Orbán as Hungary's coming election puts his brand to the test
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The leaders of over a dozen European far-right parties gathered in Hungary's capital on Monday in a show of support for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a nationalist figure beloved by U.S. and European conservatives whose performance in a pivotal election in April could set the tone for the movement's future.Orbán, who retook power in Hungary in 2010, has long been seen as a key figure in the global far right, well before U.S. President Donald Trump entered the 2016 presidential race.
The Hungarian leader's political successes — four... Read More
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