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Irish fuel protests enter fourth day as government seeks to head off shortages, open blocked roads
LONDON (AP) — Protests over high fuel prices in Ireland entered a fourth day on Friday, sparking concerns about fuel shortages and emergency services as demonstrators clogged roads and blocked access to refining and distribution sites around the country.The Irish government is set to meet with farmers, truckers and agricultural contractors on Friday to discuss the crisis, triggered by rising gasoline and diesel costs as the conflict in the Middle East restricts oil exports from the region. While organizers have said they will call off the coordinated protests if the government... Read More
China's car exports surge as expectations grow for EV pivot on Iran war energy shock
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports of passenger cars accelerated in March, an industry association said Friday, as Chinese automakers stepped up their push to grow overseas markets.Passenger car exports jumped 82.4% year-on-year last month to around 748,000 vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, up from the 586,000 vehicles exported in February.
Exports of new energy passenger vehicles — including battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids — surged more than 140% in March from a year ago to 363,000 units. That’s also up 31%... Read More
US and Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes negotiations with Lebanon
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiators from Iran and the United States prepared Friday for high-level talks planned to start a day later in Islamabad, seeking to steady a ceasefire teetering over Israel and Hezbollah exchanging fire and Tehran’s chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz.U.S. Vice President JD Vance was set to take off from Washington, with Iran still remaining mum over its team as it tried to pressure Washington to halt Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The semiofficial Tasnim news agency, close to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, claimed that talks would “remain... Read More
Man who killed a deputy serving an eviction notice was run over, California sheriff says
PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A man fatally shot a central California sheriff’s deputy Thursday morning as he was being served an eviction notice, prompting a standoff that ended with authorities fatally running him over with a vehicle after he fled the home.Tulare County deputies were serving the notice to a 60-year-old man in Porterville when he opened fire on them, the sheriff's department said. Porterville is about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles in the state’s Central Valley.
The man barricaded himself inside the home with a rifle for At one... Read More
Gaza marks 6 months of a ceasefire that may offer lessons for the Iran war
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Friday marks six months since Gaza's ceasefire deal took effect, a milestone largely lost in the confusion over the new and even more fragile ceasefire in the Iran war.The ravaged Palestinian territory of 2 million people has seen the most intense fighting stop between Israeli forces and Hamas-led militants. But most of the ceasefire work remains to be done, from disarming Hamas and ending its two-decade rule to deploying an international stabilization force and beginning vast reconstruction. Gaza residents are in limbo, with limited aid... Read More
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- World shares mostly higher and oil gains ahead of planned US-Iran ceasefire talks
- US and Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes negotiations with Lebanon
- Man who killed a deputy serving an eviction notice was run over, California sheriff says
- Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war
- Taiwan's opposition leader meets China's Xi Jinping as both sides call for peace
- A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa
- Trumpâs tenuous Iran exit plan isn't healing Republican rifts exposed by the war
- A president and a pope: The world's most influential Americans are at odds over Iran
- Vance sets off to Pakistan to lead talks with Iran as war's ceasefire remains shaky
- Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa dies at age 68
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