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The Latest: Oil prices soar after Iran names new supreme leader and launches more attacks
Iran launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries Monday, hours after Iranian state TV said Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader and long considered a contender, had been named his successor.Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard answers to the supreme leader and the younger Khamenei will have a central say in the war strategy.
Oil prices skyrocketed Monday, leading to more worries that higher energy costs will fuel inflation and lead to less spending by U.S. consumers, the main engine of the economy. Tokyo’s... Read More
Bracket Watch: Northern Iowa is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a decade
Few midmajor programs have experienced the highs and lows of the NCAA Tournament like Northern Iowa.Now the Panthers are back to ride the roller coaster again.
Trey Campbell scored 23 points to lead Northern Iowa over UIC on Sunday in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Tournament. The Panthers reached the NCAAs for the first time since 2016.
Northern Iowa has won its first-round game in each of its last three NCAA appearances, and in 2010 followed that up with a victory over top-seeded Kansas to make the Sweet 16. (Remember the name Ali... Read More
World shares tumble as Iran war pushes crude prices over $110 a barrel
BANGKOK (AP) — World shares tumbled on Monday, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunging more than 5%, after oil prices spiked at nearly $120 a barrel, casting a shadow over economies heavily dependent on imports of oil and gas from the Middle East.The futures for the S&P 500, Nasdaq composite index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were trading more than 1% lower after dropping more than 2% late Sunday.
A Chinese special envoy to the Middle East, Zhai Jun, called for an end to the attacks and said strikes on non-military targets and civilians should be... Read More
Glasgow building fire closes Scotland's busiest train station and disrupts rail services
LONDON (AP) — A major fire in the heart of Glasgow crippled Scottish train services Monday as firefighters worked to douse the blaze that destroyed a four-story building near Scotland's busiest railway station.Glasgow Central Station was closed and all travel to, from and through the station was expected to be disrupted, National Rail said. There was no estimate when the station would reopen.
The fire broke out Sunday in a vape shop on Union Street, next to the station. It burned through the night and part of the building that dates back to 1851 collapsed.
Iran names former supreme leader's son to succeed him as war sends oil prices soaring
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of its late supreme leader, the Islamic Republic’s next ruler on Monday, putting a hard-line cleric in charge as the war spreading across the Middle East sent oil prices skyrocketing with Iran launching new attacks on regional energy infrastructure.With Iran’s theocracy under assault by the United States and Israel for more than a week, the country’s Assembly of Experts chose the secretive, 56-year-old cleric with close ties to the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as the new supreme leader... Read More
Top Stories
- World shares tumble as Iran war pushes crude prices over $110 a barrel
- Glasgow building fire closes Scotland's busiest train station and disrupts rail services
- Iran names former supreme leader's son to succeed him as war sends oil prices soaring
- Crude oil prices spike near $120 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping
- Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of using white phosphorus in southern Lebanese town
- US military kills 6 in strike on alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific
- Europe rallies around Cyprus during Iran war as Macron visits to show support for island
- Japan rallies late to beat Australia 4-3, clinches first place in group at World Baseball Classic
- Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 5 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president
- Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father as supreme leader and Saudi sharpens warning
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