Every day brings a new complaint — or three — from the Trump administration about the American news media’s coverage of the Iran war. President Trump is using words like “criminal” and “unpatriotic” to assail media companies. His FCC chairman, Brendan Carr, is threatening broadcasters’ licenses. His defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is insulting news outlets…
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BERN, SWITZERLAND — Mondelez International has launched a new production line at its Toblerone chocolate production plant in Bern. The line became operational nearly a year after Chicago-based Mondelez announced a 65 million-Swiss-franc ($83.4 million) project to create a “global Center of Excellence” at the facility, which produces about 90% of the Toblerone products sold…
Emma MacTaggart, 26, left investment banking to sell needlepoint. Fellow Gen Zer Clara Sherman co-founded a company to make mahjong cool for younger players. They’re part of a wave of millennials and Gen Z entrepreneurs building companies around analog hobbies as a relief from screen fatigue, according to AP News, and business is booming. MacTaggart…
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr warned broadcasters Saturday that they could lose their licenses if they air what he described as misleading coverage of the war involving Iran. Loading audio narration… In a post on X, Carr said broadcasters spreading inaccurate reporting should “correct course” before coming license renewals. “Broadcasters that are running hoaxes…
A family sits against the backdrop of a dockyard off the coastal city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Emirate on Feb. 25, 2026. Giuseppe Cacace | Afp | Getty Images A drone attack at the United Arab Emirates’ key oil trading hub of Fujairah triggered a large fire, authorities said…
“Success would be us really rebuilding those buildings that have been there since before Katrina, things that have been stopped for more than 20 years,” said New Orleans Deputy Mayor Jenny Mains. Source link
Oil executives told officials in White House meetings that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz might push up oil prices further. Source link
The price of oil rose to its highest level since July 2022 Sunday evening as the Trump administration suggested the war with Iran could last several more weeks and President Donald Trump called on the international community for help reopening the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers. Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 2.9% to…
An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on March 11, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — China on Monday stressed that it had enough energy resources as the Iran war restricts oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S….
