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historical-precedent
US Diesel Prices Hit Record $6.05, Raising Freight Costs
According to AP News’ account, the U.S. average diesel price reached a record $6.05 a gallon on September 11, up from $5.85 a week earlier and $3.70…
US Inflation Report May Clear Way for Federal Reserve Rate Hike
Based on reporting by France 24, the US Labor Department is due to publish August consumer inflation data on Friday. Economists expect annual inflation…
European Central Bank Raises Rate to 2.50% as Oil Fuels Inflation
The European Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 2.50%, resuming increases after pausing on July 23. The move targets…
Trey Parker and Matt Stone Temporarily Rename South Park ‘South America’
Based on AP News reporting, Trey Parker and Matt Stone say they are temporarily renaming South Park “SOUTH AMERICA,” one week before its 29th-season…
United States Bans Selected Canadian Imports From Sept. 29
Based on AP News reporting, the United States will ban most Canadian alcoholic beverages, specified whey and molasses products, and larger-engine…
No. 23 Missouri Visits Kansas in Revived Border War Rivalry
No. 23 Missouri plays Kansas in Lawrence on Friday night in the return leg of the revived Border War, after Missouri’s 42-31 comeback win in Columbia…
Metropolitan Police Open Criminal Inquiry Into Reform UK Donations
Based on AP News reporting, the Metropolitan Police has opened a criminal investigation into potential offences involving Reform UK donations and…
John Malkovich Cancels Tel Aviv Show Over Fabricated Quote
Based on AP News reporting, John Malkovich canceled his planned April Tel Aviv performance of The Music Critic after promoters circulated a statement…
Palestinians Fear Rising West Bank Settler Violence as Israeli Elections Near
Based on NBC News’ reporting, Mahmoud Tubassi and his family in Jalud say more than a dozen young Israeli settlers have surrounded their West Bank home…
Venezuelans in U.S. Sustain Earthquake Relief for Families
Based on AP News reporting, the June 24 earthquakes in north-central Venezuela killed more than 6,500 people, damaged thousands of buildings and…
Serbia Sets Oct. 25 Early Parliamentary Election as Vucic Seeks Premiership
Based on AP News reporting, President Aleksandar Vucic dissolved Serbia’s 250-member Parliament and set an early parliamentary election for Oct. 25.…
Houthis Report Saudi Retaliation After Oil Site Strikes
Based on France 24’s reporting, the Houthis said Saudi Arabia struck back on Tuesday after the group targeted oil facilities, with dozens reported…
Iranian School Ruins Show Aftermath of U.S. Strike That Killed Children
Based on AP News reporting, new photographs from Sept. 7 show the shattered Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, struck by the United States on…
Kyiv Couple Marry After Russian Strike Leaves Home Uninhabitable
This account is based on AP News reporting: a Russian strike on a warehouse opposite Liudmyla and Leonid Ryzhak’s Kyiv building blew out their windows…
Iran-Backed Yemen and Iraq Fighters Join Forces to Threaten Gulf
Based on AP News reporting, regional officials say Yemen’s Houthi rebels helped Iran-backed Iraqi militias plan and carry out a two-day drone-swarm…
Pakistan Police Deploy Ukraine-Style Nets Against Drone Attacks
Based on France 24’s reporting, police in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have begun suspending reinforced nets above police compounds to…
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s First Post-Handover Leader, Dies at 89
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive after the 1997 handover to Chinese rule, died on Tuesday aged 89, his office said. The former shipping…
Mont Blanc Heat Waves Drive Rockfall Risks and Route Closures
This account is based on AP News reporting. Summer 2026 heat waves have weakened Alpine permafrost around Mont Blanc, increasing rockfalls, opening…
Benjamin Netanyahu Denies UAE Warning Before October 7 Attack
Based on reporting by DW, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denies that the United Arab Emirates warned him before Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack. Haaretz…
US Strikes Five Iranian Oil Tankers in Gulf of Oman and Hormuz
Based on DW’s reporting, US forces struck five Iranian oil tankers on September 8: M/T Kaviz, Charminar, Horizon 1 and Riesco in the Gulf of Oman, plus…
Israel Says It Will Close UK Consulate in East Jerusalem
Based on France 24’s reporting, Israel said on September 8 it would close Britain’s consulate in East Jerusalem. The stated response came after…
U.S. Strikes Iranian Tankers After Missile Attempts on Navy Warship
Based on NBC News World’s reporting, a U.S. official said the United States struck multiple Iranian tankers Tuesday after further attempted missile…
Houthis Resume Saudi Attacks, Threatening Red Sea Oil Route
Yemen’s Houthi rebels resumed attacks on Saudi Arabia in July, declared a blockade on Saudi shipping and fired on several Saudi oil tankers…
Trump Tells Putin He Wants Swift End to Ukraine War
Based on France 24’s reporting, the Kremlin says Donald Trump told Vladimir Putin in an hour-long Tuesday call that he wants the Ukraine war ended…