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Growers face soaring fertiliser and fuel costs as shipping choke point of the strait of Hormuz hits supply chains ‘The stakes are enormous’: how a prolonged Iran war could shock the global economy It is peak harvesting season for avocados in the lush southern highlands of Tanzania but growers are racing against time to find … Read more

Flyers at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., had mixed reactions to President Donald Trump’s plan to send federal immigration agents to airports amid the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been working through the weekend to fund TSA and alleviate staff squeezes, but a bill has not been passed … Read more

Outpatient prescriptions for the drug increased 71% after the announcement, but the FDA later approved it only for folate deficiency When Donald Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr stood up at the press conference in September to tout leucovorin, a vitamin B derivative, as a treatment for autism, some neurodevelopmental doctors were shocked – and … Read more

Cuba’s deputy foreign minister said that the nation’s military is involved in ongoing preparations for “the possibility of military aggression” from the U.S.

As Cuba endures the country’s worst energy crisis in decades, residents are struggling to find clean water, food, electricity and proper healthcare. No fuel has entered the country in more than two months amid an oil blockade by the Trump administration. NBC’s George Solis reports from inside Havana in this week’s Sunday Focus.

Outfielder was angered by handshake snub during game Arozarena says pair are ‘brothers and teammates’ Randy Arozarena says he has apologized to his Seattle Mariners teammate Cal Raleigh after an incident at this month’s World Baseball Classic. Arozarena was representing Mexico against Raleigh’s USA when the teams met at the WBC on 9 March. Raleigh … Read more

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) tells Meet the Press Democrats are united behind Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) leadership amid growing chatter of replacing the Senate leader.

The White House’s politicization of the agency will have a real-world impact on small business owners in the US Kelly Loeffler, the new administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), announced recently that the agency charged with supporting the businesses that are the backbone of the US economy would no longer be approving loans to … Read more

Heather Danae Lewis who was one of 30 people charged in Minnesota church protest showed she did not attend event Federal prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against a woman accused of participating in a controversial January protest at a Minnesota church after the woman apparently did not attend the event at all. Prosecutors notified a … Read more

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended strikes on Iran’s infrastructure since the U.S and Israel’s joint operation began, saying “sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate.”