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Mar 12, 2026 - World

From fuel caps to four-day work weeks, the Middle East conflict has left the world’s top crude oil importing region desperate to shore up suppliesDonald Trump has scrambled in recent days to reassure the world that the economic impact of his war on Iran can be contained.Sure, one of the most important waterways in global trade has, in effect, been shut for almost two weeks – but it might reopen before long. In the meantime, US oil-related sanctions on “some countries” will be lifted. And besides, the entire conflict could be over soon. Continue reading...

Mar 12, 2026 - World

Global heating linked to rising risk of extreme rain that causes devastating landslides and rising coffee pricesThe record floods that have brought death and destruction to the heartland of Brazil’s coffee industry are expected to intensify if people continue to burn fossil fuels, analysis has shown.Dozens of residents in the state of Minas Gerais have been buried alive in landslides or swept away as roads turned into rivers over the past month. Thousands more have been forced to evacuate their homes, while the wider, longer-term effects are likely to include higher prices for coffee across the world. Continue reading...

Mar 12, 2026 - World

New legislation will require schools to use Mandarin by default, taking priority over minority ethnic languages such as Tibetan, Uyghur and MongolianChina’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the state legislature, will vote on Thursday on a suite of new laws agreed at this year’s annual two sessions gathering, including a piece of legislation that will diminish the role of minority ethnic languages in the education system.NPC delegates are expected to approve a new ethnic unity law, along with a new environmental code and the 15th five-year plan, the economic planning document for 2026-2030. Delegates have spent the last week debating Beijing’s proposed bills, which they are all but certain to approve. The NPC, which is often described as a rubber-stamp parliament, has never rejected an item on its agenda. Continue reading...

Mar 11, 2026 - World

There might be only one way to put an end to President Donald Trump's war in Iran — something Supreme Court Justice John Roberts pointed out years earlier, according to a report Wednesday. Roberts has been questioned over his views on the unitary executive theory, the idea that the president should have broad control over the government, and Roberts has even helped grant this administration multiple Supreme Court wins. But Roberts previously took a firm stance on how presidents can control the government and who can ultimately stop wars, The Lever reported. As the United States has entered the 12th day of joint strikes with Israel against Iran, questions have surfaced over who can end the conflict and Roberts had offered a legal basis for war and congressional war powers. "But in this era of judicial deference to executive authority, Congress’ power to limit spending remains largely unchallenged, even by some of the most hardline proponents of presidential authority, such as U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts," according to The Lever. "As a Reagan administration lawyer, Roberts told his bosses in 1985, 'Our institutional vigilance with respect to the constitutional prerogatives of the presidency requires appropriate deference to the constitutional prerogatives of the other branches, and no area seems more clearly the province of Congress than the power of the purse,'" The Lever reported.Congress could throttle Trump's power to continue the conflict. "This contrast — between the weakness of Congress’s non-budgetary legislation and the supremacy of its spending power — explains why modern presidents’ ill-advised wars tend to only conclude when lawmakers threaten to use the latter," according to The Lever.

Mar 11, 2026 - World

A new report on Wednesday revealed that more American service members were left with serious injuries — including brain trauma, burns, shrapnel wounds and at least one person requiring a limb amputation — than the Trump administration initially reported following a targeted Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that left six troops dead.Multiple sources told CBS News about the "grim and chaotic scene" following the strikes at a tactical operations center at Shuaiba port on March 1 that has now left more than 30 American military members hospitalized with injuries. "Smoke quickly filled the building, making it difficult to rescue those inside," according to CBS News.About 20 of the injured service members were taken on a C-17 military transport aircraft to Landstuhl, Germany on Tuesday with injuries designated as 'urgent' by the military, requiring their evacuation. Those injuries included traumatic brain injuries, memory loss and concussions, three sources told CBS News. More than 100 medical personnel were sent to Germany to help the injured military members. "Defense Department officials initially didn't specify how many had been hurt in the Kuwait attack, but said on March 1 that five were seriously wounded and 'several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions,'" according to CBS News. Two military members who went missing after the attack were found under the rubble. One other service member was killed in Saudi Arabia on March 1 during a separate strike. It was unclear how many other people were injured.The Pentagon announced Tuesday that 140 American service members had been injured so far in the 11 days of the war. The details around their injuries were not revealed. "The vast majority of these injuries have been minor, and 108 service members have already returned to duty. Eight service members remain listed as severely injured and are receiving the highest level of medical care," Sean Parnell, Pentagon spokesperson, said in a statement.