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The looming energy crunch automated-news
The looming energy crunch

Supply squeeze due to the Iran war will get worse before it gets better

17 May 2026 🔒
A Culture War Backlash Is Coming for the Mining Industry automated-news
A Culture War Backlash Is Coming for the Mining Industry

Politics moves in pendulum swings from one extreme to the other. In many parts of the world, the backlash against the “woke” politics of the early 2020s appears to be foundering. That’s far from being the case in Australia’s mining industry.

17 May 2026 🔒
COMMENTARY: Iran’s bluff is not strength automated-news
COMMENTARY: Iran’s bluff is not strength

Truly dominant powers do not negotiate from a position of economic exhaustion.

17 May 2026 🔒
Child Benefit warning to parents earning £50,000 automated-news
Child Benefit warning to parents earning £50,000

Households will have to pay some money back once they pass a key threshold

17 May 2026 🔒
Moody's Mark Zandi says job growth has declined since Trump's tariffs — and warns a recession may be next automated-news
Moody's Mark Zandi says job growth has declined since Trump's tariffs — and warns a recession may be next

Moody's Mark Zandi says job growth has declined since Trump's tariffs — and warns a recession may be next

17 May 2026 🔒
Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump in Jan. 6 impeachment, loses primary as president retains grip on GOP — ‘that’s what you get’ automated-news
Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump in Jan. 6 impeachment, loses primary as president retains grip on GOP — ‘that’s what you get’

Unlike some other senators who declined to run again after crossing Trump, Cassidy pushed hard for reelection and spent nearly double the combined amount of his opponents.

17 May 2026 🔒
Drone strike sparks fire at UAE nuclear power plant, the first time it’s been attacked since the Iran war started automated-news
Drone strike sparks fire at UAE nuclear power plant, the first time it’s been attacked since the Iran war started

The $20 billion Barakah nuclear power plant was built by the UAE with the help of South Korea and went online in 2020.

17 May 2026 🔒
Walmart and Target are about to show just how much shopping habits have changed due to the Iran war automated-news
Walmart and Target are about to show just how much shopping habits have changed due to the Iran war

Walmart has said that customers start to cut spending when gas prices hit $4.50 to $5 a gallon.

17 May 2026 🔒
Big tobacco is exploiting fears of the illicit market to unwind health gains, Australian experts warn automated-news
Big tobacco is exploiting fears of the illicit market to unwind health gains, Australian experts warn

Cigarettes kill 66 Australians every day, coalition says, criticising MPs who heard evidence from Philip Morris in secret Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Big tobacco is exploiting fears of the illicit market to unwind longstanding health policies, leading health campaigne

17 May 2026 🔒
US college graduates face harsh job market amid economic uncertainty automated-news
US college graduates face harsh job market amid economic uncertainty

Gov't funding cuts, war, tariffs and AI advancements intensify competition among recent graduates seeking stable jobs.

17 May 2026 🔒
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