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March 16, 2026
After attacks on oil facilities, toxic black rain endangers the public
Clouds of toxic smoke unleashed into the atmosphere by US-Israeli airstrikes on Iranian oil facilities made a dangerous return to Earth in the form of ‘black rain’, prompting international health…
March 16, 2026
Harry and Meghan slam author of new book on royals for ‘deranged conspiracy’
LONDON (AP): Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have hit back at the author of a new book on Britain’s royal family, describing his writing as “deranged conspiracy and melodrama”. In…
March 16, 2026
Zelenskyy waiting on US and Russia for next round of talks
KYIV (AP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he was ready for the next round of trilateral peace talks to end Russia’s more than four-year-old invasion of Ukraine, but that it was up…
March 16, 2026
Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as island struggles with deepening energy crisis
HAVANA (AP) — Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. The…
March 13, 2026
In rural America, a teacher pipeline from abroad, including Jamaica, starts to dry up amid H-1B visa changes
Like many school systems facing teacher shortages, South Carolina’s Allendale County has looked overseas for help. A quarter of the teachers in the rural, high-poverty district come from other…
March 12, 2026
Widow of Haiti president describes his killing at US trial of four charged with conspiracy
MIAMI (AP) — The widow of Jovenel Moïse - Haiti’s last elected president - described being shot and wounded during the 2021 assassination of her husband while testifying Wednesday in the United States…
March 12, 2026
Oil jumps to US$100 per barrel and stocks sink worldwide with no clear end in sight for Iran war
NEW YORK (AP) — With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel on Thursday, and stocks sank worldwide. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% and resumed its sharp swings…
March 11, 2026
Global energy concerns mount as Iran effectively stops cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz
PARIS (AP) — Gasolene prices are rising largely because of the Iran war’s impact on the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for oil and gas from the Persian Gulf. The waterway off Iran’s coast,…
March 11, 2026
Family sues ChatGPT-maker OpenAI over school shooting in Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The parents of a girl critically wounded in a school shooting in Canada alleged in a civil lawsuit Monday that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI knew the shooter was planning a…