conflict

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It is the first ship owned by a major Western European firm to go through the strait since the conflict began, shipping analysts Kpler confirmed.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Also in Weekend Reads: The global energy market’s long road back after the Iran conflict ends, differences between new GLP-1 pills, and a simple 50/50 investment portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

For U.S. corporations already struggling to defend profits in the face of rising costs before the conflict, any further squeeze could pull down estimates.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The conflict has sharply raised the price of oil, which augurs more price increases ahead.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Neither of these terminal narratives explains why conflict between the colonizers and the Indigenous peoples continued for three hundred years before the United States was formed.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz