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Oil and gas crisis from Iran war worse than 1973, ​1979 and 2022 together, says IEA

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T11:01:09+00:00

Oil prices seesaw and stock markets on edge amid Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen strait of Hormuz Business live – latest updatesThe current oil and ‌gas crisis triggered by the blockade of the strait of Hormuz is “more serious than the ones in 1973, ​1979 and 2022 together”, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned, as Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the waterway approached on Tuesday.Fatih Birol, the executive director of the IEA, told ⁠Le Figaro newspaper that the impact of the Middle East conflict on the oil market was larger than the combined force

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Members of neo-Nazi ‘active clubs’ join combat events at secretive Virginia compound

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T11:00:45+00:00

Licensed school teacher and one-time police officer among those participating in riot-style gatherings as experts warn of threat to public safetyA network of militant neo-Nazi active clubs from around the US has been participating in riot-style combat events with other white nationalist groups in Virginia as part of what their founder called a “tip-off point for a fascist cultural revolution”.Social media posts and group chats show members of so-called active clubs from Texas, Tennessee and Pennsylvania have in recent weeks and months travelled to Lynchburg, Virginia to train together at a sec

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Israel tells Iranians their lives are at risk if they use trains as Trump deadline looms | First Thing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T10:57:33+00:00

The US president has threatened to bomb power plants and bridges unless Iran reopens the strait of Hormuz. Plus, the US origins of Mexico’s toxic waste problemDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Israel has told Iranians their lives will be at risk if they use the country’s railways on Tuesday, after Donald Trump’s threats to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants unless a deal is reached by Tuesday evening.How are negotiations to end the war going? They appeared to be faltering. Iran, which has submitted its own 10-point peace plan, said it wanted a permanent

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Om Power Transmission to raise ₹150 crore via IPO

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-07T10:56:57+00:00

Issue comprises 75 lakh fresh shares and 10 lakh shares as offer for sale; funds earmarked for capex, debt repayment and working capital

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Vance heads to Hungary as MAGA ally Orban trails in polls

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-04-07T10:47:53+00:00

Viktor Orban, who has built strong ties to the MAGA movement and the Kremlin, faces a tough electoral challenge from center-right candidate Peter Magyar on April 12.

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JD Vance meets Orbán on visit ahead of knife-edge Hungarian election – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T10:47:33+00:00

Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar responds to JD Vance’s visit by saying ‘no foreign country may interfere in Hungarian elections’ … and here they are!JD Vance and Usha Vance off the Air Force Two, welcomed by Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó as they begin their two-day trip to the Hungarian capital. Continue reading...

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UK government caps student loan interest rates at 6% from September

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T10:44:55+00:00

Minister says change for plan 2 and 3 loans in England and Wales will ‘protect borrowers’ from impact of global conflictUK politics live – latest updatesThe interest rate on plan 2 and plan 3 student loans will be capped at 6% from September, ministers have announced, amid concerns that higher inflation will drive repayments up for many graduates.Ministers acted after months of criticism over the loans becoming a “debt trap” that often leave graduates in England and Wales paying tens of thousands more than the original loan amount. Continue reading...

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Kerala on razor’s edge as LDF-UDF fight goes down to the wire

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-07T10:42:24+00:00

Campaign ends with LDF pitting organisation muscle against UDF, which is seeking to harvest voter fatigue after a decade of Left rule

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The multiverse of Vijay

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-07T10:41:32+00:00

The ‘All India Jananayaka Makkal Kazhagam’ is fielding a certain K Vijay in Perambur and Vijay K in Trichy (East) to take on TVK President and actor-politician Joseph Vijay

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Iceland chain offers job to man sacked by Waitrose after confronting shoplifter

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-07T10:34:13+00:00

Lord Richard Walker, Iceland’s chair, says Walker Smith is ‘welcome to a job with us’ as public fundraiser hits £7,500Keir Starmer’s cost of living tsar, who is the chair of Iceland, has offered a job to a worker who was sacked from Waitrose after trying to stop a shoplifter.Waitrose faced public outcry over its treatment of Walker Smith, who was fired two days after he stopped the shoplifter taking items from the Easter egg display, including Lindt chocolate bunnies. Continue reading...

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