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Cuba’s Tourism Industry Is Collapsing as U.S. Moves Deter Travel

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-04T10:00:46+00:00

The Trump administration’s decision to cut off foreign oil to the island is devastating its tourism industry, a key source of income for a government being pushed to the edge.

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Iranian missile hits base housing US troops in Qatar

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-04T10:00:10+00:00

An Iranian missile has hit a military base housing US troops in Qatar. No casualties have been reported so far.

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Huge column of smoke seen over western Tehran

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-04T09:52:16+00:00

Videos by an eyewitness captured thick black smoke rising in western Tehran as air strikes by the US and Israel continue

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UK supermarket chain Iceland drops trademark dispute with Iceland

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-04T09:50:12+00:00

Company promises ‘rapprochement discount’ with shoppers from country after decade-long action in EU courtThe UK supermarket chain Iceland has reportedly abandoned its decade-long trademark battle with Iceland and instead promised a “rapprochement discount” for shoppers in the country.After the budget grocery chain suffered its third legal loss last year, its executive chair, Richard Walker, said on Wednesday that it would draw a line under the dispute. Continue reading...

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Qatar shuts LNG output; supplies to India hit, city gas sector flags crisis

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-04T09:48:43+00:00

India’s gas supplies have been hit after LNG cargoes from Qatar were temporarily suspended, forcing supply cuts of up to 40 per cent for several industrial users and city gas distribution (CGD) companies

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Minister dismisses Trump’s claim Starmer is ‘no Churchill’ – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-04T09:42:23+00:00

James Murray says PM has approached Middle East crisis with a ‘cool head’ amid repeated criticism of UK’s position from US presidentHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog.A government minister has dismissed Donald Trump’s claim that Keir Starmer is no “Winston Churchill”, arguing that the prime minister had approached the situation with a “cool head, a real clarity of purpose” and “a determination to do the right thing for the British people”.No, look, president Trump has expressed his disagreement with the decision that we took about joining those initial strikes on Iran over the week

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Что известно о вероятном новом верховном лидере Ирана Моджтабе Хаменеи

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-03-04T09:32:49+00:00

Совет экспертов Ирана избрал новым верховным лидером Исламской Республики 56-летнего Моджтабу Хаменеи – сына убитого аятоллы Али Хаменеи. Об этом сообщило оппозиционное издание Iran International, однако официально Тегеран о назначении не сообщал. Израиль, в свою очередь, уже заявил, что любой преемник станет «безоговорочной целью для ликвидации». О том, чем известен Моджтаба Хаменеи, – в справке «Ведомостей».

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Что известно о новом верховном лидере Ирана Моджтабе Хаменеи

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-03-04T09:32:49+00:00

Совет экспертов Ирана избрал новым верховным лидером Исламской Республики 56-летнего Моджтабу Хаменеи – сына убитого аятоллы Али Хаменеи. 9 марта жители страны присягнули ему на верность. Израиль, в свою очередь, ранее уже заявил, что любой преемник станет «безоговорочной целью для ликвидации». О том, чем известен Моджтаба Хаменеи, – в справке «Ведомостей».

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War in Middle East ‘could wipe out growth in UK living standards’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-04T09:31:03+00:00

Rising oil and gas prices may hit increase of £300 a year for typical working-age households, says leading thinktankBusiness live – latest updatesConflict in the Middle East could trigger an energy price shock that wipes out anticipated growth in living standards in the UK worth £300 for a typical working-age household over the coming year, a leading thinktank has warned.The Resolution Foundation said a “decent” one-off increase in average living standards this year and a bumper rise for lower-income households could be reversed by rising oil and gas prices as the Iran conflict disrupts suppli

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Attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme could backfire and drive regime towards a bomb, experts warn

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-04T09:30:06+00:00

US-Israeli onslaught may lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpileThe US-Israeli onslaught against Iran is intended to resolve a 24-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but it runs the risk of backfiring and driving the regime towards making a secret bomb, proliferation experts have warned.The regime in Tehran has long insisted that the programme is for civilian purposes and it has no intention of making a nuclear weapon. However, since two undeclared sites, for uranium enrichment and heavy water plutonium production, were discovered in 2002, th

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Attacking Iran’s nuclear programme could drive it towards a bomb, experts warn

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-04T09:30:06+00:00

Fears US-Israeli onslaught could lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpileMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US-Israeli onslaught against Iran is intended to resolve a 24-year standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but it runs the risk of backfiring and driving the regime towards making a secret bomb, proliferation experts have warned.The regime in Tehran has long insisted that the programme is for civilian purposes and it has no intention of making a nuclear weapon. However, since two undeclared sites, for uranium enrichment and heavy water plutoniu

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En Israël, la satisfaction sur le bilan des premiers jours de la guerre

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-04T09:30:04+00:00

L’Etat hébreu a continué de pilonner l’Iran avec des vagues massives et incessantes d’avions militaires tout en attaquant le Hezbollah au Liban. Le système antimissiles a permis de limiter les dégâts sur son territoire.

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Pedro Sanchez répond à Donald Trump et défend son refus d’aider à frapper l’Iran

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-04T09:29:44+00:00

Accusé par Washington d’avoir refusé l’usage de ses bases militaires dans le cadre de l’offensive contre la République islamique, Pedro Sanchez invoque la légalité internationale, au risque d’un affrontement commercial avec son allié américain.

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Axis Bank ties up with Tesla as preferred EV financier in India

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-04T09:26:49+00:00

Under the arrangement, Axis Bank will provide end-to-end digital loan processing for Tesla buyers, from booking through to vehicle delivery, with no paperwork required

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YSL lights up Paris fashion week show with return of Le Smoking suit

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-04T09:23:54+00:00

Anthony Vaccarello marks decade at helm of fashion house with powered-up take on Yves Saint Laurent’s classicThe most famous suit in the world, Yves Saint Laurent’s Le Smoking, has returned to the Paris catwalk 60 years after its invention.Designed by the late couturier to be worn by men in smoking rooms to protect clothing from the smell of cigars, he adapted it for women, slimming the trousers and lapels. It wasn’t a runaway success – only one sold from his 1966 collection – but it became a global symbol of power dressing and gender dismantling, and would appear in every collection until Sai

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