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Oil prices soared and then resettled today as the Iran war intensifies, threatening
“production and shipping in the Middle East.”
The war has affected infrastructure critical to the production and movement of oil and gas.
The conflicts effectively closed. The straight of Hormuz, a conduit for about 20% of the world's oil and natural gas. And as NPR's A.A. Batroui explains, oil fields have cut back output as storage fills up. But it wasn't only Mustafa Hamini, who lost his father in that attack.
He also reportedly lost his mother, his wife, and a son, and other relatives. So he comes to this post in the regime's eyes not only as the son of martyrs and the father and spouse of martyrs, but also as someone known to have closed ties to powerful branches of security, like the paramilitary Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which immediately pledged its obedience to him and urged the nation to close ranks around him.
NPR's A.A. Batroui reporting, Lebanon says it wants to direct negotiations with
Israel to reach a ceasefire, the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah dragged Lebanon
“into the regional conflict when it launched rockets into northern Israel.”
Nearly 500 people in Lebanon have been killed in Israeli strikes according to health officials and Piers Hadil Al-Shalci reports. Lebanon's president Joseph Al-Nkalt for direct negotiations with Israel and an immediate halt to Israeli strikes according to a statement posted on social media. He also called on the international community to provide, quote, "necessary, logistical support
to the Lebanese Army in order to support this Army Hezbollah." All in said that the direct negotiations with Israel would be under international supervision. The Israeli government did not immediately comment. The Lebanese government has been distancing itself from Hezbollah as the U.S. and Israel bomb Iran.
It has banned all Hezbollah military activities and issued arrest warrants for those who launched the rockets at Israel. Hadil Al-Shalci and PR news Beirut.
“Two Pennsylvania men were arraigned on federal terrorism charges today after allegedly throwing”
explosive devices at a crowd of protesters in New York City over the weekend. Officials say the 18 and 19-year-olds were inspired by the Islamic State Group and PR's Brian Man reports. The five-count indictment charges a mere bilat and Hebrew Himkaiyumi with providing support for a foreign terror organization and using a weapon of mass destruction.
Officials say the men told police they were inspired by ISIS and hoped to carry out an attack more deadly than the blasts at the 2013 Boston Marathon. J. Clayton is US attorney for the Southern District of New York. These were ISIS-inspired actions. And it is chilling that they wanted to do something more than the Boston Marathon.
More than three deaths. The lot in Khaiyumi allegedly threw explosive devices at anti-Muslim protesters Saturday they'd yet to enter police on the charges and are being held without bail. Brian Man and PR News, New York. US stocks rose after a major reversal today, the S&P 500 gained more than three quarters of
a percent. It's NPR. Uber is launching a feature that will allow female riders and drivers across the US to be matched with other women. It's an expansion of a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its
ride-hailing platform. The announcement comes despite a class action lawsuit in California found by Uber drivers who argue that it's discriminatory against men. Students in 1,300 schools are already using AI chat bots according to digital safety companies securely as NPR's reto-chattergy reports a small percentage of students are engaging
with AI chat bots about self-harm and violence.
Security analyzed 1.2 million conversations between students and AI platforms on school
issued devices in 39 states. 80% of these chats were educationally appropriate, but 20% violated safety guardrails set up by individual school districts. That includes the 2% of conversations involving topics of self-harm, violence and bullying says securely CEO Tammy Winkup.
Students have already added AI into their digital diet on topics around wellness, on topics around self-harm, on topics around bullying and violence. These chats lead to wellness alerts to school districts for appropriate follow-up actions. Read the chat to G and Pair News. About 2 dozen couples have taken part in the UK wife carrying race, many contestants use
the Estonian hold where the writer hangs upside down, the sports link to an old finished legend and a couple from Finland were crowned the winners and won a barrel of local ale. This is NPR News from Washington.
