Life from NBR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutherish is in Lebanon today calling on the war on Iran and
“in the Middle East to end, saying diplomatic avenues are available.”
Stop the fighting, stop the bombing. There is no military solution, only diplomacy, dialogue, and fully implementation of the U.M. Charter and Security Council resolutions. He's in Beirut visiting shelters in the wounded. He says the people of Lebanon didn't choose this war, they were dragged into it.
Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros and Hanam Gabriesis, is condemning the deaths of several health workers in southern Lebanon as the war widens. 14 health care workers have been killed in the last 24 hours. The WHO says there have been 27 attacks on health care in Lebanon since March 2nd. Resulting in 30 deaths and 35 injuries.
Officials say the intensification of conflict in Lebanon and the broader Middle East increases the likelihood of casualties among health care workers. The White House is investigating the possibility of imposing tariffs on goods from 60 economies.
“It's the second time the administration this week said it would look at new tariffs under”
a statute that's meant to combat unfair trading practices. And here's Daniel Kurtz-Libent has more. The 60 economies will be investigated specifically related to forced labor, not necessarily the practice itself, but to what degree those foreign governments import goods produced with forced labor.
Major trading partners including China, the EU, and Mexico are on the investigation list. Earlier this week, the administration announced investigations into those countries and others in relation to other trading practices. The White House is exploring these new tariffs after the Supreme Court last month found many of Trump's tariffs to be unconstitutional.
The investigations can take months to complete. The U.S. trade representative will hold hearings on these new investigations in a month and a half. Daniel Kurtz-Libent and PR News.
“Starks on Wall Street fell this week as the war on Iran continues to rattle energy markets.”
If you're Scott Horsley reports, investors also got new readings on inflation this week. Crew to all traffic in the straight-of-four moves remains that a near-stand still, two weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, that's pushed oil prices to around $100 a barrel retail gasoline prices have also jumped sharply. If pump prices remain high, shoppers may have to cut back elsewhere.
The war times spike in energy prices was not reflected in February's cost to living index, which came out on Wednesday. It showed prices up by a relatively modest 2.4% over the last year, given the jump in gas prices however, the March inflation rate is likely to look worse. For the week, the NASDAQ lost one and a quarter percent, the S&P 500 index fell 1.6% and
the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 2%. Scott Horsley and PR News was Washington. They're listening to NPR News. The 46th annual Golden Razz Berries, or Brassie Awards, have announced their choice for worst film of the year.
Empires Bob Mandelo has details on this Oscar weekend tradition. With tongue-planted firmly in cheek, the Golden Razz Berries announced something of a sweep awarding 5 Razzies to a social media slash surveillance camera version of the Invaders for Mars story War of the World. "And you're telling you what they're comprised of?"
"No sir, I've never seen anything like this."
This War of the World, which earned a four out of a hundred on Rotten Tomatoes, took "most picture, worst remake rip off, worst screenplay, worst director, and worst actor," for its rapper star Ice Cube. In years past, the Razzies have mocked prestige films and blockbusters from Mommy Dyrus to the final Twilight movie, but this year, they're punching down in July, Amazon released
War of the World's Direct to Video, Bob Mandelo and PR News. A major winter storm is set to quickly strengthen over the Great Lakes tomorrow, with heavy snow, strong winds, and lizard conditions in some places. International Weather Service is forecasting the possibility of severe thunderstorms in the mid-Atlantic next week, as a strong cold front passes through.
This has a heat wave intensifies in the west next week, Los Angeles hit 90 in recent days but by Monday, cities in the southwest could see highs in the triple digits, meanwhile the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii are getting heavy rain. I'm Jeanine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. With March Madness getting underway, coaches are pushing their players to the limits, but
an investigation finds that in some instances, tough coaching can go too far. She would call us idiots, stupid, worthless, low off the low. On the Sunday Story, coaches accused of emotional abuse and the players who push back.
The Sunday Story from the Up First Podcast, listen now on the NPR app.
