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The historic shock to the world's oil supply is reverberating three weeks into the
war in Iran. President Trump is calling on other nations to protect the passage for global supply that Iran is blocking, and his NPR's Aureziu Rezvani reports that the response to that call has been pretty quiet. President Trump wants China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and other nations to send
“their warships to the state of Hormuz to help secure the key shipping route.”
The UK's Defense Ministry says it's exploring its options, but so far, no country has committed to Trump's call. Since the start of the war, Iran has blocked some oil tankers and attacked cargo vessels trying to pass through the state, which has led to a huge spike in global oil prices. Nearly a fifth of the world's oil supply typically passes through this vital oil export
route. The water's off Iran's coast have become a strategic battleground in the war, the U.S. bombed military targets on Iran's Hark Island Saturday. Trump said the U.S. might hit the island again, "just for fun," if Iran continues interfering with ships passing through the state of Hormuz.
Aureziu Rezvani and PR News Erbil and the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Since the war, the price of oil has spiked more than 40%, and that will have wide-reaching consequences in the U.S.
“And though it is less reliant on imports than other nations, here's KPMG Chief Economist”
Diane Swank. We're seeing everything from freight shipping costs to transportation costs, prices at the gas pumps, to what you will see at the grocery store. Everything that gets moved is going to be affected by these price hikes. Triple A says the price of gas is now about $3.70 a gallon.
It's up about 78 cents from one month ago. The chair of the Federal Communications Commission is threatening the licenses of broadcasters over what he says is fake news about the war. And PR's Danielle Kurtz-Lavin reports. FCC Chair Brendan Carr made the threat in a social media post that accused outlets of
"running hoaxes and news distortions," on quote. He added, quote, "Broadcasters must operate in the public interest and they will lose their licenses if they do not," unquote. In the post, Car attached a social media post in which President Trump said that outlets including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal want the U.S. to lose the war in
Iran. He also characterized workers at those outlets as "truely sick and demented people." The administration has multiple times accused news organizations of pushing fake news after running stories about difficulties and damages the U.S. has suffered in the war. Danielle Kurtz-Lavin and PR news.
West China trade talks are underway in Paris, Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent is leading the U.S. delegation. These meetings expected to pave the way for Trump to travel to China in a couple of weeks. This is in PR news. Blizzard conditions are blanketing much of the central U.S. now dealing with heavy snow
and high winds, but its heat and dryness plus high winds that are bringing critical
fire danger farther south. Texas and New Mexico are under red flag warnings today. meantime, a cold front is sweeping eastward, bringing the chance of severe weather to parts of the Mid-Atlantic by tomorrow that includes tornado risk. The Academy Awards will be handed out tonight in Los Angeles and PR's Mandelite Delbarco reports.
The big prize that the Oscars could be a showdown between two of the ten films vying for Best Picture. As a record-breaking 16 nominations, Ryan Cougler is a for Best Director and, for Best Actor, Michael B. Jordan, he plays two roles as a twin smoke and stack. "Cinners is facing one battle after another, which was written directed and produced by
Paul Thomas Anderson. He's nominated as Best Director, and the film stars Best Actor nominee Leonardo DiCaprio.
He plays a washed-up revolutionary."
Also competing for Best Picture are Hamlet, sentimental value, train dreams, the secret agent, Bogonia, F1, Frankenstein, and Marty Supreme, Mandelite Delbarco and PR News. Thousands of spectators are lining the streets of South Boston for the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. It's one of the biggest celebrations of Irish heritage in the U.S. and also one of the oldest. Organizers say Boston first held festivities in 1737. St. Patrick's Day is Tuesday.
This is and PR News. On NPR's Wildcard podcast, comedian Chris Fleming on his obsession with public radio's own Terry Gross.
“"I think there are very few mystical beings left in this world,”
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