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With hundreds of vessels still stuck in the Persian Gulf and costs piling up, shipping
“companies are being whip-sawed by uncertainty over how and when the straight-of-war moves”
might reopen for more than two months into the Iran War. President Trump initially announced an effort in which the U.S. military would guide ships through the straight. Then paused that to allow time for a deal to end the war. PR's ABA trial reports that change came as a surprise to almost everyone.
This was so abrupt that a person briefed on the matter not authorized to speak to the media told NPR that even Israel did not know about Trump's intention to end project freedom and had actually been preparing for an escalation. So what Trump says is he paused the operation because of what he calls a great progress
in reaching a final deal with Iran and there were calls from countries in the region to
Trump as well and opposed on ex-Pakistan's prime minister who's mediating between the U.S. and Iran thanked Trump for pausing this operation and he said that he and Saudi
“U.S. Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman had asked Trump to do just that and move toward”
reconciliation. NPR's ABA trial reporting the war against Iran is causing some of the U.S. to change their travel plans NPR's Stephen Bassaha reports many travelers are avoiding international trips due to concerns about safety and cost. James Ridgeway just landed back home in DC, but he might skip his trip to Europe after seeing
the cost of flying. We have tickets to see the cure in Ireland and I don't think we'll be able to swing it. Early in Hogan owns the travel advisor company VK's for you and she says her clients are sticking to domestic travel due to concerns about conflicts overseas. Hawaii is especially popular.
Even though Hawaii is an expensive destination when you think about it, however, it gives people a sense of security, according to the travel site kayak international tickets
“in late April, we're up about $150 compared to a year earlier.”
Stephen Bassaha and PR news. The Trump administration has shelved three studies that examined vaccines that protect against COVID-19 and shingles and PR's Rob Stein has more. In an email to NPR, a spokesman for the Health and Human Services Department confirmed reports in the New York Times in Washington Post that plans to release the three studies have been
dropped. The spokesman Andrew Nixon says the official stop plans to publish two food and drug administration studies examining the safety of COVID-19 vaccines because the conclusions that their safe quote were not supported by the underlying data and blocked the shingles vaccine study because it "fell outside the agency's purview."
Critics disagree and say these moves are the latest administration actions that weaken public trust in vaccines, Rob Stein and PR news. Oil prices sank in stock markets rallied worldwide today, and the S&P 500 climbed nearly one and a half percent. This is NPR news.
British voters will cast ballots and elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Kier Starmer's troubled term, his popularity has plunged due to factors including a weak economy, and his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson a friend of Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to Washington. Georgia public high school students will soon no longer be allowed to use cell phones during the school day, around two thirds of states have limited phone usage in school
as Maymay shoe reports for member station W. A. B. E. Georgia Governor Brian Camp says lawmakers decided to extend the state's existing ban on cell phones in K-38 schools after seeing a positive impact.
"The improved outcomes following last year's bill had been incredible, and this common
sense step will help both students and faculty learn and safer, distraction-free environments." The ban would start in the 2027-28 school year. Despite widespread cell phone bands in the country, a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that locking students' phones in pouches has a close-to-and-zero effect on standardized test scores. The study also found small or close to zero effects on attendance, classroom attention,
and online bullying. For MPR News, I may may shoot in Atlanta. Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will not run in Maryland's pre-kdis stakes next weekend. That means there will be no chance of a triple crown winner this year where a horse wins the Derby pre-kdis and New York's Belmont Stakes. American Farrow in 2015 and justify in 2018 are the only horses to sweep all three races over the past four decades. I'm Ryland Barton
and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. On MPR's wildcard podcast, Julio Torres says he doesn't need to prove himself to anyone. "When someone makes me feel like I have to prove something to them, I just walk away." "Really?" "I'm like, "I'll see you, help."
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