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Typhoon Noul forces more than 715,000 from homes and cancels hundreds of flights in China and Hong Kong
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Japan records its first ‘cruelly hot day’ as cities swelter in 40-degree heat
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Nagaland Govt Announces ₹4 Lakh Ex-Gratia for Mon Landslide Victims, Appeals for Vigilance
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Two US troops killed and one missing in Jordan after Iranian attacks
Sirens sound in Bahrain and Kuwait accuses Tehran of targeting civilian sites and infrastructure as Iran strikes US allies Donna…
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US hits bridges, energy facilities and key port as it expands strikes against Iran
Tehran bombs US allies in Middle East and tells Iranians to cut electricity use after attacks on power infrastructure William…
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Weather tracker: Typhoon leaves people stranded on rooftops in China
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The hill I will die on: Breakfast cereal is for babies – I eat salad in the mornings, like a grownup
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The World Cannot Afford to Look Away
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is not a regional conflict. It is a civilisational emergency. EDITORIAL: Sixty-two days ago, when the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran and killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the world held its breath. Today, it is beginning to choke. The Strait of Hormuz — that narrow, twenty-one-mile passage…
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| The World Cannot Afford to Look Away The Strait of Hormuz crisis is not a regional conflict. It is a civilisational emergency. May 1, 2026 |
| Sixty-two days ago, when the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran and killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the world held its breath. Today, it is beginning to choke. The Strait of Hormuz — that narrow, twenty-one-mile passage through which a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil and a fifth of its liquefied natural gas once flowed freely — has been effectively closed since 28 February 2026. What began as a military confrontation in the Persian Gulf has metastasised into a global humanitarian and economic emergency of the first order. On Thursday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a warning that every government on earth should be compelled to hear. Ship transits through the Strait have collapsed by over ninety percent. Brent crude hovers at $118 per barrel. And if disruptions continue only through midyear — not even through the end of the year — thirty-two million people will be pushed into poverty and forty-five million more will face extreme hunger. In the worst-case scenario, where severe disruptions persist through December, the Secretary-General spoke of something no living generation has witnessed on this scale: a full global recession, with inflation exceeding six percent and growth plummeting to two. His message was three sentences long, and they deserve to be repeated: “Open the Strait. Let all ships pass. Let the global economy breathe again.” READ FULL |
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