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Choked off shipping in the Strait of Hormuz isn't just grinding oil tankers to a halt. The Iran war is creating a one-two punch for the world's fertilizer supply, blocking both the export and one of its critical ingredients from leaving the Persian Gulf. It remains to be seen whether the temporary ceasefire reached on

About $150 (€130) is what Brian McGowan says he spent on power last year in his home in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. And since installing additional solar panels in the fall, he expects his bill to be even lower this year. Ordinarily he would have had to spend over $2000 per year on electricity, around $1000 on

This article first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here . OK, hear me out. I'm about to get into a new book with a provocative argument about why income inequality has exploded in America and how to fight it. But at the center of this very serious economic book is

Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr, right, shown in a photo with Acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Omeed Assefi. Carr posted the photo just three days after both government agencies green-lit local TV giant Nexstar's $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival Tegna. The move, supported by President Trump, faces headwinds in an

The eye and the mind's eye: New evidence finds that sight and imagination rely on the same neurons and use the same neural code. Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images It's often called the mind's eye. "I can look at an object in the world around me, but I can also

A computer workstation bears the National Security Agency logo inside the Threat Operations Center in the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Md. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images A key tool of the U.S. spy community will expire this month without action from Congress. The

Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales are stepping down amid misconduct allegations, the U.S. and Iran are both blocking oil exports, Trump deletes controversial post amid row with pope.

April 13, 2026 The world's largest cement maker paid off terrorist groups in Syria in order to keep manufacturing there, judges in Paris ruled. https://p.dw.com/p/5C5uR A Paris court on Monday found the former CEO of Lafarge, Bruno Lafont, and eight other former employees guilty of financing terrorism in Syria. Lafont has reportedly been jailed for

"The things I say are not meant as attacks on anyone," Pope Leo XIVsaid on Monday as he flew to Algiers for a four-day African tour. "I am not a politician. I am inviting all people to look for ways of building bridges of peace and reconciliation of looking for ways to avoid war any

Pilots with Germany's flagship carrier Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and subsidiary Eurowings began a 48-hour strike on Monday morning.  Hundreds of flights are set to be canceled, with the major hubs of Frankfurt and Munich hit hardest, in the fourth strike of 2026 to hit the airline. Lufthansa is struggling to negotiate terms both with the pilots' trade