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Global oil prices hit $100 a barrel amid attacks in Red Sea

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Global oil prices hit $100 a barrel on Thursday as the conflict in the Middle East escalated, with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen targeting shipping in the Red Sea. Brent crude, the international standard, briefly topped $100 before retreating to $99.48 at 9:30 a.m. ET, data from FactSet showed. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, hit … Read more

Iran War Updates: Oil back over $95 a barrel as U.S. insists Strait of Hormuz is open despite attacks on ships

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Oil prices jumped more than 4% Wednesday, with international benchmark Brent Crude trading over $95 a barrel – a $20 rise since the U.S. and Iran resumed fighting on July 7. Shippers remain reluctant to transit the Strait of Hormuz, despite U.S. Central Command insisting again Tuesday night that it “remains open.” Iran has continued … Read more

Oil hits $87 per barrel again after latest U.S. strikes on Iran and looming blockade

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The price of crude oil on global markets continued to surge Tuesday, with international oil benchmark Brent rising for a second straight day to more than $87 per barrel, the first time since June it has traded at that price. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. … Read more

Training for a Tuscan tradition: The wine barrel race

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Every August, the Italian town of Montepulciano becomes the backdrop of intense rivalries among neighborhood teams competing in the Bravìo delle Botti – the wine barrel race. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with locals training for the grueling competition: to roll 200-lb. wine barrels uphill through the medieval city’s streets. Source link

Items left behind Cracker Barrel lead to arrest in 1985 death of a salesman

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Items found discarded behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia played a key role in helping Ohio prosecutors secure an arrest in connection with the killing of a traveling salesman more than 40 years ago, authorities said Monday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A Warren … Read more

Evidence found behind Cracker Barrel in Georgia helps solve 1985 cold case murder in Ohio

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Ohio authorities say they’ve solved a man’s 1985 murder by reviewing old evidence, including items that were originally discovered behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia. John Warren, a traveling salesman for an auto parts company, was found dead inside his room at a Holiday Inn in Middletown, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 1985, Warren County … Read more

Body found stuffed in barrel linked to police chief, Belgrade prosecutors say

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Serbian police on Thursday found the body of a man stuffed in a barrel following his organized crime-linked shooting in a restaurant that led to the arrest of Belgrade’s police chief, prosecutors said. Serbian police and army were searching for Aleksandar Nesovic, known as “Baja”, who disappeared last week after Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic … Read more